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Programs

Advising & Tutoring Program

All students are encouraged to contact OMMA for assistance with academic, professional, and personal concerns. The OMMA staff is here to help you navigate the challenges of medical school with one-on-one advising and tutoring sessions and group workshops. For more information, contact OMMA at (401) 863-3335 or by e-mail at Philip_Tetreault@Brown.EDU .

Interpreters Aide Program

The Interpreter's Aide Programis a program based at Rhode Island Hospital that trains and provides medical translators for local hospitals and physicians. The IAP is headed by two students in collaboration with OMMA.

For more information about the Interpreter's Aide Program, please contact co-coordinators: Cassandra_Oliveira@brown.edu  and/or Nermarie_Velazquez@brown.edu

Rhode Island Family Advocacy Program

Rhode Island's Family Advocacy Program (RIFAP) is a grassroots health program that was brought to Providence by medical student Jyothi Nagraj Marbin (MD05) in 2002. The FAP is an excellent venue for gaining experience with public health issues.

For more information, contact RIFAP at (401) 453-2095 or e-mail at rifap@rils.org

Student Ambassador Program

The Student Ambassador Program is a partnership between students and the Office of Diversity and Minority Medical Affairs. The purpose of this program is to promote excellence in education by recruiting a diverse community of student scholars who engage in a rigorous pursuit of the scientific and humanistic aspects of biomedicine and public health. Our goal is to produce a cadre of physicians who are committed to quality healthcare and to reducing health disparities.

Tougaloo College Early Identification Program

The Tougaloo College Early Identification Program (EIP) is a cooperative venture between Alpert Medical School and Tougaloo College which provides selected students a place in the medical school following college graduation and contingent upon continued satisfactory academic progress. The purpose of the EIP program -- which includes partnerships with other institutions -- is to increase the opportunities for a career in medicine to students from groups underrepresented in medicine. Selected students complete their undergraduate education at their respective undergraduate institutions and are formally accepted into the medical school in the latter half of their senior year.