Tag: Medicine: Page 17

Leadership & Policy

Resuscitating MLK/Drew

To this day, the widespread racial disparities that prompted the August 1965 riots in the Watts community of South Los Angeles…

February 7, 2007

Recruitment & Retention

Recruitment Without Admission = Worthless

I applaud the Association of American Medical Colleges’s new Web site to increase the number…

January 10, 2007

Health

Troubles continue at UMDNJ As former exec files lawsuit

Troubles at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey persist as the institution, a top producer of minority health professionals, was hit last month with a lawsuit from a former executive who claims he was forced out because he helped uncover allegedly illegal financial practices.

January 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

In Memorian

In Memorian Gerald M. Boyd: The first Black managing editor of the New York Times, Boyd was instrumental in coverage that won the newspaper three Pulitzers: for articles about the first World Trade Center bombing, for a series on children of poverty, and for a series on race relations in the United States. It was […]

December 27, 2006

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AAMC Launches New Campaign To Increase Medical School Diversity

The Association of American Medical Colleges has launched a new marketing campaign to encourage an untapped…

December 13, 2006

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AAMC Launches Campaign To Increase Medical School Diversity

The Association of American Medical Colleges on Thursday launched a new marketing campaign designed to encourage more minorities to apply to medical school.

November 16, 2006

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Writing Couple Goes Back to Go Forward

After having spent our careers in journalism – 12 years as nationally syndicated columnists…

November 15, 2006

Health

Research Round-up

Recent studies show mental illness in Blacks go undetected, residents of Black neighborhoods are more likely to report poor health and minority medical students are usually under more stress.

November 14, 2006

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Still a Diversity Leader

I have the privilege of overseeing the admissions process at the University of Medicine and Dentistry…

November 1, 2006

Students

Criminal Background Checks to Become Part

In addition to daunting applications, lengthy essays and grueling exams, students applying to medical school may now face…

November 1, 2006

Health

Serving the Underserved

Efforts to expand diversity in the health professions has received a boost from a prominent member of Congress…

November 1, 2006

Faculty & Staff

On Life Support

At the Hispanic Center of Excellence, located on the sprawling campus of the Albert Einstein Medical Center in the Bronx…

September 20, 2006