WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The National
Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF), 501c foundation of the National
Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), hosts its 17th
Annual Ceremony –virtually - to present scholarships to outstanding
Latino health professional students to assist them to become a
doctor, nurse, dentist, pharmacist, PA or public health
administrator.
"We are also honoring leaders who are role models for these
remarkable students," said Dr. Elena
Rios, President and CEO of NHHF and NHMA. "and partnering
with visionary sponsors so that we are able to build the future
health workforce for our communities, so ravaged by
COVID-19."
The gala ceremony will be held November 19th from 8:00 –
10:00 pm EST.
This year NHHF honors leaders in the Health industry for their
transformation of their community, academic and private sector
organizations so that more Latinos will have access to
healthcare:
The United Health Foundation and Centene Corporate are the Major
Sponsors. Other sponsors include NovoNordisk, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Charles R. Drew
University of Medicine & Science, Kaiser Permanente,
DaVita, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Latino Commission on
AIDS, California Liver Institute, Pasadena Liver Institute,
American Heart Association, California Health and Wellness and
HealthNet and more.
This year's NHHF Health Professional Student Scholarships are
being awarded to outstanding students who demonstrated academic
excellence, leadership and a commitment to providing healthcare to
Latinos. Since the scholarship program was launched in 2004, NHHF
has awarded over 280 scholarships as the only Latino scholarship
only given to graduate students in healthcare in the U.S.
The 2020 scholarship award winners are:
Elisabeth Parra, Charles R. Drew
University of Medicine and Science /David Geffen School of Medicine at
UCLA
Bianka Aceves Martin, University of California Riverside School of
Medicine
Jaquelin Solis Solis, Loyola University Chicago- Stritch School of
Medicine
Gabriel Enciso, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Enrique Cazares-Navarro, Michigan State
University College of Human Medicine
Daniel Alicea, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jose Negrete Manriquez, Charles R. Drew/PRIME at Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA
Raidizon Mercedes, Drexel University
College of Medicine
Jordan Juarez, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple
University
Priscilla Gonzalez, Boston University School of
Medicine
Ana McCracken, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine
and Public Health
Katia Valdez, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding
School of Public
Health
Cesia Rosamilia, CUNY School of
Medicine Physician Assistant
Program
Raul Perez Zarate, Emory University Rollins School of Public
Health
Alejandra Silva Hernandez,
Columbia University Mailman School of
Public Health
Sylvette Ramos-Diaz, University of North Carolina Adams School of
Dentistry
Steve Rodriguez, University of Texas Health Science Center San
Antonio Dental
School
Ingrid Marie Belaza, Lake Erie College
of Osteopathic Medicine School of
Pharmacy
Diana Garnica, University of Southern California School of
Pharmacy
Alexander Pinto, New York University College of
Dentistry
Luis Gutierrez, University of Miami Miller School of
Medicine
Lisandra Ochoa, Chicago Medical
School at Rosalind Franklin
University
Ruben Vega Perez, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount
Sinai
Lauro Avalos, University of California, San Francisco, Medical
School
Alberto Ortega, Keck School of
Medicine of
USC
Cecilia Ramirez, David Geffen School of Medicine at
UCLA
Victor Rodriguez, Texas A&M University College of
Medicine
Brenda Castillo, Texas Tech University Health Sciences, El Paso Paul
L. Foster School of Medicine
Laura Hernandez Santiago,
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and
Science, Medical School
Vanessa Nunez, David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding
Public Health School at
UCLA
Veronica Ortiz - Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
Julio Ramos, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai
Andrew Rosales, Keck USC School of
Medicine
Monica Vergara, Tulane University School of Medicine
NHHF is the 501(c)(3) arm of the National Hispanic Medical
Association (NHMA), a nonprofit organization that represents 50,000
Hispanic physicians across the U.S. The mission of NHHF is to
improve the health of Hispanics through research and educational
activities. www.NHMAFoundation.org
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SOURCE National Hispanic Health Foundation