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Community Spotlight: Genesis Perez-Melara
Genesis, you have a unique experience - you first came to HMS as a 14-year-old to participate in the student-run HPREP program and then subsequently participated in OCCE’s Hinton AP Biology program and the Project Success high school program, and later...
Genesis Perez-Melara is wearing a black blouse and white coat. She is standing outside in front of a tree.

Giving back in our Mission Hill Neighborhood
On May 20th, OCCE’s Michelle Keenan joined six other Harvard Longwood Community members to pick up litter in the Mission Hill neighborhood (some volunteers pictured) .These ‘waste warriors’ battled the heat and the wind-strewn food packaging, paper, cans...
Michelle Keenan stands alongside four other volunteers outside the Kresge building. They are all holding clear trash bags filled with trash and four of the volunteers also have trash pickers.

Harvard Longwood Community Walks for Peace on Mother’s Day
On Sunday, May 10, 2026, members of the Harvard Longwood community joined thousands of others at the 30th annual Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Mother’s Day Walk for Peace at Town Field Park in Dorchester. Representing Harvard Medical School, the Harvard...
Two members of the OCCE staff stand outside during the Mother's Day Walk. One of them is holding up a red Team Harvard Medical School sign.

Randolph High School Youth Health Advisory Council visits HMS
As part of the collaborative INSPIRE project, OCCE hosted students from Randolph High School Youth Health Advisory Council at HMS for an afternoon of enrichment activities and a career panel. This grant funded project is led by the Institute of Health...
Randolph High School students and OCCE staff pose for a photo in a classroom in Countway Library.

25-26 CFF Fellow Hosts BHCC Students on Campus
Over the course of his fellowship, Commonwealth Fund Fellow Pablo da Silva, MD, MPH (pictured, bottom left) has worked closely with Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) students with a healthcare and science concentration and their professors. Dr. da...
Pablo da Silva takes a selfie in front of the Harvard Medical School sign on the Quad. He is standing with a BHCC professor and 10 BHCC students, some of whom are throwing peace signs or waving.

Harvard Longwood Team Braves Cold for Winter Walk
The Harvard Longwood Community team joined thousands of community members at the annual Winter Walk to end homelessness. The 2-mile annual Winter Walk raises awareness and funds to end homelessness in our communities. Funds raised through this event...
The Harvard Longwood team stands in Boston Common, huddled together in the cold.

OCCE Joins Dimock Center to Address Food Insecurity
OCCE staff Michelle Keenan and Sarah Foy joined enthusiastic community members at the Dimock Center in Roxbury to prepare bags of nutritious food that will be distributed to address the pressing issue of food insecurity in the community. Through a...
The Dimock Center and OCCE crew stands in front of green reusable bags of packaged foods. The bags say, "Thank You For Shopping Here!"

OCCE Volunteers at Community Servings
Staff members from the HMS Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE) spend their Monday morning this week pitching in at Community Servings in Jamaica Plain. The team assisted in the kitchen by assembling food distribution bags and packing...
Two OCCE staff members in the kitchen next to a container of egg salad.

OCCE Volunteers at Boston Food Bank
Staff members from the HMS Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE) spent a weekday morning in August at the Greater Boston Food Bank as part of a recurring series of community service efforts. Alongside another volunteer team, the group was...
OCCE staff pose for a photo while holding produce-themed signs.

2025 Project Success Concludes
Seven high school and rising college students delivered their project presentations at the conclusion of Project Success this past summer. A conference room in Tosteson Medical Education Center (TMEC) hosted the cohort along with lab members, PIs, and...
Seven Project Success student smile at the camera. They are standing in front of a screen that says, "2025 Student Research Presentations and Closing Ceremony."

2025 VRIP Concludes
On Thursday, June 24, 11 students presented their summer projects as a conclusion to this year’s Visiting Research Internship Program (VRIP). VRIP was established in 2009 as an eight-week mentored summer research program for first- and second-year medical...
Eleven VRIP students pose with their certificates alongside two staff members. The Harvard Medical School logo is projected on a screen behind them.