Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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CHI St. Vincent Named Training Site for More in Common Alliance
APRIL 5, 2024 - Partnership between Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health selects hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas, for training focused on addressing health inequities and underserved patients.
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Breaking Down Barriers: The 2024 Daniel S. Blumenthal, MD, MPH Public Health Symposium
APRIL 5, 2024 - MSM's Dr. Tabia Akintobi outlines goals of symposium to focus on advancing mental and behavioral health equity.
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MSM and Families First Join Forces to Deliver Accessible Mental Health Care for Youth
APRIL 5, 2024 - New child and adolescent psychiatry clinic serves patients up to age 21 on Atlanta's West Side.
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Program to Train More Black Surgeons in Organ Donation, Transplants to Combat Racial Disparities
APRIL 3, 2024 - More than 60 percent of the over 100,000 patients waiting for an organ transplant are people of color.
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Georgia Groups Making Free Cardiovascular Resources Available for Those in Need
APRIL 3, 2024 - MSM's Dr. Melvin Echols said a health fair was meant to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Georgia.
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Landmark Parkinson's Research at MSM Looks To Recruit Black Patients
APRIL 3, 2024 - Morehouse School of Medicine is recruiting Georgians diagnosed with Parkinson's disease to participate in an international genetics study into the condition.
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New HIV Case Rate in Metro Atlanta Third Highest in Nation
APRIL 1, 2024 - MSM's Dr. Maisha Standifer explains that Atlanta and the South have long had among the highest rates of HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, and chronic diseases in general.
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Dr. Brian M. Rivers: Working to Achieve Cancer Health Equity
MARCH 20, 2024 - Director of the MSM Cancer Health Equity Institute is interviewed about innovative interventions to reduce cancer disparities.
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Opinion: From Diagnosis to Denial: Breaking Chains of Lung Cancer Inequity
MARCH 19, 2024 - In an opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, MSM Senior Associate Dean for Research and Innovation Dr. James W. Lillard Jr. discusses how Black patients are underrepresented in lung cancer research.
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MSM Celebrates Fourth-Year MD Students on Match Day 2024
MARCH 19, 2024 - Ninety-five percent of MSM's Doctor of Medicine students match with residencies, including 88 percent who received their first or only choice of specialty.