Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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Morehouse School of Medicine Announces Phased Return to Campus Plan
MAY 16, 2020 - Morehouse School of Medicine is beginning a highly structured, phased return to its campus to "live out its unique mission" to deliver primary care to underserved and minority communities which have been devastated by COVID-19 in Georgia and across the country.
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New Book Authored by MSM Experts Provides Lessons Learned for Community Engagement
MAY 15, 2020 - How can the example of Morehouse School of Medicine help other health-oriented universities create ideal collaborations between faculty and community-based organizations? That was the question that drove well-respected MSM leaders to publish The Morehouse Model.
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Morehouse School of Medicine Celebrates Graduates with Virtual Performance by Ten-Time Grammy Award Winner and Philanthropist John Legend
MAY 14, 2020 - Graduates from medical, public health, biomedical sciences programs to be joined in the interactive ceremony by history makers, celebrities and past MSM presidents; NIH Researcher Dr. Gary H. Gibbons to deliver commencement address, May 16.
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WAOK Radio: Program Leaders Discuss 'Bridges to Biotechnology' Initiative
MAY 7, 2020 - James Lillard, PhD, associate dean for research and program director for the Master of Science in Biotechnology program, and Angelita Howard, EdD, director of Online Education and Expanded Programs, recently joined The Rashad Richey Morning Show on WAOK 1380AM to discuss MSM's new online summer initiative.
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MSM Researchers Find GA Counties with More Black Residents Have Higher Rates of COVID-19
MAY 5, 2020 - There are widespread racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 across the nation. The pandemic is exacerbating existing racial and ethnic disparities, resulting in higher burdens of disease and death in communities of color. These disparities have been observed at the individual patient level.
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MSM Researchers Explore Natural Products to Fight COVID-19
MAY 4, 2020 - In April 2017, MSM President and Dean, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice along with Meharry Medical College President Dr. James Hildreth, led a group of faculty, research scientists, and staff from the two HBCU medical schools to Senegal. Now, three years later, the MSM Natural Products Research Center's Emerging Pathogens Program is examining the potential impact of traditional medicine through natural products on coronaviruses like COVID-19.
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New Study First of Its Kind to Identify Disparities in Rates and Types of Depression Treatment among Racial-Ethnic Subgroups of Medicaid Beneficiaries
MAY 2, 2020 - This manuscript, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Services, highlights a cross-sectional secondary analysis of a nationally representative Medicaid beneficiaries data currently housed at the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) at Morehouse School of Medicine.
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Dr. Walkitria Smith Speaks to FOX 5 Medical Team About Benefits of Telemedicine
MAY 2, 2020 - Walkitria Smith, MD, Medical Director of our Telemedicine Program, speaks with FOX 5 Medical team about what to expect and benefits of a telemedicine visit.
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Morehouse School of Medicine to Celebrate Graduates with Virtual Commencement Ceremony, May 16
APRIL 27, 2020 - National Institutes of Health leader Dr. Gary Gibbons to deliver commencement address for over 150 graduates; Medical, public health, biomedical sciences, and physician assistant program graduates to join interactive ceremony
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MSM's Center for Maternal Health Equity Partners with Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies to contribute to COVID-19 Toolkit for Pregnant and Postpartum Families
APRIL 18, 2020 - Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17, is an opportunity to raise awareness and center Black women's voices in the conversation not only on Black maternal health in the United States, but in the conversation around coronavirus (COVID-19) disparities.
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