SAHM News
Three award opportunities for adolescent health professionals. Nominate yourself or a worthy colleague today for the Outstanding Achievement Award in Adolescent Health and Medicine, Lawrence S. Neinstein Award in Young Adult Health and Hilary E.C. Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care. Deadline is Nov. 26.
SAHM California chapters wrote a letter to the deputy attorney general expressing concern this merger will have on reproductive justice, health care access for LGBTQ patients, and transgender patients in particular, and economic justice.
The NIDA Mentored-Facilitated Training Award in Substance Use Disorders Science Dissemination, supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and sponsored by the Society for Adolescent Health & Medicine (SAHM), will offer $12,000 for support (including up to $2,000 for a mentor stipend). Applications due Nov. 5.
SAHM signed onto a letter sent to US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs opposing any legislation that would expand the scale and length of immigrant family detention or overturn the child protection principles currently governing the treatment of migrant children in custody.
SAHM has released a position paper titled "Racism and Its Harmful Effects on Nondominant Racial–Ethnic Youth and Youth-Serving Providers: A Call to Action for Organizational Change." Included in the paper are a number of suggestions and steps for organizations to consider and implement. Read the full paper at the JAH website.
Take advantage of this FREE continuing medical education webinar provided by Vindico Medical Education and endorsed by SAHM. Featuring session leaders Gregory D. Zimet, PhD, FSAHM, and Amy B. Middleman, MD, MSEd, MPH.