Atlanta Public Schools, thanks to a $1.8 million federal grant, will work with Emory University School of Medicine, Emory College of Arts & Sciences and the Atlanta Area Health Education Center to educate and expose high school students from low income families about career opportunities in health professions.
“Nationally, there is a lack of minority and low socio-economic applicants applying to health sciences degree programs,” says Robert Lee, associate dean and director of multicultural medical student affairs at Emory University School of Medicine.
“Funding opportunities, such as this one, are vital because they support our ongoing efforts to address the educational barriers and social support needs of high school students and increase their exposure and access to health sciences at a pivotal time in their lives.”
The new initiative, Emory Pipeline Collaborative, will prepare students from five Atlanta high schools for entry into health professions by increasing academic achievement, improving college readiness, strengthening social support, and broadening student awareness of pathways to health professions.
Students from South Atlanta High School of Health and Medical Sciences, Booker T. Washington, Maynard Holbrook Jackson, The New Schools at Carver, and Frederick Douglass High schools will be eligible.
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