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Maryland Medical School To Look at Better Treatment

A five-year study will look at whether teaching doctors about the latest diabetes and hypertension treatment guidelines… Story:

Events

APRIL April 20-23Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission28th Annual Conference on Black History in PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaWeb: www.phmc.state.pa.us April 21-22NACADA North Central Regional Conference“Orienting Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s World”Sheraton Hotel Sioux FallsSioux Falls, S.D.Web: www.nacada.ksu.edu/Regional_Divisions/region6/confindex.htm April 22Lamar State College8th Annual Health and Wellness Summit“Building Healthier Communities: Bridges Over Barriers”Lamar State CollegePort Arthur, TexasPhone: (409) 983-8832Fax: (409) 983-8142E-mail: althigpen@portarthur.net, Web: […]

Grants & Awards

The Clark Atlanta University Student Health Center received a $50,000 grant from the Health 1st Foundation of Atlanta. The grant will be used to provide health education materials, workshops and health peer counselors for CAU students. Clarkson University (N.Y.), Indiana University and the University of Virginia were awarded grants totaling $450,000 from the Procter & […]

Leadership & Policy

Norfolk State University President Resigns

Norfolk State University President ResignsDr. Marie McDemmond cites health issues as reason for stepping down NORFOLK, Va. Dr. Marie V. McDemmond announced to the Norfolk State University Board of Visitors that health issues will force her to step down as president of the university. McDemmond indicated to the board that her illness, while serious, is […]

Campaigning for a Commercial-Free Childhood

Campaigning for a Commercial-Free ChildhoodHoward University conference addresses the dangers of marketing to childrenBy Ronald RoachWASHINGTONAnational coalition dedicated to protecting children from the marketing efforts of companies held its fourth national conference in Washington. Convening on the Howard University campus, the two-day Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) conference had highlights that included a speech […]

Events

APRIL April 10-12NACADA Mid-South Regional Conference “Excellence in Advising: Guiding Students to the Winner’s Circle”The Chamberly Brown HotelLouisville, Ky.Web: www.nacada.ksu.edu/Regional_Divisions/region3/confindex.htmApril 16Herman C. Hudson Graduate Student Symposium“Challenging Racism, (Hetero) Sexism, Classism and Homophobia in the African Diaspora”Indiana University, BloomingtonEmail: aaads@indiana.eduApril 20-23Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission28th Annual Conference on Black History in PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaWeb: www.phmc.state.pa.us April 21-22NACADA North Central […]

Saving A Generation

Saving A GenerationNorth Carolina public health department partners with state’s Black colleges to raise awareness about HIV/AIDSBy Crystal L. Keels North Carolina A&T does it. Across the street, Bennett College does it too. So do Elizabeth City State University, Livingstone and Fayetteville State. These North Carolina-based historically Black institutions have made HIV/AIDS education a part […]

Survival at Stake

Survival at StakeUniversity of North Carolina’s Dr. Adaora Adimora searches for answers into HIV transmission among African AmericansBy Eleanor Lee YatesChapel Hill, N.C.During the 1980s and into the ’90s, HIV and AIDS primarily affected gay White men. The rates of HIV/AIDS stabilized in the 1990s in the United States, but today the numbers are soaring […]

African-American

On the Frontline of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

On the Frontline of the HIV/AIDS EpidemicWith infection rates still escalating among African Americans, researchers, scholars and activists wonder if the battle is a losing oneBy B. Denise HawkinsMost days, Cynthia Davis is an exasperated trooper who can always be found teaching and preaching from the frontline of the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles. The […]

Researchers, Students, Gather in Hawaii For Violence Prevention Conference

Researchers, Students, Gather in Hawaii For Violence Prevention Conference More than 800 researchers, scholars, violence prevention professionals, community activists and students are expected to gather in Honolulu April 6-9 for “Navigating Pathways to Violence Prevention,” the sixth National Conference on Family Community Violence Prevention.Sponsored by the Family and Community Violence Prevention program, a joint initiative […]

Native Americans

Congressional Alliance to Tackle Minority Health Disparities

Congressional Alliance to Tackle Minority Health Disparities WASHINGTONIn collaboration with Newt Gingrich, the former U.S. Speaker of the House and founder of the Center for Health Transformation, and Peter Deutsch, former U.S. Representative from Florida, the National Minority Health Month Foundation (NMHMF) announced the formation of the Congressional Leadership Alliance to Eliminate Health Disparities. “This […]

Hampton University Center

Hampton University Center to Focus On Breast and Prostate Cancer ResearchHAMPTON, Va. Hampton University is planning the construction of a 64,000-square-foot Biomedical Research Center on the university campus. Funded by HU and a federal government agency, the state-of-the-art facility will be an interdisciplinary center for biomedical researchers from both HU and the local region.HU’s Biomedical […]

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