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Colleges and Universities Partner With Local Communities to Distribute Vaccines

With COVID-19 vaccine distribution progressing, colleges and universities are looking to address health inequities, accessibility challenges and immunization hesitancy within their local communities.

April 6, 2021

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Yale Professor Named as One of Three Co-Chairs on Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Taskforce

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, is among two others appointed as one of three co-chairs on president-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 taskforce, according to Hartford Courant. Nunez-Smith currently serves as associate professor of internal medicine, public health and management at Yale School of Medicine. She is also the founding director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center. Her […]

November 9, 2020

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Selfie with Severed Heads: Prof, Dental Students Chided

Graduate dental school students and a top University of Connecticut orthodontics professor took a selfie with two severed heads used for medical research at a training workshop at Yale University last year – an episode Yale officials called “disturbing” and “inexcusable”. The selfie was taken in June at the Yale School of Medicine during the […]

February 5, 2018

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Last Year, Fewer Black Men Applied to Med School than in 1978

Factors cited range from substandard education and stereotypes to the lack of role models and the high cost of medical school.

August 3, 2015