Urban Health Pathway

🧭 Mission

The Urban Health Scholars (UHS) program is a pre-clerkship co-curricular interest group that supports students in developing skills to become community-responsive physician leaders, under the direction of a Faculty Advisor. Ultimately, we hope that as future physician leaders, Geisel graduates who participated in UHS will be dedicated to advancing health equity in urban, under-resourced areas through learning experiences, clinical competency, leadership training, advocacy, and scholarship in collaboration with education and local partners, in collaboration and in service of the populations they aim to serve.

The UHS Pathway of Concentration is a four-year, co-curricular initiative that builds on the foundational UHS pre-clerkship program to prepare medical students to be effective, compassionate physician leaders and advocates for urban, medically underserved populations. We equip students with a deep understanding of the social determinants of health and the skills to address health disparities through clinical excellence, community partnership, systems-level advocacy, and scholarship.

🔭 Vision

We envision a future where one's zip code no longer determines their health outcomes, and all urban communities are free from systemic health inequities. This future will be built by skilled, dedicated, and community-focused physician leaders who work in partnership with communities to dismantle barriers to care and promote well-being. We will create a sustainable and impactful pathway that prepares students to be agents of change in complex urban environments.