Health Professions Advising Center

All HPAC advising, mentoring and workshops will be conducted via Zoom, phone and email during regular business hours. Contact us at hpac@ucr.edu or call/text at (951) 888 - 1290.

Health Professions Advising Center

The Health Professions Advising Center provides information, advising, and support for students who aspire to graduate/professional programs in the health professions and wish to enhance their academic and extracurricular preparation. Professional staff and peer mentors are available to guide students as they plan their pre-health professions course work, health-related experiences, service work, and research in preparation for applying to programs.

View our 2020 Highlander Orientation webinar, Preparing for a Career in the Health Professions.

Rivera Library B03 (Lower Level)
HPAC Office Hours:
Virtual Office Hours, 9am - 12pm, 1pm - 5pm
Tel: (951) 888 - 1290
Email: hpac@ucr.edu

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The Health Professions Advising Center offers:

Information about health professions
Individual and small group health professions advising
Peer mentors
Speakers, workshops, conferences, and events
Graduate/professional school application assistance

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Before scheduling an appointment for advising, you must attend a one-time, one-hour HPAC Introduction to Health Professions Workshop.

Summer Group Drop-in Hours:

Amber Nicholson - Tuesdays, from 2-4pm
Charlie Scruggs - Thursdays, from 2-4pm

Drop-in virtually to ask HPAC advisors quick pre-health preparation questions. Drop-in hours are meant to be brief and are not a replacement for an individualized advising appointment - sessions are conducted in a group format. Drop-In Hours are Tues. & Thur. from June 16 - Sept. 17, 2020 via Zoom.

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