AMPHS News

Throughout the years, AMPHS has worked closely with undergraduate and post-bacc students across the country to provide clinical setting exposure, training opportunities, volunteer and internship opportunities in clinical medicine, public health, health policy, and health law and ethics. In support of our mission and by popular demand, we are bringing back our annual Spring Clinical Practice Introductory Experience, a … Continue reading →

Diabetes has become the leading cause of mortality in the US along with heart attacks and stroke. It is a very complicated condition that can affect numerous parts of the body – starting from the eyes to the toes. People can get diabetes through a combination of genetic inheritance or lifestyle behaviors. If you have … Continue reading →

Are you looking to grow your business, not-for-profit organization or socially-driven venture and develop its capacity? Do you need an affordable and reliable location to carry out your programming and further your impact? AMPHS is now offering a social impact-driven office space use program for like-minded nonprofits and social enterprises. The AMPHS office is in … Continue reading →

Community organizations are invited to schedule health events with us this spring. Here at AMPHS, we make our biggest impact by providing individuals the opportunity to interact with our clinicians and social workers as a group and one-on-one. While we hold monthly in-house screening events, much of our work takes place outside of our facilities … Continue reading →

Seizures (colloquially known as ‘fits’) can be caused by a variety of reasons, and can have a wide range of symptoms. Some seizures can cause the person to fall on the floor (generalized tonic-clonic seizures), whereas in others, the individual can have staring spells (absence seizures). Seizures and epilepsy are not the same thing! A … Continue reading →

Surfs Up! AMPHS and Prime Produce have teamed up once again for another great event – The 3rd Annual Prime Produce Pool Party! Dig out your bathing suit and protest the groundhogs at The Grace Hotel’s DIP Aqua Bar with other young social entrepreneurs, nonprofit professionals, do gooders and TFI Members. Tickets are only $23 and 100% of proceeds go to the Academy … Continue reading →

“By reaching out to communities and individuals who are otherwise marginalized from ‘mainstream’ medical care..it feels great to be able to spend time really talking with people.” As a public service organization serving a diverse ethnic community, AMPHS has a similarly diverse volunteer team operating its programs behind the scenes. This month, we had the … Continue reading →

The Academy of Medical and Public Health Services is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Center for Family Life at Sunset Park High School to offer high school students job-training opportunities through term-long internships as a part of its 12th grade internship program. The Center for Family Life (CFL) is a family and social … Continue reading →

AMPHS is excited to announce its partnership with Kress Vision of NY Presbyterian Hospital to offer vision assistance to community members of Sunset Park. Kress Vision’s services will replace AMPHS’ previous partnership with New Eyes for the Needy, which will not be accepting new applications in Spring 2014. Kress offers FREE screenings for any vision-related … Continue reading →

AMPHS is proud to announce a new partnership with the New York Lawyers for Public Interest (NYLPI). Based in New York City, the mission of NYLPI is to facilitate equality and civil rights by furthering justice in the realms of health, disability and the environment. Institutional barriers such as a lack of proper healthcare providers … Continue reading →

Would you like to make a direct difference in the lives of underserved community members? Would you like to work directly to improve immigrant health outcomes? Are you interested contributing your skills to a young, entrepreneurial organization? As a grassroots community-based organization, AMPHS fills in gaps where the health care system leaves off. Right now, … Continue reading →