Tag: Health Disparities: Page 7

Health

Blue Cross, MSU team up to fight child obesity

Obesity among Grand Rapids Public Schools children is the target of a $1 million initiative by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Michigan State University.  According to the Livingston Daily.com, the university says the Blue Cross-funded program seeks to increase physical activity, make healthy food more affordable and available, and improve people’s knowledge, attitudes […]

August 6, 2009

African-American

CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE

For more than two decades, Dr. Warren M. Washington, one of the nation’s leading meteorologists, has been among the U.S. scientists that have studied and predicted the long-term impact greenhouse gas emissions.

August 5, 2009

HBCUs

Confronting Climate Change

A Black think tank convenes a commission to focus on the disparate impact of climate change on minority communities and help involve historically Black institutions in clean energy projects.

August 5, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Hampton University Brings the Latest and Greatest in Cancer Treatment

Despite having no medical school, Hampton University is one of the leading research institutions on cancer treatment.

May 6, 2009

Health

UCLA Study Outlines Strategy to Bolster Number of Black HIV/AIDS Researchers

While African-Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, the number of Black HIV/AIDS researchers is in short supply. However, a research team at the University of California, Los Angeles is working to remedy this problem.

April 5, 2009

Students

Racial Health Disparities Called Most Prevalent Civil Rights Issue of Decade

To narrow the health disparities between minorities and White populations battling diabetes, HIV, prostate cancer and other diseases, the country must develop models of universal health care systems, train doctors to be culturally competent and extend access to high-quality health care to low-income and minority communities, said Dr. Chidi Achebe, president and CEO of Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, during a workshop at the 59th annual American Medical Student Association national convention.

March 15, 2009

HBCUs

Earmarks Helpful for Minority-serving Institutions Struggling In Tough Economy

With Congress completing work on a $410 billion omnibus spending bill, minority-serving institutions can point to some tangible funding gains in the first months of 2009 with the possibility of more gains ahead.

March 12, 2009

Health

Morehouse School of Medicine Researcher Picked for Breast Cancer Journal Editorial Board

Dr. Veena N. Rao, co-director of the Cancer Biology Program and Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar at Morehouse School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been selected to serve on the editorial board of The Open Breast Cancer Journal. Rao and co-investigators last year used a gene therapy to introduce a protein into […]

February 15, 2009

HBCUs

S.O.S. (Save Our Students)

One grieving mother seeks to raise awareness about a leading cause of death among Black male college students — suicide.

February 4, 2009

HBCUs

Suicide Increasing Rapidly Among Young, Black Males

One grieving mother seeks to raise awareness.

February 2, 2009

Health

Grants & Gifts

BENEDICT COLLEGE (S.C.) has been awarded a $937,480 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish and strengthen financial management, academic resources and endowment-building capacities as well as improve the school’s physical plants. EXCELENCIA IN EDUCATION, an education think tank in Washington, D.C., has received a $1.49 MILLION grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation for […]

November 12, 2008

HBCUs

Taking Full Advantage Of Funding Opportunities

Many Black colleges have secured dollars for a variety of important initiatives, but one of the hurdles is just knowing which funding streams to tap.

August 20, 2008