About PREP
Built around doing real research.
PREP was started to give undergrads a real place to do research, not just shadow professionals or collect volunteer hours.
Our Purpose
Why we exist.
“PREP aims to advance undergraduate involvement in research focused on the social determinants of health through structured collaboration with medical students, graduate students, and faculty mentors. The club prioritizes original research, peer-reviewed publication, and conference participation, with a focus on equity in healthcare.”
Where we're headed
Our goal.
We want to build a research community at UF where undergrads are doing work that actually matters. Getting published, presenting at conferences, and developing as future physician-researchers and scientists.
Every PREP member is expected to contribute meaningfully, not just show up. And every project is designed to produce something worth sharing.
How We're Different
Not your typical pre-health org.
A structured cycle
Fall is for building the literature base. Spring is for writing. Summer is for submitting to journals and conferences. Every phase has a purpose.
Cross-disciplinary work
Our projects pull from medicine, sociology, economics, and public health because that is how health research actually works.
Real output
Every project is aimed at a conference presentation or publication. Members are contributors, not observers.
What We Value
What drives the work.
Research Rigor
Work is structured, evidence-based, and methodologically sound. Emphasis is placed on literature quality, synthesis, and academic integrity.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Projects integrate perspectives from medicine, sociology, economics, and public health to reflect the complexity of real-world health systems.
Publication-Driven Output
All project tracks are designed with end goals of publication or conference presentation — not passive participation.
Accessibility to Research
Undergraduates are trained from the ground up to participate in research regardless of prior experience.
Intellectual Ownership
Students are not passive participants. They contribute meaningfully to project direction, analysis, and writing.
Collaboration
Mentored at every step.
PREP works alongside medical students, graduate students, and faculty mentors at UF. Our members get direct access to people who know how to conduct and publish research, from day one.
Primary members
UF undergrads interested in health research and SDOH
Collaborators
Medical students, grad students, and faculty mentors
Research focus
Social determinants of health and health equity
Output
Peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations