Community Engagement Opportunities

The clinic’s mission is to serve as a sustainable free clinic that provides uninsured adults in New Haven with primary care, wellness education, and assistance in securing health care. Additionally, it aims to educate Yale health professional students about primary care and the value of working in health care teams; to allow students to gain experience in community health; and to expose students to the challenges of managing patient care with limited resources.

The primary mission of the Neighborhood Health Project (NHP) is to improve access to health care and provide free screenings and education about hypertension and diabetes for underserved, low-income individuals in the New Haven community. NHP is located at The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James, 57 Olive Street and is held Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

ATP is a science enrichment program in which YSM students teach basic anatomy to high school students from Hill Regional Career High School. Activities range from observation of dissected cadavers to examination of slides in histology laboratories to exploration of virtual anatomy iBooks.

The Yale Center for Asylum Medicine conducts forensic medical interviews and evaluations for asylum-seekers referred to Yale by regional legal groups and community organizations.

The program’s mission is to provide a medical home for refugees arriving in the Greater New Haven area and promote clinical innovation, education and research in refugee health care.

The New Haven PAUSE Project (Poverty Alleviation through Unity, Sustainability, and Empowerment) seeks to provide footwear and podiatric care to those experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty in New Haven. The PAUSE Project engages the greater Yale community in events centered around foot health, including foot washing services and shoe, sock, and hygiene kit giveaways.

The Health Professions Recruitment Exposure Program (HPREP) is a nation-wide high school science enrichment program created to address poor health outcomes in disadvantaged communities by increasing minority representation in health professions. HPREP is a pipeline program under the auspices of the Student National Medical Association and Latino Medical Student Association at Yale. It is a program aimed at exposing students to all aspects of the health professions, including medicine, nursing, and public health

The Program to Advance Training in Health & Sciences (PATHS) is a 10-month program that provides undergraduate students or recent graduates with a transformative learning experience to support their goal of applying for and earning an MD, MD/PhD, or PhD in the biomedical sciences. Students will be given access to critical online conversations, trainings, information, role models, mentors, tools, and resources specifically tailored to their future advanced degree track. Current students have mentoring roles.

Stamp Out Stroke is a community service organization that aims to provide stroke education in New Haven and surrounding areas. We are dedicated to teaching our community how to recognize signs of stroke, reduce stroke risk factors, and receive prompt care. Our activities include giving educational lectures, fundraising, and enacting other community outreach efforts.

This initiative, launched in 2022, provides YSM students with the opportunity to listen to and engage with leaders in the New Haven community, to better understand the community in which they reside, which is necessary to meaningfully contribute to the community in their role as health professional students, as well as residents of the city.