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Native Americans

Research Round-up: Special Curriculum for Indian-American Youth; School is Fun Despite the Costs; Black Women and Hypertension

A new, school-based curriculum developed in partnership with the University of Washington aims to help reduce cardiovascular disease among American-Indian youth; more than half of American adults age 25 to 60 would like to continue their education; a subgroup of Black women may be at higher risk for developing hypertension due to racism.

Discrimination Associated With Health Problems

African-Americans who experience racial discrimination have worse physical and mental health problems than others, concludes a new study from Columbia University.

Faculty & Staff

Leaving a Legacy

Shortly after Dr. Donald Wilson became dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1991…

The Top 100 Interpreting the Data

Substantial growth continues in both the number and percentage of students of color obtaining master’s…

Grants & Awards

Southern University’s (La.) Center for Social Research has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the Universities Rebuilding America Partnership. The two-year program assists low- to moderate-income residents of the Baton Rouge and New Orleans corridor. The center will provide technical training, assist small and […]

Funding cuts may hurt program that helped Indian med students

Summer programs that encourage American Indians to enter health professions are in full swing now, but they may come to an end after Sept. 1. That’s when funding ends for the Center for American Indian and Minority Health, one of three centers in U.S. medical schools that promotes health professions for American Indians.

Research Roundup: You’re Fired, Call An Ambulance; Black Smokers; the Insulin-Resistant Race

Involuntary job loss near retirement more than doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke; new research may explain why Black smokers are less successful than Whites at quitting the habit; Black women — even if their weight is normal — may be at increased risk for insulin resistance, a condition associated with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart vessel disease.

Grants & Awards

Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a four-year, $875,448 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support student international research internships. The Minority Health Institute Research Training Program will send 10 students each year to the University of Botswana and the University of Zululand in South Africa. Harvard University (Mass.) has received a […]

Perspectives: Personalized and Racialized Medicine Are Not The Same

On May 31, 2006, Diverse Online published a story titled “Racial Pill Maker’s Sales Drop in Wider-than-expected Loss” about lackluster sales of the drug BiDil. The article claimed that BiDil, the heart-failure drug approved only for Black patients, is expected to usher in the era of personalized medicine.

HBCUs to Participate in North Carolina Research Campus

North Carolina officials believe the February groundbreaking of the North Carolina Research Campus…

Leadership & Policy

Report: UT Memphis Chancellor’s Spending Questioned

The chancellor of the University of Tennessee’s Health Science Center in Memphis is being questioned about the cost of work done on his residence, according to a newspaper report.

Faculty & Staff

Auditor: University of Missouri-Kansas City Faculty Diversity Is ‘Worst’ He’s Seen

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has a serious problem with its racial climate and a serious lack of diversity in its faculty…

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