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The SHPEP National Program Office (NPO) and our 12 program sites have made programmatic changes that will affect the implementation of SHPEP for summer 2022. LEARN MORE HERE!
The Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) is a free summer enrichment program focused on improving access to information and resources for college students interested in the health professions.
1989
Program Launched
Program Launched
30,000+
Total Participants
Total Participants
12
Host Universities Across the U.S.
Host Universities Across the U.S.
News & Events
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Elias Hilaire
Mr. Elias Hilaire, known by most as "Eli" is a first-year dental student at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine at Boston University. He attended SMDEP in 2015 at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Mr. Hilaire graduated with a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park in… Learn More
Johnsean Ramos
Mr. Ramos participated in SHPEP in 2019 at the University of Louisville. He studied industrial microbiology at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez. Today, he is a first year pharmacy student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Learn More