Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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HBCU Medical Schools to Tackle Organ Transplant Disparities
MAY 6, 2022 - A coalition including the four medical schools at the nation's historically Black colleges and universities has announced a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients.
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MSM Faculty Member Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones is Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
APRIL 28, 2022 - Physician, Epidemiologist, and Educator is an Expert in Social Determinants of Health and Equity, Including the Impacts of Poverty and Racism.
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MSM Raises More Than $3 Million at 12th Annual Hugh M. Gloster Society Celebration
APRIL 28, 2022 - Signature Fundraising Event Officially Launches $500 Million Extension of MSM's Comprehensive Capital Campaign to Support Education, Capital, and Innovation.
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Through Partnership with MSM, City of East Point, Georgia Selected to Join the City Health Dashboard
APRIL 27, 2022 - City of East Point is One of 29 US Cities with 4,000 to 50,000 Residents Chosen for Nationwide Data Project's Inaugural "Put Us on the Map Challenge"
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MSM hosts HBCU Mental Health Roundtable with Federal Health Officials
APRIL 27, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) partnered with the African American Behavioral Health-Center of Excellence (AABH-COE) at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia to host a roundtable event on the mental health of students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on April 20, 2022 at Morehouse School of Medicine.
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AJC: Evolving COVID-19 Vaccines Race to Keep Up with Virus
APRIL 26, 2022 - In the quest to design a better COVID-19 vaccine, scientists are attempting to hit a moving target. Vaccine researchers are working to reformulate the existing vaccines to be effective against variants that have yet to emerge, while taking into account how quickly the coronavirus can mutate.
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MSM President and CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice: COVID-19 Pandemic 'Shined a Light' on Failure to Address Racial Inequities in HealthCare
APRIL 26, 2022 - The COVID-19 pandemic "shined a light" on health care disparities that have persisted through centuries despite landmark policies aimed at addressing them, Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice told Axios at an event Tuesday.
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Pediatricians Tackle a Growing Health Challenge for Children: Hunger
APRIL 26, 2022 - Morehouse Healthcare pediatrician Dr. Nicola Chin says doctors need to have hunger on their radar screen because food insecurity is a daily reality for many Metro Atlanta children.
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MSM's "Danforth Dialogues" Podcast Hosts Discussion with Goldman Sachs Chairman & CEO, David Solomon
APRIL 25, 2022 - Solomon and Morehouse School of Medicine CEO and President Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice talk about Goldman Sachs' $10 Billion One Million Black Women Initiative.
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MSM Receives $25,000 from Wellpath in Honor of National Physicians' Week
APRIL 13, 2022 - MSM Clinical Faculty Members to Receive Individual Grants to Recognize Their Commitment to Patient Care and Health Equity.
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