The NHMA national office will be closed for the Holidays from December 24, 2020 to January 3, 2021. |
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Learn from healthcare experts on COVID-19 and Latinos, how to deliver healthcare or behavioral healthcare, how to develop faculty careers, clinical trials, use of AI and technology and more to improve Hispanic health. Go to our conference page to register or submit a speaker or poster abstract! |
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NHMA Virtual Events
Saturday, January 23, 2021 | 12 PM ET
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 | 7 PM ET
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 | 7 PM ET
*The Virtual Briefing Series will be held on the fourth Wednesday of every month except for March and December 2021.
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The House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding bill on December 9 that would give lawmakers one week to avoid a government shutdown later this month. The Senate must pass the continuing resolution and President Trump must sign it by Friday to avoid a government shutdown, which both are expected to do.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced on December 10 a legislation to provide a second round of stimulus checks to most Americans as Congressional leadership continues to negotiate a larger coronavirus relief package.
NHMA congratulates California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for being selected by President-Elect Biden to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NHMA encourages its members to check the Plum Book for political positions in the new Administration and send your letter of interest and CV to erios@nhmamd.org and to the Biden Transition: buildbackbetter.com
NHMA joined national advocacy groups in a letter to Senate and House Leadership calling for action that any coronavirus stimulus or recovery package in the future needs to reduce pollution, protect public health, correct inequity linked to environmental injustice and health disparities, and to address the climate crisis. Read the letter here.
NHMA 2021 State Advocacy Meetings. NHMA thanks its members for joining state advocacy efforts in New York, California, Texas, and Florida in discussing issues on cardiovascular health and diversity in medical education. We plan to have our 2021 Capitol Hill Visits at the end of February.
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NHMA COVID-19 Education and Advocacy |
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NHMA Education and Advocacy for COVID-19 started in March 2020 and will continue. We welcome your recommended articles and reports for our HispanicHealth.info portal and speakers for our monthly Virtual Briefings to start again in January 2021. Read more information here.
We encourage you to visit the NHMA PORTAL for resources on COVID-19 and other issues:
Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities - a new website for researchers
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Programs Update & Membership Opportunities |
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NHMA has various opportunities for our members and partners to engage with other health care providers and patients. We encourage your participation.
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NHMA Survey of Physicians/Providers who care for Latinos at high risk for HIV - contact nhma@nhmamd.org if interested in participating this first U.S. survey on the topic. NHMA is partnering with University of Maryland, UT Austin and Gilead.
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NIH AllofUs Research Program - supported by AllofUs Research Program
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Looking for health professional speakers for AllofUs Research Program Fireside Chat Series in Feb and May. If interested, contact Elena Rios, MD: erios@nhmamd.org.
- NHMA COVID-19 Virtual Briefing Series
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If interested in speaking at our monthly briefing, contact Elena Rios, MD: erios@nhmamd.org.
- NHMA Chapters and Planning for 2021 - webinars from April to November on Issues of interest to the 17 NHMA Chapters -
- Looking for Steering Committee Members - Members, representatives of healthcare facilities, training institutions, LMSA, COR, CYP who can promote the Chapter Activities.
- NHMA Medical School Liaison Program
- NHMA - CDC PACT - Let's Stop HIV Together - supported by CDC
- NHMA Cardiovascular Disease Campaign - supported by Amgen
- NHMA College Health Scholars Program - supported by HHS OMH
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Join the program as a mentor today!
- NHHF Stop Vaping Campaign - supported by Aetna Foundation-CVS Health
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Looking for spokespersons! and connectors to middle/high school students. If interested, sign up here.
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Add us on Snapchat!
- NHHF Health Literacy Program & COVID-19 - supported by Centene Corporation
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NHMA/AAOA Opioid Toolkit Launch! Check out our resources here!
- NHMA 24th Annual Hispanic Health Conference
- March 17-20, 2021 - Speaker Abstracts deadline extended to Dec.31.
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Member Community Activity |
Our NHMA Social Community has officially launched and is waiting for you to join as an NHMA Member!
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To access our exclusive member community, log-in to your account here!
- Don't forget to update your profile information, add a photo, and find connections.
- Want a chance to win NHMA merch? Join the "Welcome NHMA Members" circle and post an introduction about yourself!
- If you are unsure how to navigate our new community features, there is no need to worry. Once you log-in, there is an instruction video waiting for you at the bottom of your member landing page.
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NHMA Members are hard at work being catalysts for change in their communities. |
Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ, volunteered to represent NHMA as part of the Project TENDR policy coalition.
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Judith Flores, MD, FAAP, CHQM, was appointed as the NHMA representative to serve on the Physician Engagement and Training focused on Breastfeeding Project Advisory Committee.
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NHMA Medical School Liaison Program
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Thank you to all of our NHMA members who are participating in serving as a Liaison for this much needed program. You can view our Liaisons and LMSA Chapter matches here.
NHMA Advisory Committees
- The Advisory Committees behind our programs serve as our guidance, experts, voices of our community, and NHMA's backbone. For all of our members who dedicated their time to volunteer and work side-by-side with us to carry out our numerous programs, NHMA thanks you sincerely.
NHMA Members on the Frontlines
- We would like to acknowledge and thank all of the NHMA members who have been fighting on the frontlines during COVID-19. Your heroic efforts and selflessness are admired and appreciated immensely by all of your NHMA family.
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If you have received an award or attended an event and would like to be featured in our monthly Membership Update, please contact membership2@nhmamd.org by the first Friday of every month.
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The 4 major values of an NHMA membership are Advocacy, Education, Leadership Development and Networking. Our major member benefits for professionals include:
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Opportunities to be nominated for commissions and advisory boards in the Federal government, private sector, and other national health professional associations. (Announcements sent to your email every Friday)
- NHMA Leadership Fellowship - pending.
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Opportunities to mentor medical students and residents.
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Discounts at the NHMA Annual Conference.
- Free CME credits.
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Opportunities to share your research as a speaker or poster presenter at our annual conference.
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Network with other members in our social community and events!
Our major benefits for residents/health professional students:
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Opportunities to mentor college students.
- Discounts at the NHMA Annual Conference.
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Opportunities to share your research or service learning as a poster presenter at our annual conference.
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Network with health professionals at one of NHMA Chapter Forums and Annual Conference.
Join as a Member & Get Involved With NHMA:
Click below to see our membership options:
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2021 NHMA Membership Drive Raffle! |
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We will be holding a raffle to win NHMA merch for every new member or membership renewal submitted before January 31, 2021!
For questions on how to sign up or renew, please email Vincent at membership2@nhmamd.org.
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President's Blog: Plan for Your Family’s Caregiving Needs
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our communities across the United States with three times the cases and five times the hospitalizations among Hispanics compared to non-Hispanic white persons.
This new disease causes fatigue, fevers, chills, diarrhea and perhaps loss of taste or smell for several days in some persons, but more serious symptoms are lung damage and shortness of breath, clots in the vascular system, heart attacks, and strokes. Some people get so sick that they are admitted to hospitals for medical care treatments, including ventilators to help the lungs breathe.
Caregivers are friends or family members who drive their ill parent to the lab or to visit the doctor or dentist. Caregiving can be buying groceries, getting medicines, helping with finances or doing chores around the house. In the Latino family, we are all family caregivers at one time or another. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six Hispanic adults are caregivers, 58 percent of whom are women, and over half assist with personal care. Read more here.
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HIV Clinical Fellowship Awards – Apply by Jan. 19, 2021
HIVMA and the IDSA Foundation are accepting applications for the 2021 HIV Clinical Fellowship Program. For the first time, the program is supporting one year of HIV clinical training for full or half-time effort awards to allow greater flexibility for physicians to train in community-based settings. The award supports a stipend of $33,000 for half-time training or $65,000 for full-time, plus funding to cover fringe benefits. Up to an additional $10,000 is available to support educational opportunities or to offset training site administrative costs. Physicians whose communities are underrepresented in medicine or who interested in working in the Southeastern United States are strongly encouraged to apply. Program and application requirements are on the HIVMA website, including recommended competencies for fellowship training. The deadline to apply is Jan. 19, 2021. Contact HIVMA to learn more.
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NHMA-AAOA Opioid Toolkit
The National Hispanic Medical Association recently partnered with Allied Against Opioid Abuse to release a new suite of resources to help educate the Hispanic community about the rights, risks and responsibilities associated with prescription opioids. The toolkit was developed by an advisory committee of NHMA members and features three downloadable and printable resources available in both Spanish and English. Along with the toolkit resources, we released an informational Spanish-language video providing key insights on safe prescription opioid use from NHMA physicians. Our partnership with AAOA aims to increase awareness among Hispanics about prescription opioid safety, safe storage and disposal and alternative pain management options by providing resources for healthcare providers to easily share with their patients. We encourage you to share the resources and video with your patients and colleagues.
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We ask that you consider making a $25 donation to help NHMA & NHHF help our health professionals help their patients:
1) NHHF Health Professional Student Scholarship
2) NHMA Resident Leadership Program.
3) NHMA Physician Leadership Fellowship
We invite Individual Donors to start your annual giving to NHHF - a nonprofit contribution.
Sign-up for the AmazonSmile Program and 0.5% of your Amazon purchase will be donated to support the NHHF & NHMA.
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