Many health and health-related organizations and associations are committed to ensuring that health education and services are sensitive to the needs of diverse populations. These organizations provide professional development, community health education, advocacy, and research. Below is a sampling of organizations and interest groups relevant to health sciences diversity.
Dental Medicine
- American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
- American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists (ASDA)
- Hispanic Dental Association (HDA)
Health and Rehabilitation
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
- The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
Medicine
- American Medical Association Minority Affairs Consortium (AMA-MAC)
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)
- Black In Neuro (BlackInNeuro)
- National Medical Association (NMA)
- National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
- National Association of Minority Medical Educators (NAMME)
Nursing
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)
- National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA)
- National Black Nurses Association (NBNA)
- National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA)
Pharmacy
- Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacist (ACCP)
- American Pharmacist Association (APA)
- Association of Black Health-System Pharmacists (ABHP)
- Pennsylvania Pharmacist Association (PPA) (Member-only site)
Public Health
- Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health (ASPPH)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Society of Public Health Education
Disability
- DisabledInStem
- Entry Point! a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
LGBTQ
Underrepresented/Disadvantaged
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
- Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
- National Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
- National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)