An Infusion of Diversity for the Next Generation of Health Policy Leaders
March 4, 2012 | Story
Three postdoctoral fellows from the RWJF Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico move on to tenure-track academic positions.
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New Connections Speed-Mentoring Event Supports Young Scholars
September 9, 2009 | Story
Initiative designed to enhance diversity in health care.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of New Mexico Establish New Program to Increase Diversity of Leadership in Health Policy Research and Development
January 10, 2007 | News Release
The Center will be fully established in fall 2007 and expects to train approximately 100 students in the first five years.
Valerie Cordero, Minority Medical Education Program, 1996
July 27, 2011 | Story
Just being in a medically oriented academic environment with people from a wide variety of backgrounds was valuable, Cordero says. "For me, it was like Wow - there are some Native Americans who are doctors."
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
September 29, 2008 | Report
An historical overview of the program and of the enduring legacy of its namesake.
Living and Learning at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I took my seven-year-old daughter to help me pick up my registration materials at the Moscone Center. I was thrilled to map the American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) sessions and discover they are located in one of the central buildings this year! It’s terrific to be able to attend the general sessions AND those specific to my community, which has not always been the case with AI/AN/NH sessions held in off-site hotels last year in Washington, D.C.
Training Health Policy Leaders Who Have Diverse Backgrounds and Perspectives
November 5, 2008 | Story
Fellowship program helps Latinos, American Indians and other underrepresented ethnic groups gain the social science expertise necessary for health services research that establishes them as leaders in health policy.
Kara King, Minority Medical Education Program, 2001
February 8, 2006 | Story
In the summer before her final medical school year, King joined the program staff as a resident adviser, staying in the dorm with students for the entire program.
Nicholas James Smith, Minority Medical Education Program, 2000
April 17, 2006 | Story
Smith read Gifted Hands, the autobiography of Ben Carson, MD, an African American from inner-city Detroit, who became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Nick Smith wanted to be a doctor.
Walter Conwell, Minority Medical Education Program, 2002
March 30, 2007 | Story
It wasn't until he was a high school senior, working as an intern for the U.S. Steel Corp., that Conwell met an African-American physician - a meeting that had a profound impact. "One of my motto