Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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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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MSM Community Shows Support During Giving Tuesday, Phone-A-Thon
DECEMBER 11, 2018 - Students, staff, and alumni showed their support of Morehouse School of Medicine recently during two annual giving opportunities.
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Morehouse School of Medicine and Carter Celebrate Lee Street Campus Groundbreaking
OCTOBER 26, 2018 - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and Carter officially broke ground today on the first phase of a new 7.2-acre mixed-use development. The development will include the first-ever graduate student housing units on the MSM campus, comprising 187 units through a combination of studio, one- and two-bedroom offerings. This mixed-use development will also include a 25,000-square-foot ambulatory health facility, a 9,000-square-foot fitness/wellness center, 2,500 square feet of retail space and a four-level parking deck at the corner of Lee Street and Westview Drive.
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Griffin Rodgers, M.D. to be Keynote Speaker at 9th Annual James W. Reed, M.D. Lectureship
OCTOBER 17, 2018 - Rodgers will discuss how to overcome disparities in obesity, diabetes, and kidney disease at the annual event.
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MSM Receives $3.2M Federal Grant for Health Careers Academy
OCTOBER 9, 2018 - Morehouse School of Medicine's Office for Educational Outreach and Health Careers will use a five-year, $3.2-million federal grant to enhance and expand its work to recruit and train these students to help make their dreams come true.
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Establishing a 2020 Vision for Genomics: Morehouse School of Medicine Host NHGRI Town Hall in Atlanta
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 - In partnership with the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Morehouse School of Medicine hosts scientific and community conversations to spark ideas for innovations in genomics and medical breakthroughs for human health.
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Statement on the Passing of Margaret Heckler
AUGUST 11, 2018 - Among Secretary Margaret Heckler's notable achievements during her tenure was the issuance of the Heckler Report, "Black and Minority Health" in August 1985.
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MSM Awards $100,000 to Fund Healthy Community Initiatives and Train U.S. Elected Officials
AUGUST 8, 2018 - Ten municipalities across eight states joined the 2018 Cohort of the Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI) selected as $10,000 grant recipients from Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM).