Mission

The mission of the HSHPS is to improve the health of Hispanics through the development of academic education and training.

The principle goals of the Association are as follows:

-To strengthen the nation’s capacity to educate Hispanic health profession students and increase the number of high-quality health care providers to serve and improve the health status of Hispanics;
-To develop educational opportunities in health profession schools’ curriculum, research and clinical experiences, enabling Hispanic and non-Hispanic health profession students to provide excellent health care to Hispanic populations;

-To establish or expand outreach projects, grants and scholarships for Hispanics to enter health profession careers;

-To stimulate health profession institutions to increase, promote and retain Hispanic faculty and researchers;

-To identify targeted health outcomes which will improve the health of Hispanic populations and support health policy, systems of care, and projects which secure these outcomes; and

-To promote collaboration at the regional and national levels between educational institutions, communities and other partners.