{"id":162,"date":"2020-11-10T13:46:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T18:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:53:20","slug":"hpac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/hpac\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Professions Advising Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Trinity College and the Health Professions Advising Committee (HPAC). We want to help you! The HPAC is a group of very committed members of the faculty and staff at Trinity. Our duties are centered around helping students interested in pursuing a career in the health professions (most notably medical, dental, and allied health programs). Upon registering with the HPAC, students are assigned a member of the committee to serve as an informal advisor for the health professions (in addition to the student&#8217;s official academic advisor).<\/p>\n<h3>What the HPAC does:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We SUPPORT you! We meet as often or as infrequently as you&#8217;d like. We&#8217;ll talk about courses, extracurricular activities, and about who you are as a person and how that fits into the health professions.<\/li>\n<li>We advise and assist ANY student interested in the health professions (no major or GPA requirements)<\/li>\n<li>Attend and organize information sessions on various aspects of the health professions<\/li>\n<li>Collect and distribute information about extracurricular opportunities to students<\/li>\n<li>Draft Letters of Evaluation for student and alumni applications<\/li>\n<li>Supports students\/alums as they work through the application process<\/li>\n<li>We support alums throughout their journey to the health professions &#8211; whether it has been a short time or a long time since you graduated, reach out to us!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Committee Members<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internet3.trincoll.edu\/facProfiles\/Default.aspx?fid=1052813\">Dr. Alison Draper<\/a><br \/>\nCommittee Chair<br \/>\nDirector, Science Center<br \/>\n860-297-5189<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/internet3.trincoll.edu\/FacProfiles\/Default.aspx?fid=1480060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Claire Fournier<\/a><br \/>\nSenior Lecturer and Laboratory Coordinator in Biology<br \/>\n860-297-4077<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internet3.trincoll.edu\/facProfiles\/Default.aspx?fid=1480963\">Dr. Brian Chin<\/a><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Psychology<br \/>\n860-297-5215<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internet3.trincoll.edu\/facProfiles\/Default.aspx?fid=1480726\">Dr. Natalie R. Crist<\/a><br \/>\nSenior Lecturer and Laboratory Coordinator in Chemistry<br \/>\n860-297-4136<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/internet3.trincoll.edu\/FacProfiles\/Default.aspx?fid=1480820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Sally Seraphin<\/a><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Neuroscience<br \/>\n860-297-2373<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/internet3.trincoll.edu\/FacProfiles\/Default.aspx?fid=1237203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Chris Swart<\/a><br \/>\nPrincipal Lecturer and Laboratory Coordinator in Neuroscience<br \/>\n860-297-2350<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internet3.trincoll.edu\/facProfiles\/Default.aspx?fid=1481209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julia Bekanich<\/a><br \/>\nCoordinator for Health Professions and Health Fellows Program Lecturer<br \/>\n860-297-2159<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:kathy.mallinson@trincoll.edu\">Kathy Mallinson<\/a><br \/>\nAdministrative Assistant, Science Center<br \/>\n860-297-4008<br \/>\n\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Trinity College and the Health Professions Advising Committee (HPAC). 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