Tag: Medicine: Page 25

Health

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsJackson State University has received a $9 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control to research and develop intervention programs for Blacks infected with HIV. The programs will help community-based organizations to use the most recent, scientific research and cultural data to tailor HIV interventions to specific populations at risk.The president of […]

June 7, 2000

Home

BI What’s New

The Association of American Medical Colleges, in collaboration with Pfizer Inc. and the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative, has established a new institutional grant program entitled “Caring for Community.”The program’s purpose is to encourage the development of medical student-initiated services and programs to local communities. The association will manage the Community Service Fund, a philanthropy created […]

May 24, 2000

Sports

The Other March Madness: A College ‘Net Competition’

The Other March Madness: A College ‘Net Competition’SAN FRANCISCO — It was the other March Madness competition: a battle for millions of dollars in venture capital as the final four out of dozens of college teams focused on “Nothin’ but the (Inter)Net.”There were no easy layups,  only one slam dunk to make in a scramble […]

April 12, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Higher Education In INDIA

Higher Education In INDIAA brief historical and contemporary overviewIndia has an old tradition of knowledge and learning. In fact, a well-established system of higher education functioned as early as 1000 B.C. In that system, the construction of knowledge, the beliefs on which knowledge is based, basic concepts and the organization of learning are very different […]

February 2, 2000

Leadership & Policy

U.S. Med Schools Report Lowest Minority Application Rate in Seven Years

U.S. Med Schools Report Lowest Minority Application Rate in Seven YearsWASHINGTON — The percentage of underrepresented people of color applying to medical school has fallen to its lowest level in seven years, according to a report released last month by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). At their annual meeting here on Oct. 26, […]

November 10, 1999

Health

Legislators Told Health Budget Should Target People of Color

Legislators Told Health Budget Should Target People of ColorRepublicans in Congress are talking about a multibillion dollar increase to double funding on health research next year. A Howard University professor is trying to ensure that healthcare programs for people of color get a similar increase.A doubling of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget would […]

June 23, 1999