Tag: Medicine: Page 16

Faculty & Staff

Reaching out to young Black men: a dedicated and determined group of scholars offer the lure of the academy – includes related article on the Meyerhoff program as evaluated by a student – side bar listing academic programs for Black male students – Cover

The low numbers of African-American males seeking higher education is a problem that has been talked about, written about, and studied. Now, some colleges and universities seem willing to put their money where their mouths are.

June 22, 2007

STEM

LSU wants state health secretary to run med school, hospitals

BATON ROUGE, La. Louisiana State University is trying to convince the head of the state health department to run its medical school and hospitals, including the state charity hospital system.

June 21, 2007

Health

Affirmative action is indispensable if we want doctors for the 21st century – importance of minority representation in medicine

Affirmative action is an umbrella that covers many activities — from aggressive recruiting to filling quotas, from the awarding of contracts to higher education admissions. This means that opponents can call up unpopular images of the most aggressive examples of affirmative action (such as hiring set-asides) to attack the entire idea of affirmative action.

June 20, 2007

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Stanford University Study Fnds Gastric Bypass Patients Get Drunk

SAN FRANCISCO People who had obesity surgery got drunk after just one glass of red wine, researchers reported in a small study that was inspired by an episode on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

June 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

UMDNJ’s New President Talks About His Vision

On July 1, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will welcome its first African-American president, William F. Owen Jr., an accomplished researcher and clinician.

June 20, 2007

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The graduate record – graduate record for colored students

To determine which institutions grant the most graduate and professional degrees to students of color, Black Issues In Higher Education relied on statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Education.

June 19, 2007

Sports

Grace and elan: 1996 Arthur Ashe nominations – awards for athletic and academic excellence – Cover Story

For the third year in a row, Black Issues In Higher Education honors college students of color who excel in both their academic and their athletic pursuits. They have all proved their commitment to the pursuit of excellence by working hard and — literally — playing by the rules.

June 16, 2007

Students

Priming the pump – University of Virginia School of Medicine program has historically Black institutions as recruitment partners – Recruitment & Retention

UVa Program Involves HBCUs in Recruiting Minority Medical Students.

June 15, 2007

HBCUs

A Prescription For Success

The Medical University of South Carolina says mentoring program is key to retaining minority medical students.

May 16, 2007

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Lawsuit Claims Aspiring Minority Doctors Left In ‘Educational Limbo’

LOS ANGELES A medical school that trains minority students filed a $125 million lawsuit that claims Los Angeles County breached its contract by leaving the school without an accredited teaching hospital.

April 24, 2007

African-American

Book of Note

In this fascinating book, medical ethicist and journalist Harriet A. Washington documents how slaves and freedmen were used for experiments in hospitals…

March 21, 2007

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Web Exclusive: Dr. Susan Kelly: No Starry-Eyed Administrator

When trustees of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science named Dr. Susan Kelly president of the predominately Black institution last May, touting successful institutional turnarounds she affected both in the United States and abroad, howls of protest came from all corners of the community. Not only is Kelly a White native of Australia and the first woman to hold the post, she does not hold a medical degree.

February 7, 2007