Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
-
The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program Announces First Group of Physicians to be Trained
OCTOBER 22, 2021 - 52 physicians from across the U.S. selected for the inaugural cohort of the five-year, $100 million initiative. Initiative is part of the BMS Foundation commitment to health equity and diversity and inclusion made last year. Applications are also now open for second cohort to begin in October 2022.
-
-
MSM Students to Participate in Biogen's Summer Health Equity Fellowship Program
OCTOBER 18, 2021 - Fellowship program aims to help advance health equity and improve patient experiences.
-
Why Goldman Sachs is Investing Billions to Address the Disparities Black Women Face
OCTOBER 13, 2021 - The Fortune Most Powerful Women Membership Summit convenes the most prominent women in the FORTUNE 500, leading female founders, and leaders from the world of politics, the arts and NGOs. Goldman Sachs has a longstanding partnership with Fortune - this is the 14th year that Goldman Sachs has participated in the Summit. This year, Goldman Sachs committed to expanding their delegation to include 10 One Million Black Women partners. Today, Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon sat down to discuss the One Million Black Women initiative.
-
MSM's Dr. Natalie Hernandez Named 2021 Carolyn Wetzel Continuum Award Recipient
OCTOBER 13, 2021 - On October 18, 2021, Natalie D. Hernandez, Ph.D., M.P.H. will be honored with the Carolyn Wetzel Continuum Award at the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia (HMHBGA) 47th Annual Meeting and Conference.
-
OCHIN Joins NIH Funded AI/ML Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity
OCTOBER 8, 2021 - OCHIN, a national nonprofit learning network for health equity research and innovation, has been selected to lead the data and research component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIM-AHEAD program, a new artificial intelligence and machine learning consortium to advance health equity and researcher diversity.
-
MSM's Dr. Michelle Nichols Discusses the Importance of Getting Vaccinated Amid the Pandemic and Flu Season
OCTOBER 7, 2021 - Amid the pandemic, as flu season approaches, medical experts like Morehouse School of Medicine's Dr. Michelle Nichols are concerned that the nation could experience a twindemic. On Tuesday's edition of "Closer Look," Nichols talked with program host Rose Scott about the importance of getting vaccinated, the safety of the flu and the COVID-19 vaccines.
-
American Cancer Society and Four HBCUs Announce Groundbreaking Cancer Research Program to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
OCTOBER 4, 2021 - Unique Program Will Create A More Inclusive Cancer Research Environment, Help Address Health Disparities.
-
Thermo Fisher Scientific Continues Support for COVID-19 Testing on HBCU Campuses
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., (NYSE:TMO) the world leader in serving science, today announced continuing support for The Just Project, a national initiative to provide COVID-19 testing to students, faculty and staff across more than 60 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) at no cost.
-
What are COVID-19 Variants and How Can You Stay Safe as they Spread? A Doctor Answers 5 Questions
AUGUST 10, 2021 - With the delta variant making up over 93% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. at the end of July 2021, questions arise about how to stay protected against evolving forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr. Lilly Cheng Immergluck of Morehouse School of Medicine answers some common questions about variants and what you can do to best protect yourself.