Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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NPR: Joy Baker, MD '09 Works to Help Moms in Rural Georgia Have Healthy Babies
AUGUST 13, 2019 - Morehouse School of Medicine alum Joy Baker, MD, is working with expectant mothers in rural Georgia to help reduce low-birthweight births. Atlanta's NPR station WABE shares her story.
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Health Policy Leadership Fellow Alum Named City of Atlanta's First-Ever Chief Health Officer
JULY 29, 2019 - On Thursday, July 25, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms named Angelica Geter Fugerson, Ph.D. as the city's first-ever Chief Health Officer.
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Morehouse School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology Announce Collaborative Effort for Health Technology Startup Development
JULY 9, 2019 - The Georgia Institute of Technology (GeorgiaTech) and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) today announced the launch of a new initiative that will support MSM's commercialization efforts to create health technology (HealthTech) startups.
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MSM Partners with AACR to Increase Awareness of Cancer Disparities and Clinical Trials Among Atlanta Community
APRIL 16, 2019 - More than 100 community members joined the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) on Saturday March 30 for "Progress and Promise Against Cancer," a public education event held on the campus of Morehouse School of Medicine.
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H.E.A.L. Mobile Clinic Travels to Meriweather County to Treat Patients
APRIL 8, 2019 - Morehouse School of Medicine medical students and practicing physicians took their clinic on the road. MSM's H.E.A.L. (Health Equity for All Lives) Clinic visited patients in Meriweather County on Saturday, March 30. The H.E.A.L. on Wheels Mobile Health Fair stopped at the Ingles on Millarden Rd. in Woodbury.
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Oral Health in America: Removing the Stain of Disparity
APRIL 4, 2019 - Oral Health in America details inequities to an oral health care system that disproportionately affects underrepresented and underserved communities, such as the poor, those without insurance, the disabled, and senior citizens.
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New Classrooms, New Technology in Gloster Unveiled
MARCH 25, 2019 - After nearly a year of work, renovations to the second floor of the Hugh Gloster Building were revealed to the Morehouse School of Medicine community on Monday.
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Manners Matter: MSM Takes TAG Academy Students to Four Seasons for a Lesson in Etiquette
MARCH 11, 2019 - Small eyes stare at a gigantic chandelier hanging overhead. The sprawling light fixture has more crystals than the young boy can count, so he just looks upwards in amazement with his mouth wide open. He is just one of about 90 fifth graders from the Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy lucky enough to dine at the palatial ballroom at the Four Seasons hotel in Midtown Atlanta. They came not just to enjoy a delicious meal, but also to learn dining etiquette.
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No Screening Needed: 10th Heart Healthy Week Sets New Standards
FEBRUARY 13, 2019 - Women With Heart's 10th annual Heart Healthy Week was a week befitting a decade of successful fundraising, scholarships, community engagement and life-saving conversations.
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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.