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Programs

  • Academic Summer Program Integrating Resources for Excellence
  • Artifice Chicago
  • ASPPH/CDC Public Health Fellowship Program
  • ASPPH/EPA Fellowship
  • Cancer Health Equity Summer Scholars (CHESS)
  • Chicago Academic Medicine Program (CAMP 1)
  • Chicago Academic Medicine Program (CAMP 2)
  • Chicago Area Health and Medical Careers Program (CAHMCP)
  • Chicago CHEC Program
  • Chicago EYES (Educators and Youth Enjoy Science)
  • Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Career and Technical Education (CTE)
  • Collegiate Scholars Program
  • Cultivating Health & Aging Researchers by Intergrating Science, Medicine and Aging (CHARISMA)
  • Daniel Hale Williams Society
  • Dentistry Annual Urban Health Program Open House
  • Dentistry Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (PAP)
  • Dentistry Summer Dental Admission Test (DAT) Preparation
  • Dentistry Summer Pre-Matriculation Program
  • Discovering Healthcare Careers
  • Diversity In Surgery Visiting Sub-Internship Program
  • Diversity Scholars Program
  • Early Opportunity Program
  • Early Outreach Program
  • E-Cademy
  • Electroneurodiagnostic (END) Technologist
  • ENpowered
  • Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Chicago
  • Graduate Training Program in Breast Cancer Disparities
  • Health Professionals Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP)
  • Health Professionals Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP)- Loyola
  • High School Pharmacy Camp
  • High School Pharmacy Workshop
  • Hispanic Center of Execellence
  • Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD)
  • INSPIRE
  • Internal Medicine Summer Immersion Program
  • Katz and Manne Research Institute Summer Scholars Program
  • La Academia de Padres (The Parents Academy)
  • Latino Health Science Enrichment Program (LaHSEP 3)
  • Latino Science Enrichment Program
  • L@S Ganas Research Fellowship
  • Medical/Dental Education Preparatory Program (MEDPREP)
  • Medical Education Careers Exposure Emergency Preparedness (MedCEEP)
  • Medicina Academy Apprentice Program (MAAP)
  • MedSTEM Explorers
  • MedSTEM Pathways
  • Mentorship Program
  • Mini Health Professions Program
  • National Medical Fellowship
  • Neuroscience Early Stage Scientist Training Program
  • NFL Diversity In Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative
  • NM GCM Grosvenor Discovery Program
  • NM Summer Internship Programs
  • Northwestern Medicine Scholars Program
  • Northwestern University Cancer Undergraduate Research and Education Program (NU-CURE)
  • NU DOCS
  • Office of Diversity and Inclusion-- Pre-Matriculation Program
  • One Summer Chicago
  • P4 Physician Preparatory Pipeline Program
  • Portal To Biomedical Research Careers Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (UIC PBRC PREP)
  • Pre-Health Academic Readiness (PHAR) Undergraduate Summer Program
  • Pre-Matriculation Program
  • Program Advancing Research for Equity (PARE)
  • Public Health Scholarship Program
  • Research and Education for the Advancement of Compassionate Health Care (REACH) Program
  • researchSTART
  • Rush Mini Medical Program
  • Schweitzer Fellows Program
  • SI Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program (SI Bridges)
  • Sinai Youth Summer Employment
  • SMASH Illinois
  • SpHeres
  • STEM College of DuPage
  • STEMM Scholars Academy
  • Summer Medical Research Training (SMaRT) Program
  • Summer Pharmacy Institute
  • Summer Pre-Matriculation Program
  • Summer Program in Vascular Neurology
  • Summer Programs in Biomedical Sciences for High School Students -STEM CAMP
  • Summer Programs in Biomedical Sciences for High School Students (STEM CAMP)
  • Summer Programs in Biomedical Sciences for High School Students -Summer Science Internship
  • Summer Undergraduate REsearch Program on Health Disparities
  • TEACH Research
  • The Diversity Clerkship in Trauma Burn Care and Research
  • The Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research (PSOMER)
  • UHP Health Exploration Scholars (HES)
  • UIC PUBH100 Health and the Public Course- Highschool/UIC Dual Enrollment
  • UI Health CHAMPIONS
  • Undergraduate Research Symposium
  • UP On EHS
  • UP On EHS Internship Program
  • Urban Bridges Medical Mentoring Physician Pipeline Program
  • Urban Health Club
  • Urban Health Mentorship Program
  • Urban Health Program (UHP) Preparing Scholars for Academic Success (PASS)
  • Urban Medicine (UMed) Program
  • Urban Pipeline Program (UPP)
  • Visiting Student Elective Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine
  • Young Doctors Program

Dentistry Summer Pre-Matriculation Program

UIC College of Dentistry- Urban Health Program

The six-week Summer Pre-Matriculation program is designed to include academic reinforcement and motivational retention activities for students who have been accepted to dental school and want to increase their foundational knowledge in the biomedical sciences. Participants are provided with preview courses in Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology and Histology as a part of SPP. Students enroll in the SPP the summer (May – July) prior to beginning dental school. The program is a collaborative effort between the College of Dentistry and the College of Medicine.

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Program Components

Primary Areas of Focus
  • Recruitment (i.e. increasing awareness of and/or stimulating interest in health profession careers and degree programs
  • Retention or completion of health professions degree programs (support for those currently enrolled)

Program Location

Settings: In-person

County: Cook County / Chicago, IL

In-person location: UIC Campus

Program Components
  • Academic instruction (e.g. coursework)
    Participants are provided with preview courses in Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology and Histology as a part of SPP.
  • Academic skills development (e.g. study skills, test-taking
  • Academic support (e.g. tutoring, progress monitoring)
  • Networking (with others who have similar health career interests)

Program Information

Education Levels
    College Students Post-Baccalaureate Students Graduate and Professional Students
Health Professions
    Dentistry

Eligibility Criteria and How to Apply

Eligibility Criteria
  • Academic
  • Socio-economically disadvantaged
  • Educationally disadvantaged (e.g., first-generation college students)

Contact Information

Braulia Espinosa
Email: bespin1@uic.edu

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