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Minority Health Workforce Diversity Scholarship Offered by Arkansas Minority Health Commission

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (News release) – The Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) is offering its Minority Health Workforce Diversity Scholarship during the Spring 2020 semester to minority race students who plan to pursue a career in the field of health. The goal of the scholarship offering is to help increase diversity in the state’s healthcare […]

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U of T Rolls Out On-Demand My SSP Counselling Service to All Students

The University of Toronto is encouraging students to take advantage of My SSP, a text and chat helpline service that offers free and confidential counselling on a 24-7 basis – and is now available to all students on all three campuses. Short for My Student Support Program, My SSP provides access to trained counsellors who […]

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The New Face of the American Doctor: How Marketers Can Adjust Appeals to Reach Them

When Dr. Joanna Haight was a medical student at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, she often sat in on educational lunch talks coordinated by the school. At one of them, a company discussed an anesthesiology drug that wasn’t used at her institution. The presentation was data-intensive and interactive, explaining how it differed from […]

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Google’s AI for Mammograms Doesn’t Account for Racial Differences

Google is working on an AI tool for mammograms that researchers hope will one day be more accurate than human radiologists. The tech giant paid for a study, the results of which were published last week (Jan.1) in Nature. Its findings, at first glance, look promising. But experts caution that AI has a long way […]

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Scientists Discover Six Genetic Links to Anxiety in Largest-Ever Study on Subject

In what they termed the “largest [genome-wide association study] of anxiety traits to date,” a team of scientists from two universities and two veterans healthcare offices have identified six genetic variants linked to the development of anxiety disorders. To find these genetic markers, researchers examined genetic and health data derived from 200,000 veterans of the […]

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Barriers Steer Minority Med Students Away From Dermatology

Minority medical students perceived a number of factors as deterring them from pursuing careers in dermatology, according to survey results. One was the current lack of diversity in dermatology, according to Yssra Soliman, BA, of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York, and colleagues in JAMA Dermatology. They noted that African-Americans and Hispanics […]

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UC Health Names First Chief Diversity Officer

UC Health has hired Jeanetta Darno as the first chief diversity officer for the hospital system. The founder and CEO of Strategic HR Advisors of Columbus, Darno will begin work Jan. 6 at the health system affiliated with the University of Cincinnati. She will report directly to Dr. Rick Lofgren, CEO of UC Health. Read […]

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Improving Lung Health in Underserved Communities: Case Western Reserve University Leads $2.75 Million Initiative

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A new regional collaborative led by Case Western Reserve University researchers is increasing access to lung health screenings and information in Northeast Ohio’s underserved communities. Funded by a $2.75 million, three-year grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, a group of 11 organizations will help Northeast Ohioans decide whether they need to be […]

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Jefferson Said it Would Acquire Einstein Healthcare Over a Year Ago. Why is it Still Pending?

Thomas Jefferson University signed on the dotted line to buy Fox Chase Cancer Center from Temple University a few weeks ago. But another piece of the vast network Jefferson chief executive Stephen K. Klasko is trying to assemble has not yet fallen firmly into place. Jefferson’s acquisition of the Einstein Healthcare Network, first announced in […]

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Amidst The Vaping Public Health Crisis, Bergen Community College Vows To Become Smoke- And Tobacco-Free By June 2020

PARAMUS, N.J. — With the dangers of vaping a hot topic in current headlines as the death toll from the harmful activity — which is linked to lung disease — continues to climb among young people, one Paramus college is joining in the national movement to encourage smoking cessation. In recognition of the American Cancer Society’s national […]

How MSU Helped Reduce High-Risk Drinking Among Students

A university-wide social norms marketing campaign has reduced high-risk drinking and adverse outcomes of drinking, according to a new study from Michigan State University in the Journal of American College Health. MSU’s social norms campaign was created to educate MSU students about actual drinking behavior on campus. When misperceptions are corrected, behavior will change to […]

New Task Force to Recommend College Mental Health Policies

A Connecticut task force has been charged with recommending a statewide policy for mental health services offered for college students across the state. The group was created by the General Assembly during the 2019 legislative session. Task force members, who include mental health experts, college mental health counselors and others, are expected to issue a […]

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