HOSA-Future Health Professionals is proud to sponsor Health Professions Week (HPW). Health Professions Week is an exciting week-long event for high school and college students interested in learning more about careers in the health professions. HPW offers innovative ways for individuals to explore multiple health professions and interact directly with current practitioners and educators about admission requirements and career pathways. Students, teachers, and parents are invited to register for free.
We are excited that the 2018 Washington Leadership Academy will be held in Washington, DC at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Crystal City. State officers and local members are encouraged to attend this event. The 2018-19 Executive Council has been hard at work preparing to help attendees "Define Your Purpose!"
HOSA-Future Health Professionals was honored to have nearly 10,000 members, advisors and guests attend the 41st International Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas, June 27-30, 2018. HOSA was represented by 54 chartered associations including Canada, American Samoa and Puerto Rico as well as guests from China.
iGIANT®, a nonprofit, is excited to announce a challenge competition to explore the impact of gender/sex on innovation and novel technologies in our lives. The purpose of this challenge is to establish a common dialog about best practices and to inspire participants to serve as ambassadors for innovation to help accelerate the translation of research into gender/sex-specific design elements such as programs, products, policies, and protocols.
HOSA-Future Health Professionals was honored to be invited to the annual United States Public Health Service Symposium in Dallas, Texas from June 4th through the 7th. The theme for this conference was “Ensuring Health for Generations to Come: Science Matters”. The conference began with an incredible keynote speaker, Dr. Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH, who enlightened everyone about being the “Upstreamist” in life and in the health field. He further explained that the “Upstreamist” was one who would persist to locate the source of a problem to further efforts of preventative care.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today announced the 54th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts and career and technical education fields.
The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selects scholars annually based on their academic success, artistic excellence, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as evidence of community service, leadership and demonstrated commitment to high ideals.
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 HOSA Scholarship Program. HOSA received over 400 scholarship applications that were reviewed – congratulations to all applications! And thanks to HOSA’s partner, STEM Premier, for the platform for HOSA members to apply for this year’s scholarship. View a list of the 2018 Scholarship Recipients.
HOSA-Future Health Professionals is pleased to announce the 2018 Public Health Leadership Scholar participants. The week-long seminar is hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) with support from the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General (OSG) and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS).
The following HOSA members, alumni, and advisors will attend in the Public Health Leadership Scholars program,
