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Drew University gains strength after near-collapse

Broad-based professional support, a new board and financial aid may end a decade of upheaval at Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine.

April 17, 2011

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UVM College of Medicine Hosts African American Surgeons Exhibit April 11 – June 5

Collaboratively developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore, the Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons exhibition celebrates the contributions of African American academic surgeons and educators to medicine and medical education.

April 17, 2011

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A Conspicuous Absence Of Diversity

Black Americans currently comprise 13.4% of the U.S. population, but Black physicians are only 2.3% of the entire physician workforce.

April 4, 2011

Faculty & Staff

AACR Recognizes HBCU and HSI Faculty Contributions to Cancer Research

The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize leaders in the minority cancer community with the Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards. The 36 recipients will be honored at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.

March 28, 2011

Latinx

Helping Nurture STEM Talent Inspires Harvard Administrator

Native American scholar learned a great deal from his mother, whom he describes as an ethnobotanist who was able to identify and collect plants to use as food and medicine for her children and the family’s animals.

February 21, 2011

African-American

Black Harvard Doctor Pens Memoir of Jim Crow South

Trailblazer now focuses on improving minority health care disparities.

January 2, 2011

Students

Curriculum Reform at UT-Galveston Medical School Yields Improved Minority Student Board Results

The UT Medical Branch at Galveston has developed an approach that faculty members say have had a remarkable effect on its students’ performance on the medical board exam.

December 19, 2010

African-American

Medical School Association Diversity Chief Talks Health Care Reform

Dr. Marc Nivet, the Association of American Medical Colleges chief diversity officer, says the emphasis on prevention and wellness in the health care reform law will benefit minorities.

November 7, 2010

African-American

Surgeon General Benjamin Urges Prescription for Better U.S. Health

America’s top doctor leads effort to focus nation on exercise and other strategies to promote health and wellness.

November 3, 2010

African-American

Scholar Documents Purported Tale of a 19th Century Body Snatcher

Virginia Commonwealth University professor documents story of ‘inside man’ who allegedly stole cadavers from Black cemeteries in Richmond, Va. for the local medical college in the 19th century.

October 21, 2010

African-American

Latino Men See Dramatic Jump as First-year Medical School Students

While the number of first-year enrollees to U.S. medical schools has gradually risen in recent years, the demographic with the most dramatic jump was among Hispanic males whose medical school enrollment increased by 17.1 percent over last year.

October 13, 2010

African-American

University Medical Schools Test Cell Phones for Health Care Tasks

Howard University Hospital diabetes patients in Washington, D.C. are among those getting help from medical doctors who are testing Internet-connected cell phones that provide daily medical instructions.

July 13, 2010