Programs and Activities

HPREP: Health Professions Recruitment Exposure Program

The primary goal of HPREP is to increase minority presence in the health professions. Minority health professionals and medical students lecture to high schools to expose them to different health careers.

 

YSEP: Youth Science Enrichment Program

YSEP targets minority elementary students to stimulate their interest in the sciences and health professions.  Medical students lecture on different organ systems.  Students then find information on diseases affecting these systems using the Internet and present their findings to their peers.

 

MAPS: Minority Association of Pre-Health Students

MAPS is a partnership between UNC SNMA chapter and undergraduate pre-health students to increase the matriculation of undergraduate into professional health related programs by providing information, materials, and mentorship opportunities.

 

Community Service

To uphold the goal of SNMA, the Community Service committee holds blood pressure screenings and a health fair to increase the awareness of preventable minority health issues such as diabetes, hypertension, and HIV.

 

Round Table Discussions

Each month SNMA holds a round table discussion where housestaff and local physicians speak. These discussions expose students to different medical specialties and address the concerns of minority students in medicine. These interactions help create a support network between medical students and area physicians.

 

Fall Affair

This annual event celebrates the presence of minority students, faculty, and staff at UNC School of Medicine. A prominent individual in the community is selected to speak on an issue affecting minorities. SNMA also uses this banquet to recognize the contributions of those who have aided in the advancements of minority students at UNC.

 

Zollicoffer

The Zollicoffer lecture is named in honor of the fourth African-American student to graduate from UNC School of Medicine. Annually, a nationally recognized minority physician lectures to the medical school. This lectureship heralds nearly four decades of African-American presence at UNC-Chapel Hill.

 

Fundraising

The Fundraising committee raises funds to support all the programs and activities that SNMA sponsors throughout the academic year.  The fundraisers include business cards, T-shirts, first year exam packs, and jackets.  This committee also raises money for local charities for the benefit of the local community.

 

Web Site Development

The primary goal of the web site development committee is to maintain and enhance the local SNMA website at snma@med.unc.edu via documentation of our activities and programs and informing others about the health concerns of minority and underserved populations and current trends in health care. 

 

HIV-Intervention and Prevention Corps (HIP Corps)

The SNMA has designed the HIV Intervention/Prevention Corps, (HIP Corps) program to (1) reduce the incidence of new HIV infection among underserved youth through the demonstration of an effective, culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS prevention education and community outreach program and (2) strengthen university and medical college infrastructure to provide culturally competent HIV/AIDS education and community service opportunities.