Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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Mayor Recognizes Women With Heart With City's Highest Honor
FEBRUARY 7, 2019 - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms honored Women With Heart and the 10th anniversary of Heart Healthy Week by presenting the Morehouse School of Medicine volunteer group with the city's highest honor, the Phoenix Award.
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Women With Heart Celebrate Decade of Fundraising, Life-Saving Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2019 - In 2009, former MSM first lady Eilene Maupin gathered a group of friends to create something special for MSM students, the institution and the metro Atlanta community. They created Women With Heart and launched their first Heart Healthy Week.
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Morehouse School of Medicine, Sleep Diagnostic Center in Atlanta Receives Program Accreditation
FEBRUARY 1, 2019 - Morehouse School of Medicine, Sleep Diagnostic Center in Atlanta recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
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MSM Closed Tuesday, January 29, Due to Inclement Weather
JANUARY 29, 2019 - Due to inclement weather, classes will be canceled and the MSM campus will be closed Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Only essential personnel are expected to report to work.
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Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice Makes "Atlanta 500"
JANUARY 28, 2019 - MSM President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. was recently named to Atlanta Magazine's "Atlanta 500" list of leaders in education and healthcare. Former MSM presidents Dr. David Satcher and Dr. Louis Sullivan were also honored in the Legends category.
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MSM Students Experience Life as a Country Doctor
JANUARY 7, 2019 - Georgia Health News reports on Morehouse School of Medicine medical students getting the chance to hone their skills in real life in rural settings.
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Family Medicine: Inspired by His Father, A Son Forges His Own Path at MSM
JANUARY 2, 2019 - "Medicine chooses you. You don't really choose it." Harding Young, M.D. '86, once dispensed this advice to his son Matthew. "Just as a reverend or a preacher or a priest is called to the cloth, we're giving ourselves to something greater than ourselves," Dr. Young, 60, told his younger son. "I told him to listen to himself and his own heart."
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MSM and Emory Researchers Share New Discovery Connecting Vision and Aging
DECEMBER 19, 2018 - Emory Eye Center and Morehouse School of Medicine researchers share new discovery connecting retinal development and photoreceptor viability during aging to circadian rhythm.
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Morehouse School of Medicine Challenges Stereotypes about Rural Health
DECEMBER 15, 2018 - The school has increased its outreach efforts, especially through pipeline programs targeting high schools and colleges in rural areas. In addition, Morehouse has fostered an alliance with the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) in Georgia, a network of programs designed to distribute medical students and doctors to underserved areas.
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How MSM is Working to Increase Minorities in Clinical Trials: Scientific American Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2018 - Concern over the lack of significant minority participation by patients in clinical trials has waxed and waned over the past 30 years. Now, there is growing momentum in favor if boosting the numbers--and it's about time, because minority patients can no longer wait.
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