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Health
Black Enrollment in Dental Schools Continues to Drop
WASHINGTON African American enrollment in dental schools declined for the third consecutive year, according to data recently released by the American Association of Dental Schools (AADS) and the American Dental Association.
July 14, 2007
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HBCUs
Grants & Awards
Clark Atlanta University has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation to support the establishment of a Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Institute.
July 14, 2007
Health
The Tuskegee Experiment’s Long Shadow
Scholars examine the impact of conspiracy theories on African Americans
July 14, 2007
Health
Telemedicine in the ‘hood – treating patients from a remote location with aid of high-technology communications
Technology enables an historically Black medical college to serve poor Los Angelenos at greatly reduced costs
July 13, 2007
Health
A shopper’s market; economy brightens job picture for professional school graduates
Economy brightens job picture for professional school graduates
July 12, 2007
Health
Sisters in science – few African American women in science programs
More African American women participate in higher education than African American men, and the gap is widening. In 1995, there were 556,000 African American men enrolled as students in all institutions of higher education at all levels of matriculation, compared to 918,000 African American women. The growth in the number of African American women also exceeded the growth rate among African American men.
July 12, 2007
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Health
Bringing Graduate Education to the Workplace
Paying for books and little else, company employees benefit from Webster University’s Corporate Cohort program.
July 11, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Satcher to play key role in minority health issues – US Surgeon General David Satcher
David Satcher’s confirmation as U.S. Surgeon General will give the former Meharry Medical College president a leading role in a new Clinton administration effort to improve health care for people of color.
July 11, 2007
Health
Less sugar and more of the sweet life: the Diabetes Prevention Program
Washington The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is a researh study being conducted at twenty-five medical centers around the country. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the program hopes to prove that type 2 diabetes can be prevented by altering one’s lifestyle and/or medication.
July 11, 2007
African-American
A prescription for participation: diabetes study helping African Americans overcome fears of ethnic medical research
They don’t want to take pills. They’re unwilling to participate in randomized trials. They are reluctant to take a chance,” says Robert Ratner, M.D., head of the Medlantic Clinical Research Center in Washington, D.C., discussing why some people don’t want to participate in medical research. “There remains reluctance to participate in any medical study. Some of it is, `I want someone else to do it so I “know it’s safe, then I’ll do it’ — the guinea-pig phenomenon.”
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Grants & Gifts
The American Dental Education Association has received a $672,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to expand an interactive Web site for students considering health careers. Explorehealthcareers.org offers information about various health professions. Bronx Community College (N.Y.) has received a $175,000 grant from the Bronx Gateway Fasttrack Unit Associates for PROJECT H.I.R.E., a pre-apprenticeship […]
July 11, 2007
Health
Despite criticism, Congress commits to educational tax cuts
The White House and Republican congressional leaders settled negotiations on an education tax break in late May even though some Democrats — including Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members — are skeptical of the overall budget agreement, of which it is a part.
July 10, 2007
Health
Wellmark Withdraws $15 Million Grant to University of Iowa Over Naming Dispute
IOWA CITY, Iowa Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has withdrawn its offer of a $15 million donation to the University of Iowa after school faculty rejected a proposal to rename its health college after Wellmark.
July 9, 2007
Health
Arrest Highlights Rx Drug Abuse Among Youth, College Students
CHICAGO Drug abuse experts say the arrest of Al Gore’s son underscores the growing problem of prescription drug abuse among America’s youth. College students use the stimulant Adderall, an attention deficit drug, to get a speedy high or pull all-nighters.
July 4, 2007
Health
Exec Linked to Va. Tech Shooter Quits
BLACKSBURG Va. The executive director of a mental health agency that had a role in treatment for the Virginia Tech student who killed 32 people and himself has quit after a year in the position.
July 4, 2007
Health
Universities help pay salaries of Richardson appointees
ALBUQUERQUE Two New Mexico universities are helping foot the bill of Gov. Bill Richardson appointees, and the arrangement has some concerned about potential conflicts of interest.
July 4, 2007
Health
Hillary Clinton awarded honorary doctorate in Sweden
STOCKHOLM Sweden Hillary Rodham Clinton has been awarded an honorary doctorate of medicine at Sweden’s Goteborg University for her efforts to improve health care in the United States, officials said Thursday.
July 4, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UI, Wellmark talk about naming public health college
IOWA CITY Iowa The University of Iowa and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield are talking about a major gift for naming the university’s new College of Public Health building.
July 3, 2007
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