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Nurturing STEMM Identity for Students and Teachers through Immersive Engineering Design
Engaging students to learn biomedical engineering design is of critical importance to Dr. Aaron Kyle. As a high schooler, Dr. Kyle was fortunate to participate in pre-college courses that allowed him to learn about science and engineering outside of the traditional classroom. This led to the formation of his own identity as a researcher in […]
Center Co-Director Connects the Dots at NCAHP’s Statewide Pathways Summit
The Center for Pathway Programs took the stage at the recent NC Alliance for Health Professions Statewide Pathways Summit, sharing our collaborative approach to building a more connected and effective pathway ecosystem for future healthcare professionals. The 2025 NC Alliance for Health Professions Pathways Summit, held on October 14, 2025, at North Carolina A&T State […]
NBME Funds Center for Pathway Programs Platform
March 2023 NBME, an assessment organization supporting medical education and health care, has awarded The Center for Pathway Programs an NBME Philanthropic Initiatives Grant in the amount of $25,000. The award is meant to support the development of The Center’s forthcoming web platform. The Center’s platform uses a powerful algorithm that matches learners to pathway […]
Peer Learning and Power Skills
Submitted by Taryn Cavanaugh Faulk, Senior Program Coordinator, Community of Scholars. Duke’s Community of Scholars (CoS) is a support system that connects trainees, shares educational resources, and increases program efficiencies toward the goal of enhancing career development for diverse scholars across Duke. CoS is for individuals at Duke who hold a career development award, whether […]
Mentorship: A Matter of Justice and Advocacy
For Alex Villeda, mentorship is more than a resume builder. It’s the conscious choice to care deeply about someone and do what you can to get them where they’re going. It’s also a matter of justice. Alex is a first-year pediatric resident at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, whose personal ethic is grounded in […]
Social Media: The Ultimate Tool for Becoming a Triple Threat
By Amber Richardson, Senior Program Coordinator at the Center for Pathway Programs Daniel Colón Hidalgo, MD MPH, is a second-year pulmonary and critical care fellow studying pulmonary hypertension at the University of Colorado. In his experience as a physician-researcher, Dani has often heard colleagues talk about being a “triple threat” in academic medicine—a good clinician, […]
A Teleshadowing Program Designed with Pandemic in Mind
Submitted by Andrew Spector, M.D. During the pandemic, shadowing opportunities for pre-medical students shut down. “We wanted to continue providing these students with an opportunity to learn about neurology,” says Andrew Spector, M.D. “We were able to operate straight through the pandemic because we were designed with the pandemic in mind.” Dr. Spector serves as […]
Mentor Story: Remembering Your Why
Do you have a mentor story to share? Click here to submit. Kira Allen and Itaevia Curry-Chisolm met through the BOOST Program at Duke University. At that time, Kira was a high schooler who had been a BOOST Scholar before the program’s hiatus and had returned to serve as a near-peer mentor. Kira’s mom convinced […]
A Closer Look at the BIGGER Program
Do you have a story to share about your pathway program? Click here to submit a program spotlight. BIGGER is a 6-month immersive research experience for students who have graduated from a degree program and are taking a gap year before applying to graduate or professional school. The program selects a small, diverse group of […]
