NEWS

With the recent outbreak of enterohemorrhagic E. coli in romaine lettuce (don’t buy any for the time being!), I’m reminded of the Ebola outbreak earlier this decade. During the height of the “scare”, I was an emergency department volunteer at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. My duties included assisting patients to their rooms, running samples and medications around the hospital, and ensuring that patients felt as though they were being properly cared for. One evening, though, I arrived to be assigned to a different task.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- Health care is a major industry here in Acadiana. 

The STEM Premier Top 100 Rankings for 2018 have been released! Once a year, STEM Premier identifies the top academic and technical high school students on STEM Premier and recognize their accomplishments, talents, and efforts.

Patricia Cornet, Director Global Scientific Societies and Cooperative Groups, Global Medical Oncology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Co-founder & Vice President of Women of Color in Pharma (WOCIP), has joined the HOSA-100 National Advisory Council.

Public speaking is a fear that I often hear cited along with phobias of things like spiders, snakes, or heights. I think of it as very different, though. Those fears are instinctual and evolutionary - it’s not often smart to pick up a snake or stand at the edge of a cliff. Public speaking, however, is typically a good thing. Somebody has decided that what you have to say is important enough that multiple people will want or need to hear it.

Hello everyone! With the start of Spring semester behind me and the idea of state leadership conferences beginning, I thought it might be a good time to check in. I remember being really nervous before my first SLC in 2010 - I was competing in HOSA Bowl and it’s certainly not the most low-stress of competitions. Suffice it to say that I sympathize with those of you who may be getting nervous.

Do you like to sing? Do you play a musical instrument? Want to showcase your special talent in front of 11,000 HOSA members are the 2018 International Leadership Conference? 

HOSA is looking for talented singers, musicians or other special acts to participate at one of the General Sessions at the International Leadership Conference.  Submissions can include the National Anthem and/or inspriational songs that would be appropriate for one of the General Sessions.  

The 2018 National Health Science State Leaders Annual Meeting was held in San Antonio, Texas, January 30 in advance of the National Consortium for Health Science Education (NCHSE) 2018 Board of Directors Annual Meeting. Jeswin Vennatt, Western Region Vice President was invited to participate as a guest speaker prior to the HOSA sponsored luncheon.