Young Doctors Project (YDP) is a multi-generational mentoring, education, and pipeline to health careers program for high school boys in Southeast Washington, DC and recently expanded to Roanoke, Virginia and New York City. Through intensive summer programs and Saturday academies at Howard University, YDP participants are trained in preventive medicine, mental health, and health issues in underserved communities.

Selected youth join YDP during their freshmen year of high school and remain in the program until graduation. After one year of training in the summer program and Saturday academies, the "young doctors" begin the service learning component of the program, which includes conducting free health clinics in their community under the supervision of YDP staff doctors.

With the support of Howard University's Department of Psychology and College of Medicine, the Young Doctors are equipped to address Washington, DC's health disparities head-on.

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For ways to get involved, contact contact GT Liaison Pam Feinstein (feinstep@gmail.com).

[updated August 2025] 

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