The Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) is a network of students, alumni, and health professionals whose mission is to promote the development of Latino students through educational, volunteer, professional and networking opportunities to foster diversity, higher education, and the improvement of the Latino community.  

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LMSA Health Policy and Advocacy
LMSA believes that Health Care is a right. Please view our new Health Policy and Advocacy webpage and read LMSA's Health Policy and Single Payer Stances. 


 

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1st Annual LMSA-West Health Leadership in Policy and Advocacy Institute 
Special thanks to Stanford LMSA for hosting the 1st Annual LMSA West HeLP Institute on Saturday, Sept. 24th.  This conference brought together Latino Policy Leaders from all over the nation to discuss and teach student leaders how to be effective advocates in the issues that affect Latino healthcare. 
In case you missed it, you can still watch all the sessions and learn more about the LMSA-West Policy stances by clicking on the image below.
 
   
 
LMSA-West Leadership Conference at UCLA
Meet our new LMSA West Leaders!
 
   

Many THANKS to UC Irvine for putting together this year's
27th Annual LMSA-West Regional / National Conference!
This year's conference was a huge success and we are all grateful to everyone who participated and helped put together this awesome conference!
 
  

Make sure to mark your calendars for next year's 28th Annual LMSA Regional Conference at Stanford University on the weekend of April 6th, 2012! 
Stay tuned for details!


We are currently reviewing applications for the "Si Se Puede" Scholarship and will announce the winners soon. 

You can apply to our new scholarship, the Cinthya Felix Scholarship

If you'd like to donate to our scholarship fund, please contact Amaranta Craig at  vp_scholarship@lmsa.net 



 Pre-Health Students: Do you have a Mentor? Need help finding a mentor in your area? Click our Mentorship Link and use our new mentorship map tool in order to contact your local mentorship coordinator 

NOTE: LMSA is now the name of the National Organization representing Latino medical students throughout the United States. Our LMSA National (formerly NNLAMS) webpage can be found at lmsa.net while this website (west.lmsa.net) will continue to represent the LMSA chapters in the West.

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New Scholarship:
2011 Cinthya Felix Scholarship!
The Cinthya Felix Scholarship was developed in 2011 to assist undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, as long as the university they attend will allow them to enroll and register for classes
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
11:59pm PST, November 4th, 2011!!
This is NOT a postmark deadline.

UCI Diversity Coalition

11th Annual Pre-Health Conference:

"Rising to Address Health Inequalities"

Sat, Nov. 5, 2011

8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (PT)

 For more information and to register