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Meharry Medical College Gifted $20M to Support Programs, Scholarships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Juan McGruder A $20 million gift to Meharry Medical College is expected to enhance the college's mission to serve underserved populations and cultivate the next generation of health care providers and researchers.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the number of Black medical schools in the country is growing. The fourth and newest, an independent four-year medical program at the Charles R. CDU joins Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., Dr. John W.

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Are 3 Years of Medical School as Good as 4?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Are 3 Years of Medical School as Good as 4? kathryn.palmer… Mon, 11/04/2024 - 03:00 AM The number of accelerated medical degree programs has tripled over the past decade. New research shows that outcomes are similar to those of four-year programs. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The ruling sent medical schools across the nation scrambling to adjust admission standards to abide by the new law of the land. These barriers [to entry] manifest early, prior to even applying to medical school,” says Faiz. Dr. Jessica Faiz. Pacific Islanders and Native Americans combined make up just 0.4% of physicians.

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Study: Applicants, Matriculants to U.S. Medical Schools Increasingly From Higher Income Households

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

medical schools have increasingly come from households with higher incomes, according to a Yale-led study. The findings of the study – published May 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – show disparities in access to medical education and could have negative impacts on patient care, according to researchers.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”

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Dr. Yolanda Lawson Appointed President of the National Medical Association

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

Yolanda Lawson will become the next president of the National Medical Association (NMA). Lawson is the founder of MadeWell OBGYN and currently the associate attending at Baylor University Medical Center. from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Lawson holds an M.D. Lawson holds an M.D.

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Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

A new study by Yale University finds that Black students are more likely to leave medical school than their white peers. student at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study, said when research and innovation are equitable, physicians are better equipped to care for diverse populations. Mytien Nguyen, an M.D.-Ph.D.

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Georgetown and Howard Universities Awarded $3 Million for Medical Humanities Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Georgetown University and Howard University have been awarded a $3 million grant to help fund the establishment of a center for medical humanities. year grant from the Mellon Foundation will go towards the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice, which aims to reduce health disparities in D.C.

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Rutgers Webinar Discusses Health Equity, Minority Health, and Medical Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The current state of health equity and medical education were key topics at a webinar on Tuesday sponsored by Rutgers University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. At that time, there were two predominantly Black medical schools in the U.S., Would we be diluting their funding by coming into being?

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APEX 7: Pushing the boundaries of Medical Education

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In this extra post, Colette Revadillo, David Geddes, and Anya Tan showcase APEX 7, an upcoming student-led medical research expedition to Bolivia that seeks to advance the field of high-altitude medicine. Medical students organise every aspect of the expeditions, from research design and fundraising to logistics and safety management.

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APEX 7: Pushing the boundaries of Medical Education

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Part of the apex6 expedition at the summit of Huayna Potosi (6088m) – Image Credit David Geddes In this extra post, Colette Revadillo, David Geddes, and Anya Tan showcase APEX 7, an upcoming student-led medical research expedition to Bolivia that seeks to advance the field of high-altitude medicine.

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Federal support, funding opportunities, and advice were the topics of discussion at a Virginia Union University (VUU) webinar about STEM research at Historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing.

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This medical exam tried ditching test scores to help students. It backfired

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Second-year medical students who historically took Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) had long viewed the exam results as the deciding factor for which institution they’d match to pursue residency and fellowship training. The first of three exams, it was infamously cutthroat.

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Vanderbilt University to Launch $17-million DEI and Belonging Program for Biomedical Research Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt University (VU) are launching a $17-million diversity, equity, inclusion, (DEI) and belonging program for the biomedical research community. Racial diversity among research faculty on the national scale is low, with 4% Black, 4% Latinx, 0.2% American Indian, and 0.1%

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University of Louisville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bolster Research and Add Endowed Faculty Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research. Their work creates new products, companies, a trained workforce and jobs.

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Best medical schools: U.S. News unveils its 2024 list—without rank

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JULY 23, 2024

News & World Report on Tuesday published its list of the 2024 Best Medical Schools , but you won’t find where your institution ranks anywhere on the report. ” That also means that the list of best medical schools no longer covers specialties such as anesthesiology, surgery and family medicine.

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The Ohio State University to Receive $15 Million for Sarah Ross Soter Women’s Health Research Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2023

The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine will receive $15 million to create a new women's health research program. Warner, CEO of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and executive vice president at Ohio State, said in a statement.

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Hope College Network

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The one thing that has dramatically shaped my college trajectory here at Hope College is the SHARP undergraduate research program. However, I realized I no longer wanted to be in the medical industry. One thing she mentioned was how amazing the undergraduate research programs here at Hope are.

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Higher ed must maintain research integrity. Here is how

University Business

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Toxic incentive structures surrounding publishing scholarly work may be eroding faculty and research integrity at large. ” The post Higher ed must maintain research integrity. Without proper mediation, those shortcuts can resurface years later at the highest echelons of academia. Part of that is due to the barrage of scandals.”

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‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point

The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Last year, 10,000 sham papers had to be retracted by academic journals, but experts think this is just the tip of the iceberg Tens of thousands of bogus research papers are being published in journals in an international scandal that is worsening every year, scientists have warned. Continue reading.

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Mitchell Named President of Howard University Hospital

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

community, attract the best physicians in the nation to support comprehensive healing and ensure a superior learning environment for medical students and residents.” He serves as the chief medical officer for the Howard University Faculty Practice Plan and professor of pathology in Howard’s College of Medicine. Ben Vinson III.

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Navigating Microaggressions: A Call for DEI Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

Picture this: you are in a hospital setting and you witness another staff member ask a Black medical student if they need help cleaning up. The staff member assumes the medical student is the janitor. Unfortunately, experiences like these are all too common in healthcare today.

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JESSICA SNOWDEN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

Jessica Snowden Jessica Snowden has been named vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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Harvard Medical School Receives $75 Million Gift

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Swiss biotech executive and philanthropist Ernesto Bertarelli has pledged $75 million to Harvard Medical School to advance scientific discovery and a “culture of entrepreneurship,” the university announced Tuesday. Construction is expected to begin this year and end in 2025.

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Xavier University, Ochsner Health Plan New Medical School

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2023

Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black university, and Ochsner Health, a health-care system in the state, announced plans to jointly establish a new medical school. The goal is to help diversify the medical workforce in Louisiana and nationwide. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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How toxic incentives are fueling an ‘epidemic’ of cheating in scholarly research

University Business

OCTOBER 7, 2024

research and development industry was worth $91.4 But scientists usually go home empty-handed if their research results produce a null effect or are inconclusive. The post How toxic incentives are fueling an ‘epidemic’ of cheating in scholarly research appeared first on University Business.

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Littles Gets Dean Appointment in Florida State’s College of Medicine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

Littles, who has served as interim dean since February 2023, served as a senior associate dean for medical education and academic affairs for nearly 20 years. Littles earned her medical degree from University of Florida College of Medicine and completed the Tallahassee Memorial Family Practice Residency Program. “Dr.

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More than medical: Get familiar with your university mental health and wellness resources

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AUGUST 30, 2024

All medical plans offer one no-cost preventative health care visit per plan year (July 1 – June 30), and enrolled members should examine their plan booklet to understand the full spectrum of mental health services coverage offered by their specific plan.

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Scientific research needs robust government backing, not Treasury penny-pinching | Andre Geim and Nancy Rothwell

The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

In Manchester last week we celebrated 20 years since the Nobel prize-winning discovery of graphene by researchers at the University of Manchester.

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Doctor ChatGPT? AI-bot almost passes the US Medical Licensing Exam

University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Increasingly it seems there is nothing that ChatGPT cannot do, even consulting judges in cases and boosting research. AI-bot almost passes the US Medical Licensing Exam appeared first on University Business. Read more on Interesting Engineering. The post Doctor ChatGPT?

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Philley to Become the Next UT Tyler President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Philley returned to East Texas in 2012 as an assistant professor of medicine at UT Health Tyler, where she continued research efforts in nontuberculous mycobacterial disease and bronchiectasis. She played an instrumental role in launching the UT Tyler School of Medicine, the UT System’s seventh medical school.

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Morehouse School of Medicine Looks to Disrupt Health Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As a medical school, our first priority is to train physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals. However, as an historically Black medical school (HBMS), we have a larger mission,” says Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and CEO of MSM. The new institute has an ambitious mission. of all practicing U.S.

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MARGIE LEE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Margie Lee Margie Lee has been appointed associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. in medical microbiology from the University of Georgia, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.

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Focus on Athletes and Concussions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Justin Karr, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky (UK), describes him as committed, energetic, and driven when working on research projects. He wants to research methods to improve the evaluation of a student-athlete experiencing concussion,” says Karr. Here are the roles we need you to do.

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Panel Explores Gun Prevention in Black Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

Experts across the medical field and policymakers gathered earlier this week to discuss gun violence prevention efforts in Black communities across the nation. Jada Watts is a member of the Student National Medical Association and member of the Howard University Taskforce at Howard University Hospital. "If

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University of Miami President to Lead at UCLA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

At this crucial moment for higher education, returning to the public sector to lead one of the top research universities in the world — including one of the 10 largest academic health systems — is an exciting opportunity and a great honor for me,” said Frenk. Julio Frenk is expected to become UCLA's seventh chancellor. “At

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Two slices of ham a day can raise type 2 diabetes risk by 15%, research suggests

The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2024

Research led by the University of Cambridge and involving 2 million people worldwide provides the most comprehensive evidence yet of a link between meat and the disease that presents one of the most pressing dangers to global health.

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Interpreting Research Through an Artist’s Eyes: Academic Minute

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2024

Standley, professor in the department of bioethics and medical humanism at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix, explores the benefits that could accrue to society if arts and scientists collaborated. Today on the Academic Minute: Cynthia A.

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

With past experience as a pediatrician and gynecologist, she also served as chief of family planning and contraceptive research and leader of the school’s program in gynecology for children, adolescents, and young adults. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice and vice provost. Gilliam holds a B.A.

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Drake to Depart Post at the University of California

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

I’m proud to see the university continuing to make a positive impact on the lives of countless Californians through research, teaching, and public service.” Drake — who holds a bachelor’s degree in African and African American Studies from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in medical sciences and M.D.

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Meharry School of Dentistry to Launch Innovation Center for Dental Technology and Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Meharry Medical College’s School of Dentistry is launching an innovation center for dental technology and education to establish five new examination rooms. Meharry Medical College’s School of Dentistry will be launching a new innovation center for dental technology and education, slated to open in the next year.

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Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The author of Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (2015), her interdisciplinary research in the field of the medical humanities engages literary, historical, philosophical, and ethical explorations of black women’s health and medicine. Jones is also an associate professor of Africana Studies.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed. The research question is a primary mode of inquiry for him. “My This arm of my research agenda is aimed at understanding how campus cultures, campus climates, and campus actors (e.g.,

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Meharry Medical College Gifted $20M to Support Programs, Scholarships

HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Study: Applicants, Matriculants to U.S. Medical Schools Increasingly From Higher Income Households

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Dr. Yolanda Lawson Appointed President of the National Medical Association

Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers

Georgetown and Howard Universities Awarded $3 Million for Medical Humanities Center

Rutgers Webinar Discusses Health Equity, Minority Health, and Medical Education

APEX 7: Pushing the boundaries of Medical Education

APEX 7: Pushing the boundaries of Medical Education

VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

This medical exam tried ditching test scores to help students. It backfired

Vanderbilt University to Launch $17-million DEI and Belonging Program for Biomedical Research Community

University of Louisville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bolster Research and Add Endowed Faculty Roles

Best medical schools: U.S. News unveils its 2024 list—without rank

The Ohio State University to Receive $15 Million for Sarah Ross Soter Women’s Health Research Program

Undergraduate Research

Higher ed must maintain research integrity. Here is how

‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point

Mitchell Named President of Howard University Hospital

Navigating Microaggressions: A Call for DEI Education

JESSICA SNOWDEN

Harvard Medical School Receives $75 Million Gift

Xavier University, Ochsner Health Plan New Medical School

How toxic incentives are fueling an ‘epidemic’ of cheating in scholarly research

Littles Gets Dean Appointment in Florida State’s College of Medicine

More than medical: Get familiar with your university mental health and wellness resources

Scientific research needs robust government backing, not Treasury penny-pinching | Andre Geim and Nancy Rothwell

Doctor ChatGPT? AI-bot almost passes the US Medical Licensing Exam

Philley to Become the Next UT Tyler President

Morehouse School of Medicine Looks to Disrupt Health Inequities

MARGIE LEE

Focus on Athletes and Concussions

Panel Explores Gun Prevention in Black Communities

University of Miami President to Lead at UCLA

Two slices of ham a day can raise type 2 diabetes risk by 15%, research suggests

Interpreting Research Through an Artist’s Eyes: Academic Minute

Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Drake to Depart Post at the University of California

Meharry School of Dentistry to Launch Innovation Center for Dental Technology and Education

Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

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