Transforming Health Professions Education
Founded by Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan, we transform health professions education by mobilizing and amplifying learners, teachers, community leaders, policymakers, and their organizations to advance equity in education, research, service, policy, and practice.
Social Mission is the contribution of a school in its mission, programs, and the performance of its graduates, faculty, and leadership in advancing health equity and addressing the health disparities of the society in which it exists.
Our eighth national conference is taking place March 30-31, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. Register to join!
WASHINGTON, DC (March 2, 2026) —The Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University and the Social Mission Alliance today announced the selection of the sixth cohort of the Josiah Macy Jr.
My name is Joshua Barnes. I am an advanced practice nurse and an educator. My days unfold in patient rooms, across academic spaces, within lecture halls, and in the deliberate work of writing that fills
Health Advocate Insights November, 2025 The Health Advocate Insights is our monthly digital space, where we highlight a handful of key developments and share how all of us, whether we are students, healthcare providers, educators, administrators, or organizers, can promote health workforce diversity and social accountability in health professional training programs. Our hope is that each issue gives you three things: a…
In this blog post, Karina Ascunce González and Avik Chatterjee highlight the importance of community-based education and research. Karina, a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience at Yale University, shares how conducting qualitative research with Latine populations
The Social Mission Alliance has held seven National Conferences with over 2,700 attendees. Our organization was created following our first conference in 2012.
The Social Mission Metrics Initiative aims to advance measurement and awareness of social mission in health professions education.
The Health Workforce Diversity Initiative measures and tracks the racial diversity of the healthcare workforce and students.
Our Student Assembly brings together interdisciplinary health profession students passionate about social mission, to promote, network, and organize around health equity.
The Health Justice Fellowship is a nine-month virtual program dedicated to nurturing the growth of trainees who already show a commitment to advancing health justice in health professions training.
Use our Social Mission Resource Library to find peer reviewed articles, implementation tools, and real world examples of social mission at institutions across the US.
Health professions education continues to require curated connections and alliances between disciplines, generations, worldviews, cultures, sectors, and geographic areas.
The Social Mission Alliance can only continue to effect change with the support of our partners and financial sponsors. Learn about giving.
