(L-R) Dr. Lauro Cavazos, professor in the department of family and community
medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and AAMC/HPPI National
Advisory Committee chair; Lois Colburn, assistant vice president and deputy
director for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC); Dr. Steven A.
Wartman, executive vice president for academic and health affairs and dean of
the School of Medicine; Dr. Jaime R. Garza, associate professor of surgery and
associate vice president for South Texas programs; Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa,
Health Science Center president; Dr. Duane Proppe, associate professor of
physiology and coordinator of the M.S. degree program in physiology for K-12
teachers; Dr. Gustavo Zardeneta, assistant professor and director of research in
the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery; Dr. Cervando Martinez,
professor of psychiatry and director of community affairs and international
activities; and Dr. Carlos Moreno, professor and chairman of family practice and
community medicine at the UT-Houston Health Science Center, were among
several Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI) program directors from
across the nation who participated in the third annual Joint Meeting of the HPPI
and the Minority Medical Education Program (MMEP). The HPPI has 12 to 15
projects nationally that focus on minority high school and middle school
students and teachers. The projects are designed to enhance science
education, expose students to medicine and public health, and encourage
other innovative activities at the K-12 level. The MMEP similarly consists of 11
national projects that target college students interested in medicine and public
health. The projects sponsor academic enhancement and summer research
activities for the students.
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