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Harvard Study Examines Hidden Biases Among ER Physicians
A new Harvard University study reports that physicians’ subconscious racial biases play a significant role in the care and treatment they provide to patients and is a contributing factor to the health disparity that exists between Black and White patients.
August 2, 2007
Health
HBCU Experts Call on Congress to Assist Minority Communities Near Toxic Waste Sites
Experts from two Black colleges are calling on Congress to help low-income, minority communities, which are disproportionately more likely than other communities to live near toxic waste sites with health hazards for children and families.
August 1, 2007
Health
Health professionals, once Republican givers, now tilting Democratic
WASHINGTON Health care professionals are giving Democrats a second look after more than a decade of opening their wallets in favor of Republican candidates.
July 28, 2007
Students
Southern center aims to aid Africa
BATON ROUGE La. Victor Mbarika envisions Louisiana doctors serving the sick and needy in Africa without having to leave their American offices.
July 28, 2007
Health
OSU seeking to increase med students to meet rural MD demand
STILLWATER Okla. Regents governing Oklahoma State University plan to seek state funding to increase the number of students attending the OSU medical school to help ease an expected rural doctor shortage.
July 27, 2007
Health
Harding graduates first class of high-demand physician assistants
SEARCY Ark. Harding University graduated its first class of physician assistants Saturday, one of the fastest growing professions in the nation.
July 27, 2007
Health
More students are entering health care fields of study
SIOUX FALLS S.D. More than 6,000 people are enrolled in health-related programs at South Dakota’s public universities and technical schools, but those in the know say that’s still not enough.
July 27, 2007
Health
Harvard’s Benjamin Sachs to head Tulane’s med school
NEW ORLEANS A Harvard Medical School professor will become head of Tulane University School of Medicine on Nov. 1, Tulane announced Wednesday.
July 27, 2007
Latinx
Texas leads nation in teen birth rate, study says
HOUSTON Texas had the nation’s highest birth rate among teenagers ages 15 to 19 in 2004, according to a newly released study of children’s health.
July 26, 2007
Community Colleges
Dewhurst makes plea for community colleges solution
AUSTIN Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made a public plea Wednesday for state leaders to find a way to reallocate $154 million in vetoed funds for community college health insurance.
July 26, 2007
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Health
Minority Doctor-training Programs To Get Federal Funding Under Proposed Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to increase the funding for two federally funded programs aimed at training minority health professionals throughout the nation.
July 24, 2007
Health
Developed nations draining poor countries of doctors
JACKSON Miss. While many foreign doctors are drawn to the United States to treat underserved poor and rural areas, some experts and health officials say the physicians are needed more at home.
July 22, 2007
Health
Regent says Pomerantz out of line in calling for dean’s ouster
IOWA CITY Iowa A member of the Iowa Board of Regents accused Des Moines businessman Marvin Pomerantz of trying to bully incoming University of Iowa President Sally Mason.
July 22, 2007
Health
UA programs aim to recruit, train and retain rural doctors
MONTGOMERY Ala. As a physician in a rural area, Dr. Deanah Maxwell knows there are times she’ll be stopped in the grocery store or at church for advice sometimes not even medical advice. But for her, that’s half the appeal of being a small-town doctor.
July 22, 2007
Health
Bringing Graduate Education to the Workplace
Paying for books and little else, company employees benefit from Webster University’s Corporate Cohort program.
July 18, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Professional APPOINTMENTS
KARSTEN J.Y. CASH is the new director of the Black Culture Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He comes to UMC from Eastern Illinois University, where he was an academic advisor for the Gateway Program. Cash earned a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies from Wesleyan University (Conn.); and a master’s degree in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
July 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Emerging From the Shadows – Spelman College
Audrey Forbes Manley, M.D., is a former student, activist alumna, trustee, and widow of a former Spelman College president. Now she’s in charge, but after more than a year in office, some observers still don’t know what she’s about.
July 14, 2007
Health
Professional Appointments
CROSS TO LEAD MORRIS BROW
July 14, 2007
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