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Leadership & Policy

Louis Sullivan to Step Down as President of Morehouse School of Medicine

Louis Sullivan to Step Down as President of Morehouse School of MedicineATLANTAAfter more than two decades at the helm of the Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan will turn over the presidency to Dr. James R. Gavin III in June of next year. Gavin is currently senior scientific officer of the Howard Hughes […]

August 15, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Breathing New Life into Meharry

Breathing New Life into MeharryThe 125-year-old historically Black medical school was on the brink of closing down, but through new leadership and partnerships, the school is financially healthy, and its students’ board scores are the highest in the school’s history. By David Hefner NASHVILLE, Tenn.On a late July afternoon in 1994, Dr. John E. Maupin […]

July 18, 2001

Students

Why Xavier Remains No.1

Why Xavier Remains No.1Louisiana’s Xavier University maintains an enviable track record for sending more African American students to medical school than any other institution. How do they do it?By Pearl StewartNEW ORLEANSDuring his first year at Harvard Medical School, Keith Amos was more than popular — he was needed. Amos quickly became the histology guru […]

July 18, 2001

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Anti-Affirmative Action Group Says Medical College Discriminates Against Whites

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Says Medical College Discriminates Against WhitesOKLAHOMA CITYA study released recently by an anti-affirmative action group says the University of Oklahoma discriminates against Whites in medical college admissions, but an OU official denies it. The study by the Center for Equal Opportunity concluded that OU and four other colleges based some of their […]

July 4, 2001

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Xavier Sends 73 Black Students to Medical School

Xavier Sends 73 Black Students to Medical SchoolNew OrleansFor the eighth consecutive year, Xavier University in New Orleans sent more Black students to medical school in 2000 than any other American college.Seventy-three Xavier graduates started medical training last year — more than twice the total from Morehouse College, which ranked second with 31 new alumni […]

February 28, 2001

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Studies Reject Cell Phone and Brain Cancer Link

Studies Reject Cell Phone and Brain Cancer LinkBethesda, Md.Two new studies released last month on the connection between cellular phones and brain tumors conclude that cell-phone users are no more likely than anyone else to develop benign tumors or malignant brain cancers. One study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, was released weeks prior to […]

January 31, 2001

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Letters

LettersDear Editor:As a member of the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences, and chairman of the Academy’s Committee of Toxicology since 1988, I thoroughly agree that more must be done to increase the representation of minorities in the Academies (see Black Issues, Nov. 9).The critical issue is the lack of nominations. Very few (four or […]

December 20, 2000

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Percentage of Minority Medical School Applicants Increases for the First Time Since 1996

Percentage of Minority Medical School Applicants Increases for the First Time Since 1996WASHINGTON The percentage of under-represented minority medical school applicants increased for the first time since 1996 to 4,267, or 1.9 percent above 1999. The number of under-represented minorities that matriculated in 2000 remained about the same, according to the Association of American Medical […]

November 22, 2000

Health

They’d Liketo Thank the Academy…

They’d Liketo Thank the Academy…For 10 years, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin volunteered her services at a rural health clinic she founded in southern Alabama, moonlighting in emergency rooms to support herself and the clinic.Her efforts went largely unheralded until Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg featured her in a 1995 New York Times story, “Angel in […]

November 8, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Minority Faculty Promotions in Academic Medicine Lag Behind Those of White Counterparts

Minority Faculty Promotions in Academic Medicine Lag Behind Those of White CounterpartsThe representation of minority medical school faculty in academic medicine has steadily increased in recent years, but their rates of promotion continue to lag behind those of White faculty, according to a new study by the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC’s research, […]

September 27, 2000

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UC-Davis Neurosurgeon Tests New Technology To Heal Both

UC-Davis Neurosurgeon Tests New Technology To Heal BothDAVIS, Calif. — James Boggan, M.D.,  is one of the most highly regarded neurosurgeons in the nation. In the operating room — sometimes participating in surgeries that last up to 30 hours — he has helped hundreds overcome devastating brain disorders and illnesses. Yet today the professor at […]

July 5, 2000

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Michael Blackwell is the new dean of the college of veterinary medicine at the University of Tennessee effective August 1.  Blackwell is chief of staff of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General. He has previously served as deputy director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine and as chief […]

July 5, 2000