ANNOUNCEMENT: An updated version of NHMA's 26th Annual Conference Agenda is now available!
Check out an exciting lineup of timely plenaries and workshops featuring health expert speakers from across sectors. Register today! We hope to see you in Chicago!
We are also excited to announce for the first time ever, NHMA Annual Conference registrants will receive a FREE one-year membership to NHMA included with their registration (*available to new members only). Already a member? You'll automatically receive a discounted registration rate when you sign in with your member credentials.
Share this opportunity among your networks and bring your colleagues to this one-of-a-kind event!
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Mark your calendars: NHMA is hosting a number of exceptional upcoming
events with subject matter experts and esteemed leaders
in Hispanic health care, check them out below!
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March 10 — HIV in Hispanic Female Communities: Strategies to Address Barriers and Increase Uptake Twitter Chat: Join us on Twitter
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March 29 — COVID-19 Virtual Briefing Series Session #21, "Hindsight 2020: 3 Years of Public Health Emergencies": Learn More and Register
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April 13 — NY Life Financial Planning - Washington, D.C. Chapter Dinner: Space limited, open to residents or practicing doctors. Contact [email protected] to express interest.
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April 27-30 — NHMA 26th Annual Conference, "From Awareness to Action and Outcomes: Finding Solutions through Innovative Approaches." Hosted at the Hyatt Regency Chicago: Learn More and Register
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May 11 — NY Life Financial Planning - Albuquerque (New Mexico) Chapter Dinner: Space limited, open to residents or practicing doctors. Contact [email protected] to express interest.
- May 25 — NY Life Financial Planning - Los Angeles Chapter Dinner: Space limited, open to residents or practicing doctors. Contact [email protected] to express interest.
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June 1 — NY Life Financial Planning - Texas Chapter Dinner: Space limited, open to residents or practicing doctors. Contact [email protected] to express interest.
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At UT-Austin, the MS in Health Care Transformation is a one-year program for health care professionals who want to lead change and create high-value services. Delivered primarily online, the program is designed to be completed while working full time. | |
Apply today for UHF’s Diversity in Health Care Scholarship for up to $3,200! Eligible applicants must be current or former health professionals interested in advancing clinical credentials, enrolled for the upcoming academic year, historically underrepresented students, and U.S. citizens | |
We Can Do This has new communications materials available to help you educate your patients about who is at increased risk for severe illness from COVID, the availability of COVID treatments, and the importance of getting treated early.
Check them out today!
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Weill Cornell Medicine is hosting a 45-60 minute virtual focus group experience for primary care providers (PCPs) to better understand barriers to lung cancer screening, especially among providers serving minoritized communities since there remain significant racial inequities across the lung cancer continuum. All participants will receive a $100 gift card!
Dates:
- March 23, 2023, 5-6pm ET
- March 28, 2023, 8-9am ET
- March 29, 2023, 4-5pm ET
- March 30, 2023, 1-2pm ET
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In partnership with Amgen, NHMA is proud to share a curated list of resources for both our Asthma and Cardiovascular Disease campaigns.
Asthma:
Cardiovascular Disease:
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On Tuesday, February 28, NHMA's Gulf Coast Chapter hosted "Research It! Women's and Girls HIV/AIDS Care in the Gulf Coast," combining our “Let’s Stop HIV Together” campaign with the All of Us Research Program into an impactful webinar that highlights how increasing diversity in genetic research can help support HIV researchers and healthcare workers to provide care, increase adherence, or promote prevention strategies to vulnerable populations. | |
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Legislative Update
The national office continues to work diligently to monitor local, state, and federal level policy developments, including legislative and regulatory changes, to advocate initiatives representing the interests of our 50,000 licensed Hispanic physicians in the United States. We maintain weekly communication with strategic national partners to empower Hispanic physicians to be leaders who will help eliminate health disparities and improve the health of Hispanics in the United States, including Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
Maternal Health Leadership Celebration (February 28, 2023)
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Dr. Rios, NHMA President & CEO joined partners – Dr. Garfield Clunie, MD, President, National Medical Association, Dr. Dan Bruzzini, MD, MBA, CPE, Medical Director, Centene's National Neonatal Center of Excellence, and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), Chair for Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, to discuss policies to advance maternal health legislation...
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This month's NHMA Trailblazer is Dr. Esmeralda Morales! Dr. Morales, a former NHMA Leadership Fellow, was recently announced as a 2023 Climate and Health Equity Fellow by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health in partnership with the National Medical Association. We can't wait to see the great work you do! | |
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