Tag: Morehouse School of Medicine

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AMA and Satcher Health Leadership Institute Launch Health Equity Fellowship Program

The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine have established a new post-doctoral fellowship program that aims to prepare physicians to address health inequities. Each year, the Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship program will train 10 physicians on tackling root causes of inequity and racism, aiming […]

February 22, 2021

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Former U.S. Surgeon General Discusses His Quest for Health Equity

At 79, Dr. David Satcher is one of the nation’s preeminent physicians, a respected civil rights leader and scholar, and a pioneering public health administrator. He is also the author of a new book.

February 5, 2021

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Fighting Against Historic Distrust and Misinformation To Save African American Patients

A group of higher ed professionals, doctors and public health experts known as the Black Coalition Against COVID, is working to address community concerns and dispel misconceptions about COVID-19 and the vaccine and to inspire trust in the medical community around these issues to hopefully save Black lives.

February 3, 2021

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Bloomberg’s Foundation Donates $100 Million to Four Historically Black Medical Schools

With the goal of improving the overall health and wealth of Black Americans, former New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced plans to donate $100 million from his philanthropic organization, Greenwood Initiative, to four historically Black medical schools, according to the New York Times. Around 800 medical students from Charles R. Drew University of Science […]

September 3, 2020

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Morehouse Takes Center Stage in Response to COVID-19’s Impact on Minority Communities

With a $40 million grant, the federal government has asked leaders at Morehouse School of Medicine to mount a widespread, comprehensive fight against COVID-19 in communities that have been hardest hit. The work that MSM will do with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health over the next three years is historic and massive — and getting underway in the middle of the pandemic.

August 17, 2020

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Global Manufacturer of COVID-19 Test Kits Partners with HBCUs to Ensure Safe Return to Campus

On Wednesday, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world’s largest maker of scientific tools, announced a project to support testing, at no-cost, to the nation’s HBCUs, including establishing national HBCU testing centers to process COVID-19 tests and provide timely results throughout the academic year.

August 12, 2020

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Morehouse School of Medicine Welcomes Its Largest Class

In June, most historically Black colleges and universities were racing against the clock to come up with a plan for what the fall semester would look like or rolling out and then revising strategies to safely re-open. But at Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), faculty, staff and most future physicians were already back training, teaching and learning — virtually and in person.

August 7, 2020

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As Hundreds of Students Join George Floyd Protests, Some Black Students Become Targets of Police

As hundreds of college students nationwide joined the George Floyd protests over the weekend, police used force against some Black students in incidents that some college leaders said are yet more examples of systemic racism and excessive police action. “This is the exact kind of policing behavior thousands have been protesting,” tweeted the Georgia chapter […]

June 1, 2020

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What Higher Ed Can Learn From Public Health, in the Midst of Covid-19?

Since mid-March, COVID-19 has brought the traditional operations of higher education institutions in the U.S to a grinding halt, forcing students, faculty and staff to move all meetings and classroom engagement to a virtual format.  This decision focuses on the public health of the campus community as administrators have always led with a healthy and safe environment in mind.

May 28, 2020

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Meharry Proposes Consortium of HBCU Med Schools to Tackle COVID-19’s Uneven Toll

The president of the historically Black Meharry Medical College said on Wednesday that a consortium of the nation’s four Black medical schools would be the group best prepared to tackle the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black people and communities of color.

May 27, 2020

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Advocacy and New AMA Presidency Define Harris’ Career in Psychiatry

Rather than getting career inspiration from her family and friends, Dr. Patrice Harris’ interest in the medical field sparked from watching a television show. Now the West Virginia University alumna is a veteran psychiatrist and the first African-American woman to become president of the American Medical Association.

August 15, 2019

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Joint M.D./MBA Program Prepares Students for the Business of Medicine

An innovative partnership between Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business will equip medical students with a “unique blend of skills” to successfully care for patients and manage the business operations of a medical practice.

November 7, 2018