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For the October 2024 Social Mission Alliance newsletter, Kiara Marmolejos joins us as guest editor to provide information on physician assistant workforce diversity....

Florida is one of the most diverse states in the nation, with 55% of those between the ages of 20 and 35 identifying as persons of color. This diversity, however, is not reflected in many healthcare fields or graduates of health professions programs in the state especially those requiring advanced education. Researchers found that in Florida’s current workforce, Hispanic individuals were underrepresented in 19 of 21 health professions reviewed. Among the graduates of programs training the future healthcare workforce, in…

New op-ed published in MedPage Today by Toyese Oyeyemi, Maria Portela, and Ed Salsberg. This piece discusses potential limitations placed on accreditation agencies, changing of reproductive health learning, threats to financial aid, and more.  ...

This month, we spoke with Maria Portela MD, MPH, the Director of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) Health Equity Leadership Development Initiative (HELDI). This residential fellowship program is committed to diversifying leadership in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by providing fellows training, mentorship, and HHS agency placement....

The Social Mission Alliance is greatly disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision to limit the use of race as a factor in higher education admissions, which is likely to hinder the development of a health workforce reflective of the American population it serves....

Last Thursday, the White House released the president’s annual budget for fiscal year 2024. Highlights of the budget include several major increases in funding towards existing health workforce programs, as well as funding for the development of new programs....

The Health Workforce Diversity Initiative analyzes the diversity of the population in one state, California, compared to the diversity of its health professions workforce, thanks to funding from the California Endowment....

Students and faculty discuss public health principles in COVID-19, students mobilizing in a crisis, and health equity in the pandemic....