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OUR PIPELINE PROGRAMS

With our Pipeline Programs, students are

given the opportunity to pursue careers in medicine, healthcare, and science

— and a chance to eventually give back to the communities they came from,

breaking the cycle of health inequity.

We have served more than 4,000 students in these MSM We are funneling many of these bright students into
K-12 programs, our Undergraduate Health Sciences graduate and medical school while successfully
Academy, and other pipeline programs. About 99 percent of encouraging and inspiring them to practice in
the students come from underrepresented populations. underserved areas.

OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE:

– MSM STEAM Academy for grades 4 through 8 and – Atlanta Sickle Cell Research Program, a summer
9 through 12 program in which students spend part of their research
engagement at MSM and part at Emory University
– Reach One Each One, which introduces
socioeconomically disadvantaged junior and senior high – Health Careers Opportunity Program, which
school students to the medical field through brings in high school students from BEST Academy
interactions with MSM students, residents, and and Booker T. Washington High Schools and
faculty in the classroom and the hospital setting undergraduate students from Atlanta Metropolitan
State College to engage in summer courses on
– Academically Prepared for EXcellence (APEX), which
brings post-undergraduate students to MSM for help anatomy and biostatistics
with MCAT preparation, critical thinking, medical
school applications, interviewing skills, and personal
statement writing

empowerment