{"id":548,"date":"2016-05-13T13:47:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T17:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/?page_id=548"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:36:58","slug":"pathway-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathway Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"in-page-list\"><ul id=\"menu-pathways-programs\" class=\"menu nav nav-list nav-pills nav-stacked\"><li id=\"menu-item-3242\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/great-explorations-doctors-academy\/\">Great Explorations Doctors Academy<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3243\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/great-explorations-in-school-after-school-program\/\">Great Explorations In-School\/After-School Program<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3260\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/bridge-to-the-future-health-career-pathways-mentoring-conference\/\">Bridge to the Future Health Career Pathways Mentoring Conference<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3245\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/high-school-mini-medicaldental-school-program\/\">High School Mini Medical\/Dental School Program<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3246\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/high-school-student-research-apprentice-program\/\">High School Student Research Apprentice Program<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3247\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/jumpstart-doctors-academy\/\">Jumpstart Doctors Academy<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3248\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/junior-doctors-academy\/\">Junior Doctors Academy<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3249\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/pre-college-academic-enrichment-program-uconn-storrs\/\">Pre-College Academic Enrichment Program: UConn Storrs<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3250\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/senior-doctors-academy\/\">Senior Doctors Academy<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3251\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/health-disparities-clinical-summer-research-fellowship-program\/\">Health Disparities Clinical Summer Research Fellowship Program<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3252\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/medicaldental-preparatory-program\/\">Medical\/Dental Preparatory Program (MCAT or DAT Prep Course)<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3253\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/summer-research-fellowship-program\/\">Summer Research Fellowship Program<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3254\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/pathway-programs\/parental-seminar-series\/\">Parental Seminar Series<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div id=\"pl-548\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-548-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-548-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-548-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/06\/Aetna-HPPI-Pipeline.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/06\/Aetna-HPPI-Pipeline-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3262 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/06\/Aetna-HPPI-Pipeline-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/06\/Aetna-HPPI-Pipeline-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/06\/Aetna-HPPI-Pipeline-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/06\/Aetna-HPPI-Pipeline.png 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>The Department of Health\u00a0Career Opportunity Programs sponsors the following Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI) summer and academic year programs. This initiative was developed to promote diversity in the health professions and is a formal educational consortium offering a comprehensive\u00a0program of educational enrichment and support activities for first generation college, low income, and educationally under-resourced students applying to medical and dental schools, graduate programs in biomedical sciences, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health programs.<\/p>\n<p>Program elements form a continuous pipeline for middle\/junior high school, high school and college level students. The department supports students of diverse backgrounds and has expanded its programs for middle, high school and college students to realize their dreams of becoming health professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The Aetna HPPI programs have proven to be top-notch because many of the program participants who have successfully completed their undergraduate degrees have actualized their goals of entering medical, dental and graduate school. We continue to develop new programs and fine-tune existing ones since exposure to the various fields in the biomedical sciences will ultimately increase the diverse pool of students who pursue careers in the health professions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Health\u00a0Career Opportunity Programs sponsors the following Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI) summer and academic year programs. This initiative was developed to promote diversity in the health professions and is a formal educational consortium offering a comprehensive\u00a0program of educational enrichment and support activities for first generation college, low income, and educationally under-resourced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 14:27:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548\/revisions\/3265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}