​Under the leadership of Lindia Willies-Jacobo, MD, FAAP, Assistant Dean, Diversity and Community Partnerships (former), and Alec Calac (MD/PhD Student), the Association of Native American Medical Students (ANAMS) was established at UC San Diego School of Medicine in 2018. With 18 tribal nations in San Diego County, we are strongly committed to working with local tribes and their associated health programs to recruit and train the next generation of American Indian and Alaska Native physicians.

Reshaping the Journey: American Indians and Alaska Natives in Medicine. AAMC and Association of American Indian Physicians (2018) Boosting the Ranks of American Indian and Alaska Native Physicians. Bridget Kuehn, Journal of the American Medical Association (2020) Indian Health Council Spring 2020 Newsletter Community Community Partner with UC San Diego School of Medicine

Diversity in Medicine Lecture Series. Dr. Jeffrey Henderson (Lakota) - UCSD '85 SOM '89 "Journey Along the Good Red Road: Intersections of Culture, Science, Policy and American Indian Health Disparities.

UC San Diego Intertribal Resource Center Dr. Elena Hood, Director - Campus Announcement

Tribal Ambulatory Healthcare Experience. Available to MS1/MS2 Medical Students (MED -235) Clinical Site: Indian Health Council (Pauma Valley, CA)

UC San Diego Native American Research Center for Health. Research Opportunities and Student Development Program

Sycuan Medical Scholars Award. Inaugural Recipient: Leonard Almero, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Award Supports Aspiring Native American Physicians. Supported by: Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.

Indian Health Service Scholarship Program

American Indian College Fund Scholarships

American Indian Graduate Center Scholarships

   

Native Doc-4-A-Day Program. Past Participants: All Tribes American Indian Charter School, Valley Center Middle School Native and Indigenous Club. Supported by: National Indian Health Board Community Changemaker Grant, Association of Native American Medical Students

Engaging Native Youth in Family Medicine. Supported by: American Association of Family Physicians Student Organization Grant, Association of Native American Medical Students

Additional Organizations:

Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association

UC San Diego Intertribal Resource Center

Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science

Indian Health Council Native American Research Center for Health

American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Association of Native American Medical Students

Association of American Indian Physicians

University of California Office of the President (UCOP) Diversity Programs