Programs & Initiatives

Connect and Support some of the 3,000+ students who have attended the MED summer program.

Medical Alumni

A supportive network of peers, mentors, and resources for first-generation medical students.

Medical Students

The Simmons Scholars program provides three to five years of salary support, structured mentorship, and career and leadership development opportunities.

Faculty, Post-Docs, Residents

Back to Carolina Clinical Sciences Forum is an opportunity for underrepresented faculty, residents, post-docs, and medical students to network with each other, the Medical School, and the Health Care System’s…

Faculty, Post-Docs, Residents

The program offers medical students rural experiences in Central, Eastern, and Western North Carolina.

Medical Students

One-time scholarship that provides financial support for 4th-year Med students who plan to commit to serving in one of North Carolina’s rural counties.

Medical Students

Carolina Second Look is an opportunity for medical students who have interviewed for residency at UNC to return to Chapel Hill as they prepare for the residency selection process.

Medical Students

NIH funded program aimed at increasing the number of PhD trainees from groups historically underrepresented (UR) in the biomedical sciences, and to foster these trainees transition to successful scientific careers.

PhD Students

The Student National Medical Association is the nation’s oldest and largest student organization focused on the health needs and concerns of minority communities. Established in 1964 by the medical students…

Medical Students, Student Organization

Pre-med students from underserved rural populations within NC who want to make a lasting impact within their communities.

Pre-Health College/ Post-Bacc Students

Funding available to support a rural health project with a summer stipend and preceptor support.

Medical Students

Undergraduate internship experience for UNC Asheville students interested in pursuing a health professions degree.

Pre-Health College/ Post-Bacc Students

Our mission is to promote minority representation in the hospital’s various training programs and to support a culture that cherishes and values diversity in the hospital community.

Residents

The purpose of the fellowship is to encourage medical students, especially underrepresented minority students, to experience community medicine and to learn about the health issues related to minority and medically…

Medical Students

Integration into a rural community through projects, rural-relevant training, and financial support to obtain leadership training, preceptor development, and community engagement.

Medical Alumni, Medical Students

Summer experience to provide recently graduated high school students an experience that introduces them to a career in medicine hosted at UNC in partnership with the Dept. of Family Medicine.

Pre-Health College/ Post-Bacc Students

UNC’s chapter of LMSA’s primary goal is to gather students of all backgrounds at the under-graduate and graduate levels alongside physicians, to work together on improving the health of the…

Medical Students, Student Organization

The Diversity and Inclusion Council was established to act as an advisory board to the Vice Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The council acts as a body of experts…

Staff

We work with campus and community partners to strengthen and build pipeline programs to support students from rural and underserved areas on a pathway to medicine.

K-12

Awards two second-year medical students, in good academic standing, interested in working to ensure the curriculum and culture at UNC SOM is not only inclusive but explicitly anti-racist. Interested students…

Medical Students

The Middle School Science and Technology Enrichment Program “MSTEP” is an outreach program designed to provide sixth and seventh grade students with the opportunity to interact with medical students, faculty…

Future Leaders in Health Professions, K-12

Programs promoting the success of underrepresented scientists at the post baccalaureate and graduate levels and which provide summer opportunities in broad biomedical disciplines to undergraduates at minority-serving institutions.

PhD Students

6-week summer internship in an Urban area to see first-hand the challenges the urban underserved face in accessing care.

Medical Students

Carolina First Look is an opportunity for medical students who are preparing for the residency application process to virtually visit the UNC School of Medicine & Health Care System to…

Medical Students

The Islamic Medical Association (IMA) at the UNC School of Medicine is a student-run organization that strives to represent Muslim students at UNC, foster campus and community-wide engagement with Islam…

Medical Students, Student Organization

The Medical Education Development (MED) Program is an intensive educational experience and challenging opportunity to gain insight into the realities of attending medical or dental school.

Pre-Health College/ Post-Bacc Students

The Rising Star Program aims to increase diversity among faculty members in the basic sciences, with a specific focus on historically minoritized groups.

Faculty, PhD Students, Post-Docs

The Youth Science Enrichment Program “YSEP” is an outreach program designed to provide fourth and fifth grade students with the opportunity to interact with medical students, faculty and health professionals….

Future Leaders in Health Professions, K-12

Through our involvement with students, faculty, and administrators in the School of Medicine and other UNC Health Schools, we seek to better educate our classmates and ourselves about serving LGBTQ+…

Medical Students, Student Organization

Underrepresented in Medicine Community List is to allow students, staff, residents, and faculty of underrepresented identities that are affiliated with the UNC School of Medicine to find community, mentorship, and…

Faculty, Medical Students, PhD Students, Post-Docs, Residents, Staff

A new initiative in support of the 2019 SOM Strategic Plan to foster an inclusive workplace environment. The program’s curriculum offers workshops and training designed to broaden awareness about Diversity,…

Faculty, Staff

Due to COVID-19, all campus visits have been paused. We look forward to starting back up in the future.

K-12

The FIRST program consists of three parts: 1) a three-year accelerated and enhanced medical school curriculum; 2) conditional acceptance in an affiliated residency program 3) followed by three years of…

Pre-Health College/ Post-Bacc Students

The Office of Rural Initiatives works with campus and community partners to strengthen and build pipeline programs to support students from rural and underserved areas on a pathway to medicine….

Pre-Health College/ Post-Bacc Students

Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program “HPREP” is an outreach program designed to provide high school students with the opportunity to interact with medical students, faculty and health professionals. HPREP…

Future Leaders in Health Professions, K-12

Program across all Health Professions programs at UNC aimed at improving and promoting the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, improving public health and eliminating health inequities, while advancing and…

Medical Students

The visiting student elective serves to supplement the cost of this training opportunity and specifically targets underrepresented medical students and those committed to serving in underserved communities.

Medical Students

Scholars & Alumni from ORI Programs.

Medical Alumni