Systemic Recruitment Activities

Diversity Pipeline Programs and Partnership

Internal and external stakeholders drive the success of any program or initiative. The success of LSU Health Shreveport’s pipeline programs relies on great partnerships between the Office for Diversity Affairs and the faculty. In 2022, Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) awarded the institution’s ODA grant funding in the amount of $200,000, with some funds used to recruit more faculty members.

Since 2021, 60 faculty members from 22 departments have supported the institution’s pipeline programs, which are intended to attract school-identified student diversity groups to the field of healthcare and biomedical science.

Summer pipeline programs include the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (UGRAP) and Jumpstart Summer Enrichment Program (JSEP). UGRAP targets college school students interested in pursuing research and clinical careers, while focuses on high school students interested in entering these fields. Both programs provide selected students with eight weeks of hands-on research activities conducted by LSUHS faculty who serve as program mentors.

Each application cycle, the goal is for 25% of students in ODA’s pipeline programs to represent the institution’s LCME school-defined diversity groups.

Since 2018, ODA has met or exceeded their pipeline program goal for 25% of participants to represent the institution’s LCME school-defined diversity groups for both JSEP and UGRAP.

Jsep Highlights

67% increase in the number of high school students participating in JSEP since 2018.

60% of participants reflect the specified diversity groups.