Health Careers Opportunity Program

The D’Youville University Health Careers Opportunity Program (DYU HCOP) will assist qualifying students to enter and graduate from a health professions program and practice their health profession in medically underserved communities.

Discover what program is a good fit for you:

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Undergraduate and Graduate Ambassador Program

Who should apply?

New and transfer students in the following graduate and undergraduate programs:

  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Exercise and Sports Studies
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Physician Assistant
  • Biology
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Ambassador Program Benefits:

Stipends and financial support for tuition and books

Tutoring, peer and faculty support

Bi-monthly enrichment programs:
Success Coaching
Financial-aid planning
Time-management skills and more!

Community Health Worker training and certification

Simulation sessions

Multiple community based internships

Pre-Matriculation Program

Who should apply for this program?

  • Pre and Allied-Health Professions Students 
    • Health Humanities
    • Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies
  • Adult/Non-Traditional Learners
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Pre-Matriculation Program Benefits:

Stipends and financial support for tuition and books

Peer and faculty support and mentoring

Bi-monthly enrichment programs:
Success Coaching
Financial-aid planning
Time-management skills and more!

Career-exploration assessment

Community Health Worker training and certification

Simulation session

Job shadowing experience

Summer Program

Who Should Apply?

Rural high school students who have an interest in exploring community-based  health profession work in a rural setting.

Benefits:

  • Field trips
  • Overnight camp at D'Youville University
  • Introduction to Community Health Worker training
  • Hands-on activities
  • Simulation
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How many students will this help?

Over the five-year HCOP grant period, 300 economically and/or educationally disadvantaged students will participate in and benefit from HCOP programming.

  • 125
    HCOP ambassadors
  • 50
    Pre-Matriculants
  • 125
    High School Students
  • 300
    Total Students

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