Guidelines for HCC Scholarly Activity:
- Faculty sponsor at institution must be involved
- Must be approved by HCC leadership
- Poster presentations and publications must include HCC leadership as author
- HCC logo should be utilized in poster publications
- If research is original, need IRB approval from your institution
- If using data from HCC national surveys, no IRB approval needed
- Please be thoughtful about how you describe people and communities who are medically underserved. The CDC has a list of Preferred Terms that is a helpful reference guide.
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Publications
Improving College Readiness Through a High School Surgery Exposure Program. 2025
Authors: Kevin T. Mutore MD, Katalina Acevedo BA, MS, Phillip Taboada BS, Munir Buhaya MD, Geli Kane BA, Anthony Froix MD, Thomas Shoultz MD
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The Impact of a Healthcare Education Outreach Program on High School Students’ Career Interests. 2025
Authors: Prishae Wilson, Bastien A. Valencia Sanchez, Kaitlyn Dulmes, Mallory Raymond
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Engaging Underrepresented Youth: Remote Transition of the Health Career Collaborative Program. 2023
Authors: Christina Cantwell, Jaspal Bassi, Jessica Arizmendi De La Torre, Tania Saba Pettitt, Liana Gefter, Theresa L. Chin
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Combatting education and healthcare inequality through a novel medical education nonprofit model. 2023
Authors: Ellen Zhang, Liana Gefter
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How do underserved adolescents want to learn about health? An exploration of health concerns, preferences, and resources utilized. 2022.
Authors: Andrew Homere, Surabhi Reddy, Leonard Haller, Joyce Richey, Liana Gefter.
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If You Can See It, You Can Be It: Perceptions of Diversity in Surgery Among Under-Represented Minority High School Students. 2022.
Authors: Jaina C Lane, Abra H Shen, Robin Williams, Liana Gefter, Lindsay Friedman, Cheryl K Zogg, Elizabeth Shaughnessy, 2020-2021 Association of Women Surgeons National Medical Student Committee.
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Achieving equity through policy, Population Health and Interprofessional collaboration. 2021
Authors: Moss, M. P., & Phillips.
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Health Career Academy: Addition of a Surgical Case-Based Learning Curriculum Captures the Interest of High School Students. 2019
Authors: Kyle Freischlag, Keven Ji, Reed W Kamyszek, Harold J Leraas, Lindsey A Olivere, Liana Gefter, Barry Mann, John Migaly, Elisabeth T Tracy.
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Addressing Health Disparities with School-Based Outreach: the Health Career Academy Program. 2018
Authors: Liana Gefter, Judy Spahr, John Gruber, Sandra Ross, Laurie Watson, Barry Mann.
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Presentations
Building the Future of Healthcare: A Longitudinal Pathway Program for High School Students from Groups Underrepresented in Healthcare” 2026
Presentation at Association for Surgical Education 2026 Annual Meeting
Eric Grin, Andrew White, Anjola Ajai, Mary Ann Hopkins, Beth Hochman, Liana Gefter, Jonathan Burke.
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Empowering Youth: Cohort-Analysis of the Impact of the Health Career Collaborative Program on Adolescents Attending a High School in a Medically Underserved Community in Lubbock, Texas, 2025
Poster Presentation at American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Conference.
Jacqui Oropeza BS, Angelica Nibo BS, Cameron Studzinski BS, Khaja Siddiqui MPH, Felix Morales MD, Lauren Cobbs MD, Alice Villalobos PhD, Matt Hernandez, M. Ed, Ariel Santos MD, Liana Gefter MD, MPH
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Initiating the Health Career Collaborative program at an underserved urban high school: A Collaboration between Medical Students and High School Science Teachers. 2022 Oral Presentation at American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Conference
Ashlynn Mills, Nabeel Ahmad, Ashley Schwartz, Liana Gefter, Kenya Steele.
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Health Literacy in Underrepresented and Underserved Adolescents. 2022. Ashley Pinckney, Salma Mami, Maryanne Lubas, Sandra Ross, Liana Gefter.
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All Zoomed Out: The Success of Pipeline Programs on a Virtual Platform during the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2022
Priyanka Jagannathan, Brittany Moore, Elaine Ramirez.
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The Health Career Collaborative: An Effort to Increase Representation & Equity Through Mentorship & Project-Based Learning.
Josh Taylor, Carlie Arbaugh, Sherry Wren, James Korndorffer, Eric Jenkins, Liana Gefter.
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The Health Career Collaborative: Remote Mentorship, Healthcare Education Exposure & Project-Based Learning Focused on Underrepresented High School Students.
Eric Jenkins, Josh Taylor, Liana Gefter.
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Abstracts
How do underserved adolescents want to learn about health? An exploration of health concerns, preferences, and resources utilized. 2022.
By Andrew Homere, Surabhi Reddy, Leonard Haller, Liana Gefter.
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Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Curriculum on High School Students. 2021.
By Mark Solinski, Kylie Carlson, Amanda Bjornstad, Liana Gefter.
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Impact of Virtual Suture Workshop for High School Students. 2021.
By Mark Solinski, Kylie Carlson, Amanda Bjornstad, Liana Gefter.
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