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THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for NHMA's 25th Annual Conference: Addressing Social Determinants and Well-Being!

We had such an incredible four days of community building, career development, and fellowship as we celebrated Latinos in medicine. We are so grateful for our NHMA Familia!

Looking to access resources shared at the conference? Workshop, plenary, and symposium slides are now LIVE on our website! Visit nhmamd.org/2022-conference for information on redeeming CME credits (by April 27), accessing slides, and completing your conference evaluation form. We look forward to welcoming you at our next conference in April 2023.
Join expert speakers on April 27 at 7 p.m. ET for Session 15 of NHMA's COVID-19 Virtual Briefing Series on "Mental Health: Addressing Burnout in Healthcare and Families." Tune in to this important discussion highlighting the need for accessible and culturally-competent mental health services in the Latino community and beyond.

This briefing is moderated by NHMA President & CEO Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP and is set to host:
  • J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, President & Co-Founder, Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation
  • Charles Jin, MD, Medical Director, Centene Advanced Behavioral Health, Centene Corporation 
  • Speaker from AAP to be announced.
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Connect with us on Twitter at 1 p.m. ET on April 18 for our HIV PACT Transgender Testing Day Twitter Chat! Join the conversation to learn more about best practices, HIV prevention, and treatment options for transgender members of the Hispanic community.
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The NHMA Leadership Fellowship is a training program for mid-career U.S. licensed physicians (at least 5 years post training) with significant leadership experience who are committed to the work of improving public health. Don't miss this opportunity designed to equip NHMA fellows with invaluable leadership skills through executive training and development in public health, policy, and advocacy.
Apply to the NHMA Leadership Fellowship (Due April 22)
The Hispanic Leadership Development Fellowship Program is offering graduate students and recent graduates a paid one-year leadership fellowship to accelerate HHS and federal careers. Ten fellows will be chosen to work on-site at the HHS office in Washington, D.C. with at least two rotations at different agencies within HHS.
Apply to Hispanic Leadership Development Fellowship
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is an award-winning health system providing innovative primary, specialty, and emergency care to our diverse patient population. CHA is currently recruiting for a multitude of departments and positions — ideal candidates will have a strong commitment to providing high quality care to our multicultural community of underinsured patients.
Read More about CHA's Openings
Dermatology residents and physician associate students are invited to apply for the Lubriderm Skin Scholarship to increase representation and accessibility of Hispanic/Latino medical professionals within the field! Ten scholarships of $15,000 each to be awarded. Please share this opportunity within your networks.
Apply by May 31
The All of Us Research Program just announced the launch of the Researcher Workbench’s Controlled Tier and its initial set of genomic data. This dataset integrates nearly 100,000 whole genome sequences (WGS) and more than 165,000 genomic arrays with information that can identify specific genes individuals carry.
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Register today for "PrEP 101: Increasing Uptake of PrEP in the Hispanic and Latino Community" with Carly Floyd, PharmD, PhC, AAHIVP, CDCES, TTS! This free webinar in collaboration with the American Academy of HIV Medicine will take place on April 20 at 7 p.m. ET as part of AAHIVM's Academy Webinar Series.
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Become a member of NHMA and select your specialty to be connected with a council of physician colleagues. Councils will offer exciting webinars to access residencies, fellowships, faculty jobs, and mentorship.
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Influenza Campaign
NHMA is continuing to expand the health communications campaign supported by Sanofi to improve influenza vaccination rates for adult Hispanics and encourage the administration of the influenza vaccines.
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From our Partners
For many in Chicago’s Latino community, the prospect of less COVID-19 restrictions sows more anxiety than optimism. Although surges of the virus have severely affected other communities, state data indicates that Latinos have a higher infection rate than any other racial or ethnic group in Illinois. Read more about our work with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Solo Kiko program.
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The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA) and has newly created the Growing a Diverse Workforce Award for students enrolled in college (age 18+) or professional/certificate program equivalent, pharmacy, medical, social work, psychology, or nursing school, or early career faculty in their first two-years of practice after residency. Learn more and start your submission before the May 1 deadline!
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NHMA President's Corner
Recent speaking engagements:
  • Towards a Future of Environmental Health Sciences – April 26, 2022
  • Bioengineering, Technology, and Data Science Ecosystem Partnership Summit – May 12, 2022
Legislative Update

Dear Colleagues,

NHMA recently hosted our 25th Annual Conference where over a hundred NHMA members visited Capitol Hill to meet with members of the House of Representatives and Senate. We met with 13 different offices where we advocated for important NHMA priorities like expanding Medicaid to cover the Medicaid gap and improving opportunities for Hispanic students to enter into the medical profession pipelines. We also advocated for improving health equity and bringing down barriers for Hispanic to access care. Finally, we called for more work to be done to prevent serious health issues by making more efforts to bring down rates of obesity and smoking as well as combating climate change so that the negative effects of these issues doesn’t lead to future health issues for the Hispanic community.
 
The National Hispanic Medical Association celebrates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the United States Supreme Court. Judge Jackson was the first Black woman nominated to the high court and will be the first to serve on the bench. NHMA supported the nomination along with NALEO and the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda organizations because we believe in the importance of diversity in our Federal government to improve our society’s future.
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Member Spotlight
This month's Member Spotlight is honoring NHMA's Physician of the Year, Dr. Susana Morales, Director of the Weill Cornell Medicine Diversity Center of Excellence! Thank you for your continued leadership to improve Hispanic health and efforts to advance health equity.  
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In The News
  • Changing the narrative: Health professionals work to change stigma about Alzheimer's among Latinos – Denver ABC 7, March 15, 2022
  • El Pasoan elected to National Hispanic Medical Association board – El Paso Inc., March 23, 2022
  • NHMA Hosts 25th Annual Conference on Addressing Social Determinants and Well-Being on March 24-27 – 69 News, March 25, 2022
  • Dr. Susana Morales Named NHMA Physician of the Year – Weill Cornell Medicine Diversity Center of Excellence, March 28, 2022
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