# Medical Mentorship: Building Pathways to Health Careers

> **NIH NIH R25** · HOPA MOUNTAIN · 2024 · $241,800

## Abstract

PROJECT ABSTRACT
Hopa Mountain, working in partnership with Montana State University’s WWAMI
Medical School, will launch a Medical Mentorship program for high school students with
near peer mentoring opportunities for both the medical school students
and high school students. The goal of this initiative is to increase the number of
underserved youth who seek careers in medical and health-related fields, ultimately
improving their communities. Medical Mentorship will have meaningful impacts
annually through three strategies: (1) Year-round mentoring and college preparation
programs for 250 teens to explore health career options; (2) Medical Mentorship: Food as
Health materials and programs for 2,000 children and families; and (3) Professional
development for 200 educators, community members, and parents. The overall goal of
the Medical Mentorship program is to support rural and tribal youth’s interest in and
exposure to careers in the biomedical and health sciences while giving them the skills
and resources to assume leadership roles in implementing healthy family practices in
their homes and communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10887657
- **Project number:** 1R25AI187777-01
- **Recipient organization:** HOPA MOUNTAIN
- **Principal Investigator:** Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $241,800
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-06-03 → 2029-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10887657

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10887657, Medical Mentorship: Building Pathways to Health Careers (1R25AI187777-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10887657. Licensed CC0.

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