Jacqueline Houston, a Master of Social Work (MSW) and Master of Public Health (MPH) concurrent degree student, has been accepted into the Florida Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Scholars program for the 2023-2025 cohort. AHEC Scholars is a competitive national initiative supported by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration which prepares students in a variety of health disciplines to transform their collaboration on interprofessional primary healthcare teams. Houston is one of only 150 students in Florida who were selected.
The two-year program includes 40 hours of didactic online research and 40 hours of clinical training serving rural and medically underserved populations.