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Health
MacArthur Geniuses Focus On Race, Black Men’s Health
Dr. Jennifer Richeson of Northwestern University says that she’s no genius…
October 18, 2006
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Health
West Point Officials Say Increasing Number of Black Applicants Physically Unfit
African-Americans continue to be under-represented at the highly selective U.S. Military Academy at West Point, but medical issues may contribute as much as academics to low admission rates.
October 16, 2006
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Health
MacArthur Geniuses Focus On Race-related Issues
Dr. Jennifer A. Richeson of Northwestern University says that she’s no genius, despite being awarded a $500,000 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant – dubbed the “genius” award – for her work in studying interactions between races.
September 30, 2006
Health
The Face of AIDS: Overwhelmingly Black and Female
More than two decades after HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, first began killing gay White men…
September 20, 2006
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Africa: The Epicenter of the AIDS Pandemic
A continent away, in AIDS-ravaged Africa, an effort similar to that in the United States is underway to mobilize…
September 20, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
On Life Support
At the Hispanic Center of Excellence, located on the sprawling campus of the Albert Einstein Medical Center in the Bronx…
September 20, 2006
HBCUs
Grants & Awards
Baltimore City Community College has received a $14,235 grant from the Verizon Foundation to integrate computer technology into the institution’s English as a Second Language program. The National Science Foundation has awarded Hampton University (Va.) a five-year, $5 million grant to fund the Center for Laser Science and Spectroscopy, known as C.L.A.S.S. The center, based […]
September 20, 2006
Health
Study: Race, Location Affects Longevity
WASHINGTON Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in whether you die young, says a study issued last week that contends the differences are so stark it’s as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one.
September 15, 2006
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.
September 3, 2006
Health
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.
July 23, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Leaving a Legacy
Shortly after Dr. Donald Wilson became dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1991…
July 12, 2006
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STEM
The Top 100 Interpreting the Data
Substantial growth continues in both the number and percentage of students of color obtaining master’s…
July 12, 2006
Students
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 […]
July 12, 2006
Health
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.
July 5, 2006
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Health
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.
July 4, 2006
Students
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 […]
June 14, 2006
Health
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.
June 13, 2006
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HBCUs
HBCUs to Participate in North Carolina Research Campus
North Carolina officials believe the February groundbreaking of the North Carolina Research Campus…
May 31, 2006
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