Health Careers Opportunity Program
Health Professions Pathways
Fresno State Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Health Professions Pathways (HPP) is housed within the Center for Access to Science for All (CASA). The HPP will provide valuable support to participants interested in pursuing targeted health professions.
About Health Professions Pathways
The HPP Program will provide valuable support to participants interested in pursuing targeted health professions.
Support may include, but not limited to, the following:
- Paid summer program for incoming Fresno State students
- Peer mentoring, health professions workshops and conferences
- Paid summer internships for selected students
- Free KAPLAN test preparation (DAT/GRE/MCAT/OAT/PCAT) for selected students
- Health professional mentorship
- Personal statement support
Apply to HPP
The HPP Application will remain open during the summer from May 2024 - August 23rd, 2024. After this deadline, interested students can still apply but will not be considered for the HPP Program until the next application cycle in January 2025. For questions or concerns, please contact our office. If you've applied to HPP already and have been accepted, you do NOT have to reapply.
Eligibility
- Must join HCOP first
- Interested in pursing a career to become a:
- Chiropractor
- Clinical Lab Scientist
- Clinical Psychologist/ Behavioral Health Specialist
- Dentistry
- Genetic Counseling
- Gerontology
- Nursing
- Optometrist
- Pharmacist
- Physician
- Physician Assistant
- Podiatrist
- Public Health
- Social Work
- Educationally and/or economically disadvantaged.
- Citizen, national, or a lawful permanent resident of one of these: United States, Commonwealths of Puerto Rico, Marianas Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated State of Micronesia.
The Health Resources and Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines educationally and/or economically disadvantaged as follows:
- Disadvantaged background: an individual comes from an economically or educationally/environmentally disadvantaged background (https://bhw.hrsa.gov).
- Economically disadvantaged: an individual comes from a family with an annual income below low-income thresholds established by the U.S. Census Bureau, adjusted annually for changes in the Consumer Price Index, and adjusted by the Secretary of the HHS, for use in all health professions programs (https://bhw.hrsa.gov). HHS Poverty Guideline guidelines can also be found HERE.
- Educationally/environmentally disadvantaged: an individual comes from an environment that has inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to enroll in and graduate from a health professions school, or from a program providing education or training in an allied health profession (https://bhw.hrsa.gov).
HPP Summer Bridge Program
The Health Professions Pathways Program supports incoming first-year and transfer students with our 3-week Summer Bridge Program, which hosts the students on campus with a daily three hour curriculum and provides informative workshops, activities, campus tours and valuable networking connections to improve their first year at Fresno State.
July 22 - August 9, 2024
9am - 12pm (M-F)
I strongly encourage fellow students to apply to the HCOP and HPP Program. Participating in this program will undoubtedly enhance your college experience and equip you with a wide range of valuable skills. The knowledge and insights gained through this program are invalauable, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone seeking to advance in their career at Fresno State."
Health Professions Pathways (HPP) is funded by the Department of Health Care Access and Information.
Lilia De La Cerda, MPH, Project PI
Larry G. Riley, Ph.D., Project Co-PI