Three UT Tyler Pre-Med Students Selected for Texas JAMP
April 11, 2022
Three UT Tyler Pre-Med Students Selected for Texas JAMP
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The University of Texas at Tyler announced today that three students in its Pre-Med Academy have been selected to participate in a state medical school preparatory program.
The students are scholars in the Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP). The program was created by the Texas Legislature to encourage and support highly qualified, economically disadvantaged Texas resident students pursuing a career in medicine.
This is the second consecutive year for the program to select three students from UT Tyler. Traditionally, UT Tyler has been allowed a maximum of two JAMP scholars. “The fact that once again three students have been selected directly reflects the quality of our students,’’ said Rachel Mason, PhD, associate professor of chemistry and chief health professions adviser.
The 2022 cohort includes biochemistry majors Sidney McElroy of Chapel Hill and Ismael Llovera and Sovan Ven, both of New Summerfield. Opportunities available to them through JAMP include scholarships and stipends, summer internships, clinical enrichment experiences, multi-phase MCAT preparation, guaranteed admission to a participating Texas medical school, if all criteria are met, and medical school scholarships.
JAMP is funded through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and represents a statewide collaboration between 11 Texas medical schools and 70 public and private undergraduate institutions.
The UT Tyler Pre-Med Academy serves pre-health students preparing to attend a professional school for medicine, dentistry, physician assistant, pharmacy, optometry, chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy, podiatry or veterinary medicine. The academy provides advising and support to help students become the most competitive for professional school admission. To learn more, visit uttyler.edu/premed.
With a mission to improve educational and healthcare outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. UT Tyler recently merged with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (now known as UT Tyler Health Science Center). Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center (HSC) and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.