The Institute for Health & Social Equity, Inc.
The Institute for Health and Social Equity, Inc. (formerly, The Wilson Initiative for Health & Social Equity, Inc.) focuses on addressing health disparities by promoting workforce diversity in nursing, public health, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) professions through scholarships and mentoring.
The Institute for Health and Social Equity, Inc. awards 3 scholarships annually to historically underrepresented college-bound high school students in the following categories.
Although the population of registered nurses is growing in diversity, nurses from minority backgrounds only represent 16.8% of the workforce according to the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Hispanics, Black Americans, and American Indians/Alaska Natives only comprise 11% of the science and engineering workforce despite accounting for 27% of the US working-age population.