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Colleges Receive Joint Grant to Battle Obesity in Minorities

Colleges Receive Joint Grant to Battle Obesity in Minorities CLEMSON, S.C. Clemson University and Voorhees College have received a $5.26 million grant to develop a joint program to battle obesity among rural South Carolina minorities. The program will train future health care educators and workers to reduce and eliminate the disproportionate amount of disease and […]

December 31, 2003

Study Finds Prostate Cancer Treatment Less Successful for Blacks

Study Finds Prostate Cancer Treatment Less Successful for BlacksCHAPEL HILL, N.C.Black men tend to have poorer overall survival rates than White men after being treated for localized prostate cancer, a new study shows.The findings, published in a November issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, also show the greatest disparity to be among […]

December 17, 2003

Federal Government Awards $14 Million To Tuskegee Bioethics Center

Federal Government Awards $14 Million To Tuskegee Bioethics CenterWASHINGTONThe federal government has awarded a $14 million grant to Tuskegee University to complete its National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care.The center is the nation’s first bioethics institute dedicated to addressing issues that involve African Americans and other underserved populations. It was created in […]

November 19, 2003

African-American

Sick and Tired of Health Disparities

Sick and Tired of Health Disparities A few months ago, I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days with an older sisterfriend, a retired teacher who fills her retired days with meetings, task forces and sorority work. I had always admired my friend for her spunk, her accomplishments and her standard of service. […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Minorities Believe They Receive Far Different Medical Care Than Whites, Survey Finds

Minorities Believe They Receive Far Different Medical Care Than Whites, Survey FindsNASHVILLE, Tenn.Anew poll shows that while Americans are divided about the extent to which racial and ethnic health care disparities exist, African Americans and Hispanics are as much as three times more likely than Whites to feel that minorities receive a lower level of […]

October 22, 2003

Hampton Professor Conducts Study Linking Cigarette Smoke to Breast Cancer

Hampton Professor Conducts Study Linking Cigarette Smoke to Breast CancerHAMPTON, Va.A new study links cadmium, a metal found in cigarette smoke and shellfish, to breast cancer. Findings from the study, conducted by Hampton University biology professor Dr. Nicholas Kenney and several researchers at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University, were published in the July […]

October 22, 2003

Events

OCTOBEROct. 15-18Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students“Preparing a Diverse Scientific Work Force: Eliminating Health Disparities”Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego Web: www.abrcms.orgOct. 18-21Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)17th Annual Conference“Hispanic Higher Education Success: America’s Path to the Future” Hyatt Regency Orange CountyAnaheim, Calif.Web: www.hacu.netOct. 23-25American Council on EducationOffice of Minorities […]

September 24, 2003

Commission Convened to Diversify U.S. Healthcare Work Force

Commission Convened to Diversify U.S. Healthcare Work Force DURHAM, N.C.Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, has convened a commission that will address the nation’s health gap by focusing attention on the number of underrepresented minorities among the nation’s health professions. The Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce, […]

May 21, 2003

Faculty & Staff

History’s Burden

History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

History’s Burden

History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

When the Name of the Game Is Research

When the Name of the Game Is ResearchAs they say in the academy, “publish or perish.” That’s music to some scholars’ ears. Nothing is more interesting and causes such intellectual stimulation, yet at the same time causes such extreme frustration and stress than their own research — and finding funding. Others would rather spend their […]

May 7, 2003

The Health of the Nation: Why Affirmative Action Is Needed In Medical School Admissions

The Health of the Nation: Why Affirmative Action Is Needed In Medical School AdmissionsBy Dr. Charles Terrell As we begin to consider possible U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the University of Michigan cases, we seem to miss the point on how truly devastating a ruling that makes race-conscious decisions unlawful would be for our society. […]

April 23, 2003

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