HPA Events
SUA’s Health Professions Advising prepares students to transform their humanistic education into impactful careers in health.
Through immersive events, practical workshops, and strategic advising, students gain the knowledge and experience needed to enter competitive graduate programs and contribute meaningfully across clinical, research, and public health fields.
Our programming includes:
- Advising sessions and orientation events to support career planning and application preparation
- The Introduction to Clinical Medicine series, offering case-based learning in diagnosis, care, and patient communication
- Clinical skills workshops to build foundational techniques such as taking vital signs, performing physical exams, suturing, and laparoscopy training
- Mock entrance exams, including the MCAT, DAT, and others, to support strategic test preparation
- Guest speaker forums featuring professionals from medicine, nursing, public health, global health, and health policy
Prior speakers have included:
- Marc Baker-Bourgeois, RN, CRNA – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
- Dr. Brianna Barbosa-Angles, DO, MPH and Lisa Barbosa-Angles, MA, RN-BSN
- Dr. Cynthia Bowa, MD, MPH – Ministry of Health, Zambia
- Dr. Vernard S. Fennell, MD, MSc – Ochsner Medical Center / Tulane University School of Medicine
- Dr. Neeta Jain, MD – Humanistic Pediatrician and Developmental Specialist, San Mateo County
- Dr. Tatiana Moylan, MD – Yale School of Medicine
- Dr. Erika Noel, MD – Hawai’i Pacific Health
- Onyemaechi C. Onyekwu, CNM – Boston Medical Center
- Daniel S. Wong, PhD – Formerly Clearview Healthcare Partners, BeiGene USA
- Julie Yoshimachi, FNP – Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, New York City
We are grateful to these professionals for helping our students envision how they can lead, serve, and innovate in health careers grounded in Soka’s mission and values.