The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Program Reaches Out to New Hispanic Health Professionals

“The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has launched a new program to train a select group of promising young Hispanic public health and biomedical research experts, who will work with health professionals at UCSD and in Mexico to explore new strategies for addressing the critical challenge of HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases in border communities.

Funding to support the program has been awarded to UCSD’s Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine, under the direction of division chief Steffanie Strathdee, Ph.D., by the U.S. Office of Minority Health (OMH) and the Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS). The program will support four six-month internships which will be awarded to Hispanic graduate students who are interested in research experiences in HIV/AIDS and related infections and substance use with Latino populations in the U.S.-Mexico border region.”

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