Race, Ethnicity and Culture in Health

Mission:

The Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Health committee aims to reduce health disparities between different racial, ethnic and cultural groups through advocacy, education, and service.

Our goals include strengthening cultural competency in medical education, promoting diversity of the physician workforce, and empowering future physicians to actively engage in the political and social movement towards health equity.

“Health equity is within our REACH”

Get Involved

WATCH FOR THESE UPCOMING PROJECTS-IN-A-BOX:

  • Cultural Competency Workshop Run by Medical/Premedical Students Toolkit: Training for student presenters to provide a plenary session and interactive activities to their peers in order to strengthen the cultural competency of the participants .

  • Host a Health Disparity Expert at Your School: A list of speakers with expertise in health disparities from various institutions across all regions will be contacted and upon confirmation provided as resources for both medical and premedical students.

  • TEACH (Teen Education and Careers in Healthcare) Service in a Box: To increase the diversity of the physician workforce, we believe that students must be exposed to careers in healthcare as early as possible. The TEACH initiative works to foster interest in healthcare by providing information about healthcare careers in a fun and comprehensible way to underserved middle and high school students.

  • Prison Health Program: A service initiative to provide basic health education to inmates in local jail facilities.

Resources

Leadership

Anandani Nellan
Anandani
Nellan

Chair
Shazia Mehmood
Shazia
Mehmood

Policy
Simone Bennett
Simone
Bennett
Education
Betty Chung
Betty Chung
Grassroots Leadership
Terry Chen
Terry
Chen

Premed Representative
 

Stay Connected

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