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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Lisa M. Porche-Burke has been selected to become the new president of Phillips Graduate Institute in Encino, Calif. She comes to Phillips after having served as chancellor of the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. Porche-Burke earned a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Southern California and a master’s and […]

January 19, 2000

BI What’s New

The University of Missouri-Columbia has instituted a new Minority Biomedical Researchers Training Initiative designed to recruit and train underrepresented minority graduate students as researchers. The initiative is being funded by a four-year, $1.27 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.The program will provide fellowships for 20 non-degree graduate students, 20 graduate research assistants and […]

November 10, 1999

Preparing Graduate Students to Teach

Medical Research Grants Shortchange HBCUs, but Science Bill Looks Promising

Medical Research Grants Shortchange HBCUs, but Science Bill Looks PromisingWASHINGTON — Historically Black colleges are getting just a small piece of the medical research pie, says Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., who is trying to see that Congress takes some action on the issue this fall.HBCUs in 1997 received less than 1 percent of all higher […]

November 10, 1999

BI What’s New

Marymount College in Tarrytown, N.Y., has introduced a new health psychology concentration — an area of study that considers the ways physical, social, emotional and behavioral functions all play a role in a person’s health.Students will be prepared for careers as biofeedback technicians, stress reduction trainers, research assistants and health maintenance organization counselors. They will […]

September 29, 1999

The Digital Divide Isn’t The Only Gap

The Digital Divide Isn’t The Only GapPerhaps because we are racing toward a new millennium burdened by the problems of the last century or so, analysts are dissecting the new divides without coming to grips with the old ones.There is much discussion, for example, of the digital divide — the difference in access that African […]

September 1, 1999

Morehouse Medical College Seeks Prescription for School Violence

Morehouse Medical College Seeks Prescription for School ViolenceATLANTA — With the recent spate of violence directed at students — both in colleges and in high schools — there is a growing interest in finding ways to prevent such behavior. And while governments and community organizations work to come up with a solution, some of the […]

August 4, 1999

Sallie Mae to the Rescue

Sallie Mae to the RescueLender Offers HBCUs Help With Loan Default RatesHistorically Black colleges and universities’ decade-long protection from federal loan default sanctions ended July 1. But more financial and management assistance for HBCUs should be made available, according to a report by Sallie Mae.SLM Holding Corp., better known as Sallie Mae, is recommending new […]

August 4, 1999

Legislators Told Health Budget Should Target People of Color

Legislators Told Health Budget Should Target People of ColorRepublicans in Congress are talking about a multibillion dollar increase to double funding on health research next year. A Howard University professor is trying to ensure that healthcare programs for people of color get a similar increase.A doubling of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget would […]

June 23, 1999

Team-Based Learning for Health Professions Education