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Commission Convened to Diversify U.S. Healthcare Work Force
Commission Convened to Diversify U.S. Healthcare Work Force DURHAM, N.C.Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, has convened a commission that will address the nation’s health gap by focusing attention on the number of underrepresented minorities among the nation’s health professions. The Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce, […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
History’s Burden
History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
History’s Burden
History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]
May 7, 2003
Health
Study Documents Domestic Violence by Race, Income
Study Documents Domestic Violence by Race, Income PROVIDENCE, R.I.Black and Hispanic women, especially Black women in more affluent neighborhoods, are overrepresented in police-reported domestic violence information compiled by the Rhode Island Department of Health, according to a new analysis published in the journal Public Health Reports. Four Brown University researchers found that although Black and […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
When the Name of the Game Is Research
When the Name of the Game Is ResearchAs they say in the academy, “publish or perish.” That’s music to some scholars’ ears. Nothing is more interesting and causes such intellectual stimulation, yet at the same time causes such extreme frustration and stress than their own research — and finding funding. Others would rather spend their […]
May 7, 2003
Health
The Health of the Nation: Why Affirmative Action Is Needed In Medical School Admissions
The Health of the Nation: Why Affirmative Action Is Needed In Medical School AdmissionsBy Dr. Charles Terrell As we begin to consider possible U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the University of Michigan cases, we seem to miss the point on how truly devastating a ruling that makes race-conscious decisions unlawful would be for our society. […]
April 23, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Driven By Service
Driven By ServiceOprah Winfrey Scholars Program aims to give African women a ‘greater voice in their own lives’ and skills to strengthen their native countriesBy Clarence A. Haynes NEW YORKStella Chidinma Iwuagwa, of Nigeria, had long admired Oprah Winfrey’s energy and power, but never would have imagined she would be a recipient of the media […]
March 26, 2003
Faculty & Staff
North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center
North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center DURHAM, N.C.The Departments of Nursing at North Carolina Central University and Winston-Salem State University and the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently launched the Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research (CIHDR). The new center is one of eight university-partnered […]
March 26, 2003
International
Grants & Awards
Arizona State University’s College of Business will receive a $50 million gift from Wm. Polk Carey, chairman of New York City-based investment firm W.P. Carey & Co. LLC and grandson of John Samuel Armstrong, the legislative founder of Arizona State. The gift will endow the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Fisk University (Tenn.) […]
February 26, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Spelman College To Address HIV/AIDS In African Diaspora
Spelman College To Address HIV/AIDS In African Diaspora With a series of international conferences and new health courses planned, one of the nation’s leading historically Black colleges is poised to tackle one of the most urgent issues facing women in the African Diaspora — the spread of HIV/AIDS. Spelman College will kick off the first […]
January 29, 2003
Health
HIV AIDS A Predator in Paradise
HIV AIDS A Predator in ParadiseToday the Caribbean has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Some Caribbean scholars are taking steps to educate the academy and national leaders about curbing the spread of the disease.By B. Denise HawkinsThe Caribbean is legendary for the soothing rustle of blowing palm trees, sugar white beaches […]
January 29, 2003
Health
Study Links Availability of Supermarkets To Disparities in Diet, Illness
Study Links Availability of Supermarkets To Disparities in Diet, Illness CHAPEL HILL, N.C.A new study looks at what influences the availability of supermarkets has on disparities in diet and illness within certain communities. According to the new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study, Black Americans’ fruit and vegetable intake […]
December 4, 2002
Health
Association of Medical Colleges Honors Former Surgeon General
Association of Medical Colleges Honors Former Surgeon General SAN FRANCISCOFormer Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher is the third recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Herbert W. Nickens, M.D. award. Satcher was honored at the association’s 113th Annual Meeting held last month in San Francisco. Satcher delivered an address on targeting health care disparities […]
December 4, 2002
Health
N.C., Maryland Schools to Create Health Disparities Research Centers
N.C., Maryland Schools to Create Health Disparities Research Centers CHAPEL HILL, N.C.Researchers from three North Carolina universities have received grants totaling $1.5 million from the National Institute of Nursing Research to create a Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research. The National Institutes of Health agency funded three related grants to support the new center, […]
November 20, 2002
Health
Health Web Site for Black Women Launched
Health Web Site for Black Women LaunchedBy Ronald Roach WASHINGTONThe National Black Women’s Health Project has launched what is destined to be the pre-eminent online gathering place on health for African American women, . Recognizing the importance and power of the Internet, as well as the growing rate of Internet use by African American women, […]
November 6, 2002
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Health
University of Alabama to Spend $28 Million on Research About Strokes Among Blacks, Southerners
November 6, 2002
International
Events
EventsOCTOBEROct. 23-25The Colorado Workplace Equity Coalition Inc.18th Annual Conference“Synchronicity” Working Together in UnityPueblo Convention CenterPueblo, Colo.For more information: www.cwequity.comOct. 24-27Association of American Colleges and Universities4th Biennial Diversity and Learning Conference“Education for a World Lived in Common”Hyatt Regency, St. LouisPhone: (202) 387-3760E-mail: meetings@aacu.nw.dc.usWeb: www.aacu-edu.orgOct. 26-29Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities16th Annual Conference“Hispanic Empowerment: America’s Key to […]
October 9, 2002
Health
Getting Your Facts Straight
Getting Your Facts StraightSay you’re writing a report and need to double-check a fact or two. Or say you just heard something on TV or the radio and want to make sure it’s correct. What do you do?In the past, you reached for an almanac or encyclopedia or headed to the library. Today, in the […]
October 9, 2002
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