Tag: medical schools
UAMS’ Health Career University Reaches Out to Underrepresented Students
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is a 2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Diversity Champion, one of a select group of higher education institutions that...
University of Kansas Establishes Center for African American Health
The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) has launched the Center for African American Health, a new initiative that will focus on improving the...
Diversity Improves Among Medical School Applicants
As medical school applications return to pre-pandemic levels, greater numbers of women, Black, and Hispanic applicants continue to matriculate into these institutions, according to...
New UMN Medical Campus to Focus on Rural Health
The University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School will open a new campus focused on training homegrown health care professionals in St. Cloud, Minn., as...
Initiative Will Enhance Health Care Workforce in Underserved Communities
The Community Equity Alliance, a new initiative to eliminate barriers to equitable health care for underserved communities, was announced in January 2023 by CVS...
Stanford’s REACH Initiative Advances Health Equity
To improve representation in medicine and better address health inequities in underserved populations, the Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford Medicine) has created the...
Veteran Healers
Medical School and Veterans Affairs Partnerships Advance Research, Innovation
Since the end of World War II, when an overwhelming number of veterans returned from deployment in...
Researchers Call for Enhanced Obesity Training in Medical Schools
Obesity in the United States affects approximately 42 percent of adults and 20 percent of children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
HBCUs Announce Creation of New Colleges
Two historically Black institutions, Harris-Stowe State University and Xavier University of Louisiana, recently announced the creation of new academic colleges on their campuses.
Harris-Stowe State,...
Health Professions Students Grade Their Institutions on Climate Change Awareness
More than 450 students at health professions schools around the world are measuring how effectively their institutions address climate change using the Planetary Health...
HBCU Medical School Coalition Focuses on Racial Disparities in Organ Transplants
A coalition of medical schools at four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), along with several prominent health organizations, recently launched an initiative to...
Medical and Other Health Professions Schools Guide Students on Overcoming Biases
From emergency department specialists to neurosurgeons, medical professionals at all levels have implicit biases surrounding race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other social differences that...
New Medical School Cohort to Build Long-Term Strategies to Combat Systemic...
The health fields in the U.S. has a long history of institutional racism and discrimination. Now, amid growing calls for racial justice, a nationwide...
White Faculty and Staff at PCOM Address Biases Through ‘Unlearning Racism’...
At the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), White faculty and staff are working to address their biases and discuss their perceptions of race...
Medical Schools Work to Develop A More Diverse Physician Workforce as...
Over the course of the tumultuous events of the past year, when many Americans could find little to agree on and few sources of...
Historically Black Medical Schools Receive Donations for Vaccine Outreach
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced on April 13 that it plans to donate a total of $6 million to four historically Black medical schools in support...
Academic Medicine Steps Up to Improve Mental Health Support for African...
The glaring racial inequities in coronavirus cases and deaths have brought international attention to health disparities for African Americans. Steven Starks, MD, clinical assistant...
