Health Profession Recruitment/Exposure Program (HPREP)
A ten-week Friday-afternoon program, now run nationally through Student National Medical Association chapters at medical schools including Weill Cornell, that pairs 10th-11th graders with medical students for workshops on research papers, personal statements, and healthcare careers.
The Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) was created in 1989 by Dr. Daniel Laroche, '92 when he was a medical student to increase the enrollment rate of students who faced systemic and structural…
to provide participants the opportunity to interact with medical students, faculty, and health professionals
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