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University of South Carolina and Claflin University Share $7.5 Million in AIDS, Cancer Grant

Claflin University and the University of South Carolina will share a $7.5 million federal grant to eliminate…

Arkansas Med School Uses Breast Cancer Technology to Reduce Repeat Surgeries

Technology that has been used to treat cancer successfully in other organs has been applied…

Grants & Awards

The City College of New York received a five-year $12.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health through the Research Centers for Minority Institutions initiative. The grant, which is retroactive to August 2005, provides $2.2 million in year one funding with recommendations for an additional $10.3 million over the life of the grant. The […]

University of Michigan Launches National Center for Institutional Diversity

With a new home and an acting director, and groundwork laid by some of the nation’s leading experts…

Contemplating Katrina’s Chaos

Contemplating Katrina’s Chaos Focused on evacuees, scholars urge multifaceted response to their plight. By Ronald Roach To get some notion of how deeply scholars have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, you might look to someone like Dr. Erma Lawson, a medical sociologist from the University of North Texas. Lawson, who has been coordinating the assistance […]

From the Eye of the Storm to the Eyes of the Nation

From the Eye of the Storm to the Eyes of the Nation Katrina victims’ health disparities take center stageBy Dr. Rubens Pamies While Katrina no longer dominates the evening news, the inadequate and negligent response of our government to the New Orleans tragedy presents an unprecedented challenge equal to or exceeding that of rebuilding that […]

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Along with Nine Others, To Be Part of Minority Health Care Study

The University of Mississippi Medical Center will join nine other hospitals across the country in a 29-month study on disparities in health care for minorities.

In Efforts to Address Obesity, Black College Cafeterias Are Rolling Out Veggie-Heavy Menus

It’s an October afternoon at Norfolk State University, and the dining hall on this predominantly Black campus has enough tantalizing choices to throw graduate student Tina Carroll into a lunchtime dilemma.

The Road to Psychological Recovery

Psychologist group says cultural competency training is needed to aid Black Katrina survivors

University of South Carolina to Research Katrina Effects

The University of South Carolina will spend nearly $400,000 to fund 18 research projects involving Hurricane

Faculty & Staff

Changing the Face of American Medicine

If the mission of the Association of American Medical Colleges is clear — “to change the face of medicine to reflect the face of America

Universities to Help Test New Prostate Detection Technology

Ten major hospitals, along with top university medical school programs, will test a new FDA-approved prostate

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