September 24, 2007

Morehouse School of Medicine NCPC Acting Director Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Chronic Care
http://www.msm.edu/News/News_Index/September_17,_2007.htm

NIH awards second round of clinical and translational research funding
AAMC STAT
News from the Association of American Medical Colleges
September 24, 2007
http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/aamcstat/archive2007/070924.htm

Grady board steps toward power shift

Financially troubled hospital forms task force to study nonprofit control.
By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sept. 24, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/09/25/grady0925.html

September 21, 2007
Shafer: Long-Range Solution For Grady Must Include Bigger Role For Morehouse
By Dick Pettys Insider Advantage Georgia http://www.insideradvantagegeorgia.com/restricted/2007/September%202007/9-20-07/Shafer_Morehouse92019635.php

September 20, 2007
Associate Professor of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at MSM Rebecca Din-Dzietham, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., continues to make national news with her ground-breaking childhood obesity/hypertension study. Din is the lead author of the study. To read more go to:
High blood pressure afflicting children http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2007/09/19/Marks_ART_09-19-07_A10_F97UADI.html?sid=101

Raise Heart-Healthy Kids http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/OPINION02/709200363/1004/ OPINION

Location, Location, Location: A Key to Good Health, Too
By Deborah Blumenthal
New York Times
September 20, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/fashion/20Fitness.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

September 19, 2007
Big grant promotes alliances: $31 million aims at health advances
By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 19, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2007/09/19/grant0919.html

September 18, 2007
NIH gives $31M for Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Atlanta Business Chronicle 

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/09/17/daily13.html?ana=from_rss

$31 mil. federal research grant to Emory, Morehouse, Tech Children's Healthcare also has share of grant to help translate research into patient treatment
By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 18, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/09/18/grant_0018.html

September 17, 2007
Emory endorses independent hospital audit request
The Associated Press
September 17, 2007
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=97653

DMAA Gives Leadership Awards to Corporate, Government Health Programs
Market Wire
September 17, 2007
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=770675

Our larded youth
Peter Sullivan
Star-Banner
September 17, 2007
http://www.ocala.com/article/20070917/OPINION/209170310/1024/OPINION

September 16, 2007
Emory argues against cut in payments from Grady

University resists DeKalb officials' hospital proposal
By Ty Tagami
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 16, 2007 http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/09/15/emory_0916.html

Emory Endorses Grady Audit
WSB-AM
September 16, 2007
http://wsbradio.com/news/091507grady.html

September 15, 2007
Republicans seek audit into Grady funding
By Jim Galloway
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 15, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/grady0915.html

Professor Nigel Harris to be guest speaker at QC reunion Stabroek News
September 15, 2007
http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_general_news?id=56528840

September 14, 2007
WSB-TV Features MSM on Grady crisis

Morehouse School of Medicine, President John E. Maupin Jr., Dean and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Eve J. Higginbotham, Director of the Center of Excellence on Health Disparities Dr. David Satcher and other MSM faculty, residents and students were featured during last evening's live, local television special on the Grady crisis. The program included Emory and Grady participants, along with public officials and community groups. The live TV show also highlighted MSM second-year surgical resident Dr. Nii Darko in a pre-taped story.

The one-hour event was broadcast from the studios of WSB-TV Channel 2 in Atlanta. To view last night's event visit: http://www.wsbtv.com/video/14111055/index.html

With obesity on rise, more kids are getting high blood pressure
The Washington Post
September 14, 2007 http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/nation/epaper/2007/09/14/a6a_pressure_0914.html

Satcher: All U.S. public hospitals are in trouble
By Douglas Sams
Atlanta Business Chronicle
September 14, 2007
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/09/17/newscolumn4.html

September 13, 2007
Save kids from hypertension
By Mike King
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 13, 2007 http://www.ajc.com/search/content/opinion/stories/2007/09/12/hypered_0913.html

Med Schools Go 1:1 with Tablet PCs
By David Nagel

Campus Technology
September 13, 2007
http://campustechnology.com/articles/50291/

September 12, 2007
Live Radio Interview

An interview regarding the Seventh Annual Primary Care and Prevention Conference and 12th HeLa Women's Health Conference, as well as on Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day (Sept. 18) aired on WAOK 1380 AM.

The interview with Kisha Braithwaite, Ph.D., associate director, Community Voices and assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, aired on "Atlanta's Best News" on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7:40 a.m. The show, which broadcasts from 5:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., is hosted by Rick Blalock and Jean Ross.

A story regarding upcoming free health screenings by Morehouse Medical Associates (MMA) appears in the new issue of Atlanta Daily World. The story, in the Sept. 6-12, 2007 edition of the weekly publication, includes information on MMA's plans for Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day (Sept. 18). MMA held screenings for glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure at its two locations - Comprehensive Family Healthcare Center in East Point and 75 Piedmont in downtown Atlanta.

Sadly, Grady sits with self-inflicted paralysis

Hospital officials risk jeopardizing patient care to avoid acknowledging they are part of problem
By Mike King
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 12, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/09/11/gradyed_0912.html

September 11, 2007
Rebecca Din-Dzietham, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., associate professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine, is the lead author of a new study that finds that after decades of decline, blood pressure (HBP) levels in children and adolescents are increasing.

Din-Dzietham was quoted in a number of news publications which include: New York Post, Washington Post, Reuters, Kansas City Star, San Francisco Chronicle, Wichita Eagle, Yahoo! (India), MSNBC, Scientific American, and Yahoo! News.

More Kids Developing High Blood Pressure By Rob Stein

Washington Post

Tuesday, September 11, 2007;

Page A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2007/09/10/AR2007091001349.html?referrer=emailarticle

September 10, 2007

MSM Eve J. Higginbotham, MD, Dean and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, was quoted in Glaucoma Today. The article titled "Update on Adjunctive Therapy" can be read at: http://www.glaucomatoday.com/pages/news.php

September 8, 2007
Grady not on brink of closing, CEO says
By Craig Schneider

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 8, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/09/07/grady_0908.html
 
September 3, 2007
Reports summarize hypertension therapy study results from Morehouse School of Medicine
Health & Medicine Week
September 3, 2007
NewsRx
http://www.newsrx.com/newsletters/Health-and-Medicine-Week/2007-09-03/200903200726375W.html

Closest allies say Grady change crucial
By Thomas J. Lawley and Eve J. Higginbotham
The Atlanta Journal- Constitution
September 3, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/opinion/stories/2007/09/02/gradyed_0903.html