Professional & Support Organizations
*Please note, many of these health professions-focused organizations also offer student memberships and programs, workshops, scholarships, internships, and fellowships.
100 Black Men of America
The mission of 100 Black Men of America is to improve the quality of life and enhance educational and economic opportunities for all African Americans
American Black Chiropractic Association
Integrating and improving outcomes for persons of color entering the profession of Doctor of Chiropractic. Constitution Purpose:
- To recruit, encourage and support black persons to study chiropractic.
- To encourage camaraderie and leadership amongst black chiropractic doctors, instructors, technicians and students.
- To assist chiropractic colleges in recruiting qualified black students and faculty members.
- To teach and perform research in chiropractic.
- To facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experience, and research among doctors of chiropractic
- To help advance the science, philosophy, and art of chiropractic, and to improve the standards in chiropractic professional knowledge.
- To donate time and services to neighborhood health clinics.
- To perform community education.
- To establish the Harvey Lillard scholarship fund for members of the Student American Black Chiropractic Association
American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
The AMWA organization functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women's health by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances.
American Public Health Association, Student Assembly
APHA's Student Assembly encourages undergraduate students to join the nation's largest student-led organization dedicated to furthering the development of the next generation of professionals in public health and health-related disciplines. Guided by its mission and vision, the Student Assembly works to build capacity for a stronger public health workforce and infrastructure.
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
ASCPT is a multi-disciplinary catalyst for emerging science committed to integrity and diversity. When you make a tax-free donation, you support clinical pharmacology and translational medicine for the safe and effective discovery, development, regulation, and utilization of medicines for improved patient care.
Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc
The ABC is dedicated to eliminating the disparities related to cardiovascular disease in all people of color.
Association of Black Health-System Pharmacists
ABHP believes that its purpose is to encourage members to promote the proper use of medication in black and other minority communities.
Association of Black Psychologists
Founded by a number of black psychologists across the country, they actively address the serious problems facing Black Psychologists and the larger Black community.
Association of Black Women Physicians
An organized network of African-American women physicians committed to the improvement of public health and welfare, through the advancement of knowledge concerning women and the community health. We are a nonprofit organization, serving as a philanthropic source of funds to projects committed to improving the health and wellness concerns of traditionally under-served communities and assisting in eliminating health disparities. We also endeavor to enhance the personal and professional quality of life for present and future African-American women physicians.
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)
A transdisciplinary organization of clinicians, advocates, and healthcare organizations that provide healthcare for the underserved. Provides professional education, clinical tools, advocacy, patient education, training, and technical assistance.
Black Caucus of Health Workers
The Black Caucus of Health Workers (Est. 1968) provides an entry point for black and African-American public health workers, both professional and paraprofessional, to APHA. The Caucus provides programs that explore the special nature of public health problems facing people of color in the United States, including poverty, discrimination, and lack of medical and health care access; equal opportunity for work force entry and advancement; and related issues.
BlackNews.com
BlackNews.com explores a range of issues and includes a page of not for profit and other organizations supporting a broad range of Black health issues. Use the following link to acces a list of African American helath websites and organizations.
Black Psychiatrists of America
The mission of The Black Psychiatrists of America is to address issues affecting the mental health of African people worldwide with special emphasis on Persons of African descent in the Americas and to provide a forum for continuing educations for those who provide psychiatric care to these underserved population groups.
CHAMP Resources
A scholarly collection of resources on the rich history of African Americans in the medical professions.
International Association Healthcare Entrepreneurs (IAHE)
Founded in April 2019, IAHE is a Black-owned association, opened to all nationalities. Offering, healthcare business startup, information to inspiring healthcare entrepreneurs. They are committed to educating, promoting, and supporting healthcare entrepreneurism.
National Association of Black Physical Therapists
The population of underrepresented minorities (URM) in the health-related professions does not reflect the increasing population of minorities in the United States. The physical therapy profession is no exception to this – the lack of diversity in the physical therapy field does not mirror the U.S. population nor has it improved with the growth of the profession. There are many initiatives and programs with the centrality on diversity in physical therapy programs, however there still remains a paucity of enrolled URM students in DPT programs and in URM licensed PTs.
National Association of Black Social Workers
The National Association of Black Social Workers, Inc., comprised of people of African ancestry, is committed to enhancing the quality of life and empowering people of African ancestry through advocacy, human services delivery, and research.
National Association for Black Veterinarians
Our organization is committed to ensuring that its members are equipped to successfully compete in the field of veterinary medicine. Gain year-round access to professional development opportunities from veterinarians and other medical professionals across the country.
National Black Nurses Association (NBNA)
The National Black Nurses Association’s mission is “To represent and provide a forum for black nurses to advocate for and implement strategies to ensure access to the highest quality of healthcare for persons of color.”
National Black Association of Speech-Language and Hearing
The mission of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing is to maintain a viable mechanism through which the needs of black professionals, students and individuals with communication disorders can be met.
National Black Occupational Therapy Caucus (NBOTC)
to African-American occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and occupational therapy students and to enhance participation in professional associations.
Duana Russell-Thomas, OTD, OTR/L - President: nbotcpres@gmail.com
Candice Freeman, OTD, MOT, OTR/L - Vice President: msmpa17@gmail.com
National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW)
Through advocacy we work as change agents to influence policy that promotes gender equity in health, education and economic empowerment. We believe through our efforts we will fulfill our vision of seeing black women and girls living in a world where socio-economic inequity does not exist.
National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW)
The National Council of Negro Women is an assembly of national African-American women’s organizations and community-based sections. Founded in 1935, the NCNW’s mission is to lead, develop and advocate for women of African descent as they support their families and communities. NCNW fulfills this purpose through research, advocacy and national and community-based services and programs on issues of health, education and economic empowerment in the United States and Africa.
National Dental Hygienists’ Association
In 1932, the National Dental Hygienists' Association (NDHA) was founded by African American Dental Hygienists' to address the special problems faced by the minority hygienist in the profession as well as unite the limited number of minority dental hygiene practitioners in the United States.National Dentist Association
The mission of the National Dental Association is to represent the concerns of ethnic minorities in dentistry. This site also has a dentist finder
National Podiatric Medical Association
The NPMA exists to foster the philosophy of disadvantaged/minority recruitment, retention, achievement and professional development.
National Medical Association
Their purpose is to advance the art and science of medicine for people of African descent through education, advocacy, and health policy to promote health and wellness, eliminate health disparities, and sustain physician viability.
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
The National Society of Black Engineers’ mission is to increase the number of culturally responsible African-American engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community. With over 30,000 members around the world, NSBE is one of the largest student-governed organizations based in the United States.
National Society of Black Physicists
The mission of the National Society of Black Physicists is to promote the professional well-being of African American physicists and physics students within the international scientific community and within society at large. The organization seeks to develop and support efforts to increase opportunities for African Americans in physics and to increase their numbers and the visibility of their scientific work. The organization develops activities and programs that highlight the benefits of the scientific contributions that African American physicists provide for the international community.
National Medical Association
The is the collective voice of African American physicians and the leading force for parity and justice in medicine and the elimination of disparities in health. Established in 1895, the mission of NMA is to advance the art of medicine for people of African descent through education, advocacy, and health policy to promote health and wellness, eliminate health disparities, and sustain physician viability.
National Optometric Association
The NOA is composed primarily of underrepresented minority optometrists and students of optometry (particularly African-American) throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The NOA directed much of its early activity to increasing the number of minority optometrists available to deliver eye and vision care services to residents of urban and minority communities.
National Osteopathic Medical Association
The purpose of this organization is to provide leadership to and improve the representation of minorities at all levels within the osteopathic profession; and to heighten the awareness of the osteopathic profession in the minority community.National Society of Black Physicians Assistants
Mission: To create a culturally responsible Physician Assistant workforce that adequately represents the diversity found in our world, and focuses on eradication of health disparities, specifically in Black communities.
Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS)
This organization is designed to stimulate, mentor and inspire young African American surgeons and medical students to pursue academic careers.United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
The United Negro College Fund is the nation’s largest, oldest, most successful and most comprehensive minority higher-education assistance organization. The UNCF provides a range of support to keep academic programs strong and tuition affordable for 37 member historically African-American colleges and universities. As a result of this support, member institutions educate more than 50,000 students each year and have produced more than 430,000 graduates with the help of UNCF.