September 2025-2026 (President-elect, 2024-2025). Dr. Hidalgo has served as a member of the Board of Directors and has chaired the Minority Affairs Committee (since renamed the Committee on Equity and Inclusion Committee [ACEEIC]) for four years.
Cliff Despres, February 19, 2018. This story was published in Salud America with permission from the American Heart Association in honor of American Heart Month in February 2018.
HELI = Health Equity Leadership Institute
In 2018, Dr. Hidalgo was appointed to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Board of External Experts, which provides input on the NHLBI’s strategic research priorities and guidance on scientific opportunities. The board meets twice every year in Bethesda, Maryland.
UAB: March 18, 2019.
Dr. Bertha Hidalgo received the early career achievement award at the Robert Wood Johnson New Connections Symposium.
This award recognizes early career scholars (10 years or less from receiving their doctorate) for outstanding contributions to their field. She is a New Connections grantee (cohort eight).