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Increasing Diversity Remains Focus of Office of the Provost

Boston College, led by Vice Provost for Faculties Billy Soo, is working to continue to diversify its faculty population through a variety of programs and initiatives. Forty-two percent of the current faculty is female and 20.4 percent is AHANA+, according to Soo. As with racial diversity, an obstacle to increased gender diversification at BC is […]

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Georgia State University Looks to Improve Faculty Diversity

Georgia State University leaders determined a few years ago they had a problem. While numerous studies found the university has one of the most racially diverse student bodies in the nation, there was not that same level of diversity among its faculty. There weren’t enough women in front of the classroom as well. Read More

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University of Georgia Does Away With Transgender Health Care Exclusions

The University of Georgia is dropping its exclusion of transgender-related treatments and procedures in its employee health insurance. The change comes as part of settling a lawsuit very similar to one filed in North Carolina earlier this year. Read More

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Bennington College Starting New Population Health Fellowship With SVMC

BENNINGTON — Caring for people when they’re sick is one thing. Taking into account other things that contribute to health, and helping people before they’re sick, is another. In a new partnership, Bennington College and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center plan to offer six students paid, health-related internship opportunities this winter in an inaugural Population Health […]

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Georgia College Workers Push for Lower Health Care Costs

Employees at five University System of Georgia schools hit the streets on their campuses Wednesday and called colleagues to seek support for their demands that the system rescind its plan to increase worker health care costs next year. The state’s Board of Regents, which oversees University System operations, voted in September to raise employee health […]

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Wayne State University Pediatrician and Professor Helps Develop Policy Recognizing Racism as a Health Factor

A Wayne State University pediatrician played a critical role in developing a national policy statement that recognizes for the first time the impact racism has on the health of American children and teens. Lynn Smitherman, M.D., FAAP, assistant professor of WSU Pediatrics, is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Task Force Addressing Bias […]

Hispanic Heritage Month Campaign Celebrates Hispanic Impact In The Healthcare System

Healthy Hispanic Living (HHL) launched a campaign to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by showcasing the wide range of career opportunities in human health and pet health. Hispanics are 18.3 percent of the total U.S. population, yet in 2018 made up only 13.6 percent of those employed in healthcare and social assistance, and just 8.7 percent of those employed in life, physical and social […]

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How to Fix the Gender Disparity in Pediatrics

Since Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from an American medical school in 1849, women have made many gains in the health care field. However, as Spector et al1 point out in this issue of Pediatrics, the battle for gender equity in medicine in general, and in pediatrics in particular, is far from […]

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Medical Schools Fall Short on Racial Justice: Student Group

At leading U.S. medical schools, education of future doctors about racism, promotion of diversity, and service of patients of color are in need of improvement, survey results suggest. White Coats 4 Black Lives, a national group of medical students and doctors-in-training, released its second annual Racial Justice Report Card (RJRC), which indicates that medical schools […]

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United Health Foundation and The Health Wagon Announce $1 Million Multiyear Partnership to Expand Access to Quality Care in Southwest Virginia

The United Health Foundation and The Health Wagon today announced a new partnership to expand access to vital health care services for thousands of people in communities throughout southwest Virginia. A three-year, $1 million grant from the United Health Foundation will enable The Health Wagon to provide new, no-cost diagnostic and specialty services, such as […]

Saint Peter’s Partners with Medical School to Increase Diversity

Saint Peter’s University has signed an agreement with Ross University School of Medicine with the goal of increasing diversity in the U.S. physician workforce. Over the past decade, the Jesuit institution in New Jersey has seen the enrollment of Hispanic students go from approximately 25 percent of the undergraduate student population to nearly 50 percent. […]

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TSU is First HBCU to Open Student-Run Physical, Occupational Therapy Clinic

This week marks a historic first for Tennessee State University as it becomes the first historically Black college or university to open a student-run physical and occupational therapy clinic. The clinic, which is part of the College of Health Sciences, opens Aug. 30 and is located in the basement of Clement Hall on the main […]

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