January 2026
2025–26 Grant & Award Recipients Announced
Aequitas Health awarded $1,500 in competitive grants across 3 categories — Fellow Project Grant, Chapter Project Grant, and Chapter Project of the Year — at the 2025–26 National Conference.
January 2025
Aequitas Health Holds Third Annual National Conference
The third National Aequitas Health Conference brought together fellows, faculty advisors, and distinguished speakers for fellow presentations, competitive grants, and keynote addresses from leaders in academic medicine and healthcare.
January 2025
2024–25 Grant Recipients Announced
Aequitas Health awarded competitive grants across Fellow Project and Chapter Project categories — funding community health initiatives from advanced care planning in South Carolina to pediatric vision screening in Vermont.
January 2024
Second Annual National Conference Expands Fellow Presentations
The 2024 National Aequitas Health Conference featured an expanded program of fellow presentations, distinguished speakers from academic medicine and health systems, and the launch of the competitive grant program.
November 2023
Aequitas Health Receives McNulty Catalyst Award
The John P. McNulty Foundation recognized Aequitas Health with a 2023 Catalyst Award for its work building a national network of medical student leaders committed to improving health outcomes in their communities.
January 2023
Inaugural National Aequitas Health Conference
The first National Aequitas Health Conference launched as a free, virtual platform for fellow presentations and distinguished speaker sessions — establishing the annual tradition of preserving and archiving fellow scholarship.
2021
Aequitas Health Founded
Aequitas Health was founded as a national medical honor society recognizing medical students who are leading on health equity through clinical initiatives, research, and community service.

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