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Section: Health
Latinx
Cal State Fullerton Top Degree Producer for Latinos Studying Health
California State University, Fullerton is one of the top 25 institutions where Latinos earned bachelor’s degrees in health in 2012-13.
May 19, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Southern University System Names Presidential Contenders
Southern University’s presidential search committee announced Friday that the pool of candidates for the job of system president and chancellor of the system’s Baton Rouge campus is down to six.
May 17, 2015
Faculty & Staff
JULIO FRENK
JULIO FRENK has been named president of the University of Miami. He is dean of faculty at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University. Frenk earned an M.D. from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. He earned two master’s and a joint doctorate from the University of Michigan. Frenk will take office in September.
May 5, 2015
Students
Student Group Pushes for Rape Crisis Center at Purdue
A coalition of student groups at Purdue University is pushing school officials to establish a rape crisis center on campus so that victims can get help sooner without being re-traumatized.
May 3, 2015
Students
Educator Introduces Online Program to Report Sexual Assault
In the wake of heightened sexual assaults on college campuses across the United States, a seasoned educator has developed a new online intervention program to respond to these attacks.
April 26, 2015
Faculty & Staff
MIT Professor Bhatia Among Heinz Awards Winners
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher who has developed artificial human “microlivers” that can safely test the toxicity of drugs without endangering lives is one of six people chosen to receive Heinz Awards.
April 23, 2015
Health
Harvard’s Julio Frenk Named University of Miami President
Julio Frenk, a former health minister in Mexico and a dean who helped quadruple fundraising at Harvard during his recent tenure there, was tapped Monday as the next president of the University of Miami.
April 13, 2015
Students
Colleges Getting Out of Health Insurance Business
The federal health care overhaul is leading some colleges and universities to get out of the health insurance business.
March 29, 2015
Health
HOLLY ERNEST
HOLLY ERNEST was named as the holder of the Wyoming Excellence Chair in Disease Ecology at the University of Wyoming. She was a professor of wildlife genetics and population health at the University of California, Davis. Ernest earned a bachelor’s from Cornell University, and a master’s and a doctorate from The Ohio State University. She also earned a doctorate from the University of California, Davis.
March 18, 2015
African-American
ANJELICA L. GONZALEZ
Anjelica L. Gonzalez was appointed the Donna L. Dubinsky Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. She was an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Yale. Gonzalez earned a bachelor’s from Utah State University and a doctorate from the Baylor College of Medicine.
March 10, 2015
Faculty & Staff
CU to Cover Transition Surgeries for Transgender Employees
The University of Colorado expects to soon begin covering the cost of transition surgery for transgender faculty and staff, the Daily Camera reported Friday.
February 8, 2015
Students
Younger Americans Embrace Healthier Eating Options
A recent report conducted by the Nielsen Global Health and Wellness Survey offered surprising and detailed information about the culinary habits of young people.
February 4, 2015
African-American
Morehouse, Kennedy Forum Establish Mental Health Policy Center
The Morehouse School of Medicine and The Kennedy Forum mental health advocacy group have teamed up to launch the Kennedy Center for Mental Health Policy and Research at the Atlanta-based medical school.
February 4, 2015
Health
Castaneda Uses Persistence and Hard Work to Heal the Masses
Dr. Rachel Castaneda, a Diverse 2015 Emerging Scholar, uses her expertise in mental illness and drug addiction to make a difference in her community.
January 26, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Navigating Your First Tenure-Track Academic Position
One’s Âfirst faculty position can be quite the mystery; at least it was for me.
January 1, 2015
African-American
Howard University: Hospital Deal All About Maintaining the Mission
The presidents of Howard University and Paladin Healthcare Capital emphasized the importance of Howard University Hospital’s historic mission to serve the underserved in a conference call with Diverse on Monday.
December 22, 2014
Health
Colorado Funds Research on Benefits of Medical Marijuana
The endeavor is considered novel because government-funded marijuana research traditionally focuses on the drug’s negative health effects.
December 17, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Alabama-Birmingham, Alabama State Get Cancer Research Grant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Alabama State University have been given a federal grant to research and reduce disparities in cancer rates.
November 11, 2014
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