The new year began with a bang for two SRHS deserving sophomores with their acceptances into the Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) at Weill Cornell Medical College as part of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA).

 

The SNMA was established to serve the needs of minority medical students and to produce an increasing number of minority physicians. In addition, the SNMA serves as a gateway of positive interaction with young minority students interested in a career in science and/or medicine. Anthony Jimenez ’17 and Brandon Alonso ’17 are the future doctors of tomorrow and are the new members of HPREP. They will engage in a ten week program beginning in January and will meet regularly with medical students working in the field in which they are most interested.

Since 1974, Weill Cornell has fostered the educational pursuits of minority students interested in a career in medicine. Currently, Weill Cornell Medical College boasts a record of graduating over 400 minority physicians with numbers still rising. In addition, eighteen percent of the student body consists of underrepresented minorities as designated by the Association of American Medical Colleges. This percentage is among the highest in the nation as well as in New York State. Weill Cornell has a reputation of embracing medical students from many different walks of life and strives to diversify its student population in order to reflect the changing healthcare system.