WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Twenty-Seven health professional students pursuing health care
careers in New York will receive
$5,000 and $2,000 scholarships from the National Hispanic
Health Foundation (NHHF) at the 13th Annual Hispanic Health
Professional Student Scholarship Gala at the New York Academy of
Medicine in New York City on
December 15, 2016 and at the
9th Annual Gala in Los
Angeles on December
8th 2016.
Dr. Fernando J. Valverde,
Regional President- Medicare, South Florida Humana , Dr.
Angela Diaz, Director, Adolescent
Clinic, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount
Sinai, Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, Senior Vice-President,
Community Relations /Government Affairs, Emblem Health/CUNY
Trustee, Luis Miranda, Jr., Founding
Partner, MirRam Group, LLC, Robert F.
Mujica, Budget Director State of New York/CUNY Trustee,
Althea Alexander, Assistant Dean of
Diversity and Inclusion, USC Keck
School of Medicine, Dr. Hy Doyle, Director- PRIME Program, UCLA
David Geffen School of Medicine, John
Baackes, CEO, LA Health Care Plan, Richard D. Cordova, Past-CEO, Children's
Hospital L.A., Sylvia Lopez, Former
Anchor, KCBS/KCAL TV, Los Angeles,
and Dr. Gregory Talavera, Professor,
Public Health, San Diego State
University will receive Health Leadership Awards. "We
are proud to honor these leaders who are committed to a better
America." said Dr. Elena Rios,
president of NHHF. "They are increasing access to health care,
promoting healthy lifestyles, and increasing Hispanic students in
health professions schools."
The scholarship program is supported by the United Health
Foundation, Centene, Humana, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine,
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and
Science, NYU Langone Medical Center, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, Emblem
Health, AltaMed, National Hispanic Medical Association, and other
partners.
This year's scholarship recipients have demonstrated academic
excellence, leadership and commitment to serving the Hispanic
community, the nation's largest minority group. Their disciplines
are in six areas: medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health,
health policy, and pharmacy.
The student awardees are: Christian
Monsalve, Rutgers NJ Medical School, Cesar Andrade, Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai, Natalie Ceballos, FIU Herbert Wertheim College
of Medicine, Paulina Ramirez,
Drexel University School of Medicine,
Rachel Rosario, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry,
Crystal Alvarez, Boston University, School of Public Health,
Javier Ortega, Long Island University School of Pharmacy,
Pia Iribarren, NYU Global Health,
Stephanie Arredondo-Glacet,
Medical University of South Carolina,
Stephanie Eleanor Rivera, MSN, RN,
University of Illinois at Chicago,
Sarah Martinez, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School
of Dentistry, Luis Ventura, UCLA
School of Dentistry, Paola Perez,
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Victoria Rodriguez, University of Southern California Public Health
Program, Laura Ortega Flores,
University of Utah, School of Nursing,
David Reynoso, University of San Francisco School of Nursing,
Marvin Ortiz, Western University of Health Sciences College of
Pharmacy, Omar Viramontes, UCLA
David Geffen School of Medicine, Luis
Seija, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of
Medicine, Fernando Picazo,
University of Arizona College of
Medicine- Tucson, and Axana Rodriguez-Torres, UC Irvine School of
Medicine. A prestigious panel of health care officials from the
Wagner School, National Association of Hispanic Nurses, Latino
Caucus of the American Public Health Association, the Hispanic
Dental Association, and NHMA selected the awardees.
Since the scholarship program was launched in 2004, NHHF has
awarded 208 scholarships totaling $720,000. "The NHHF is proud of its role in
filling the growing demand for diversity through this scholarship
program." Rios said
NHHF, located at the NY Academy of Medicine and affiliated with
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, is the 501(c)(3) arm
of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), a nonprofit
organization based in Washington, DC representing Hispanic
physicians across the U.S. For information on the National
Hispanic Health Foundation, go to www.nhmafoundation.org
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SOURCE National Hispanic Health Foundation