Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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MSM's Dr. Montgomery Rice & Color Genomics's Laraki Pen Op-Ed on Medicine's Failure to Adequately Reach Underserved Communities
FEBRUARY 5, 2018 - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and Color Genomics co-founder Othman Laraki recently wrote an op-ed that highlights the failure of medicine and healthcare to reach underserved communities for cancer prevention.
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Morehouse School of Medicine Launches New Online Programs
FEBRUARY 1, 2018 - For the first time, Morehouse School of Medicine students can earn degrees or a certificate remotely, choosing from among an Executive Master of Public Health, Hybrid Master of Science in Biomedical Technology and a certificate in the Process of Drug Development, all now available online.
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Senior Citizens Thankful to MSM Students for Help in Getting a Safer Crosswalk
JANUARY 29, 2018 - As a part of the curriculum in their Community Health class, Morehouse School of Medicine work with the residents at the Adamsville Green Senior Living. Over the last few years, while taking care of residents' bodies, students learned that the seniors were concerned about the unsafe crosswalk in front of their building.
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MSM Remembers Veteran Journalist Amanda Davis at Annual Women With Heart Luncheon
JANUARY 29, 2018 - Morehouse School of Medicine will remember longtime Atlanta journalist Amanda Davis at this year's Women With Heart Luncheon. Davis, who was a member of WWH, passed away on December 27, 2017 after suffering a massive stroke.
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MSM Lead Sponsor of Beyond Flexner Conference in April, Registration Now Open
JANUARY 12, 2018 - As the main sponsor of the 2018 Beyond Flexner Conference, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) will welcome medical professionals and educators from across the nation for the conference Monday, April 9, through Wednesday, April 11. The conference will take place at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta.
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MSM's Kpodzo Performs Life-Changing Reconstructive Surgery on Woman Badly Burned as a Baby
JANUARY 8, 2018 - Fox 5 Atlanta documents how Morehouse School of Medicine Surgery professor and Morehouse Healthcare surgeon Dzifa Kpodzo, M.D., M.P.H., was able to change Gladys White's life -- who has lived with burns for more than 50 years following a childhood accident -- through reconstructive surgery.
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Dr. Martha Elks Speaks With NPR About Gender Matriculation in Medical School
DECEMBER 29, 2017 - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs Dr. Martha Elks speaks with NPR about the historical first of more women than men being enrolled in U.S. medical schools. Dr. Elks discusses the need for balance and how MSM is working to address the lack of African-American men enrolling in medical schools.
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Black Enterprise Explores How MSM is Addressing the Decline of Black Male Doctors
DECEMBER 27, 2017 - Black Enterprise looks at how Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is working to address the decline in black male physicians and black medical school applicants.
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Nearly 30 Bikes Donated by MSM to High-Achieving Students at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy
DECEMBER 27, 2017 - Dozens of students at the Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy were rewarded for all their hard work this past semester with surprise gifts of bicycles and helmets from Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM).
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Second-Year MD Student May Have Solution to Shortage of Black Men in Medicine
DECEMBER 15, 2017 - Second-year Morehouse School of Medicine M.D. student Martin Campbell recently presented at the National Academy of Sciences and shared how he believes an innovative mentoring chain could draw more young black men to careers in medicine, and get them interested in the field at an early age.
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