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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
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