A group of 10 health sciences students from the University of Washington and Heritage University in Toppenish, Wash., were selected as the first recipients of the Latino Center for Health’s Student Scholars Fellowship Program.
Kenia Ramirez, a second-year MSW student at the School of Social Work, is one of the fellowship recipients. In November, Ramirez presented her paper in both Spanish and English at the 4th Binational Mexico-U.S. Conference on Social Work and Migration at the University of Houston on ways to reach Latino immigrant men at risk for HIV.
Stacey Fernandez, a senior in the social welfare program at UW-Tacoma, was also selected to receive a Latino Center for Health’s Student Scholars Fellowship.
The center, based at the School of Social Work, operates in partnership with the UW schools of medicine and public health. Supporting emerging scholars is part of its mission to build capacity to address current and emerging health issues facing diverse Latinx communities in Washington state. Latinos, who are the largest and among the fastest growing racial-ethnic groups in Washington state, confront daily social and health-related challenges that constitute significant barriers to equitable health care.
“This program supports the next generation of leaders and schools who promote the health and well-being of Latinx communities in our state,” said Gino Aisenberg, associate professor at the School and co-director of the Latino Center for Health. “The fellowship program provides crucial funding to students as well as programmatic activities that promote community and engagement with the faculty and staff of the Center.”
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