Tag: Medicine: Page 9

African-American

Historically Black Medical Schools Rank High for Social Mission

Graduates of Morehouse, Meharry, and Howard University medical schools, three historically Black institutions, are the most likely to devote themselves to serving underserved communities, according to a national study published Tuesday.

June 15, 2010

Native Americans

Climate Change-Themed STEM Curriculum Developed for Tribal Colleges

An AIHEC partnership helps tribal colleges build capacity to sustain science and technology education and research programs.

March 28, 2010

Students

On The Move – Feb 4, 2010 Issue

DR. CHRISTINE CLARK was named senior scholar for multicultural education and founding vice president for diversity and inclusion at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Previously, Clark was executive director of the Offi ce of Human Relations Programs at UNLV. Clark earned a bachelor’s from Franklin & Marshall College and a master’s and doctorate from the […]

February 3, 2010

Faculty & Staff

NEUROBIOLOGY : Free To Express And Contribute

For Dr. Gonzalo E. Torres, scientific research — and academia in general — is about the freedom to break away from the herd.

January 6, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Surgeon General: More Minority Doctors Needed

Speaking at a health disparities conference in Atlanta, Dr. Regina Benjamin, the U.S. Surgeon General, called for stepped-up efforts in increasing the number of minority physicians.

December 6, 2009

African-American

HBCUs Step Up to the HIV Challenge

Impact of HIV on Blacks compels historically Black colleges and universities to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.

November 30, 2009

Faculty & Staff

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Answering the Call

Impact of HIV on Blacks compels HBCUs to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.

November 25, 2009

Home

Tight Space for New Rutgers Medical Buildings

It is challenging enough to build two state-of-the-art medical education buildings, but the challenge is even more formidable when the project site is clipped by elevated railroad tracks. According to the New York Times, this is the problem Rutgers University had to overcome to build its new College of Nursing and Institute for Health buildings […]

August 4, 2009

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Obama Names Diverse Group of Medal of Freedom Recipients

Civil rights veteran Joseph Lowery, anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu, and medical school dean Pedro Jose Greer are among 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Thursday.

July 30, 2009

HBCUs

President Obama Taps Xavier Alumna Dr. Regina Benjamin for Surgeon General

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Dr. Regina Benjamin, a family physician and Xavier University of Louisiana alumna, to be the next Surgeon General.

July 13, 2009

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AMA Seeks Probe of Journal Editors’ Actions

The American Medical Association is seeking an investigation of claims that editors of its leading medical journal threatened a whistleblower who pointed out a researcher’s conflict of interest.

March 30, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Relishing Reprisal-free Research

While growing up, a career in medicine appealed to Dr. Hana Abdalla because of the community good she could accomplish. Women’s health issues also intrigued her because so many of them were not openly discussed in her native Sudan.

March 19, 2009