Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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MSM Researchers Seek to Increase COVID-19 Testing for People Affected by Diabetes With Aid of NIH Grant
NOVEMBER 9, 2020 - Morehouse School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, have received a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to increase COVID-19 testing for people affected by diabetes in Georgia.
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MSM's Dr. Herman Taylor Elected to National Academy of Medicine
OCTOBER 19, 2020 - Herman A. Taylor Jr., MD, MPH, endowed professor and director of Morehouse School of Medicine's Cardiovascular Research Institute, is among the 100 newest members elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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MSM Awarded $1 Million NIH Grant for COVID-19 Community Engagement Research and Health Communications
OCTOBER 16, 2020 - Morehouse School of Medicine received a $1 million award from the National Institutes of Health for COVID-19 pandemic outreach and engagement efforts in ethnic and racial minority communities.
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MSM Shares in $15M Gates Foundation Investment to Expand COVID-19 Testing at HBCUs
OCTOBER 15, 2020 - MSM is one of six Historically Black Colleges and Universities to share in a three-year, $15 million investment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of its COVID-19 response, made in partnership with The Just Project, which aims to increase access to COVID-19 diagnostic testing for HBCU campuses and their communities.
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SATTC Director Awarded $3.5M Grant to Focus on Behavioral Health Disparities
OCTOBER 15, 2020 - Dawn Tyus, LPC, director and principal investigator of the Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center in the National Center for Primary Care, was recently awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop a center of excellence focused on behavioral health disparities among Black people.
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Joint Statement on the Integrity of Vaccine Trials and the Inclusion of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 - We, as representatives of the four historically Black medical schools in our nation, are committed to the inclusion of Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) as we engage in research initiatives focused on the novel coronavirus, SARS CoV-2. The virus, COVID-19, disproportionately impacts the number of infections, complications, and deaths in our communities.
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Why We Need More Black Doctors - And How to Get There
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 - The Wall Street Journal features President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, in the most recent installment of its series "The Future of Everything."
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $26.4 Million Gift to Morehouse School of Medicine
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has been awarded $26.4 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies, a foundation created by entrepreneur and former New York Mayor and Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg.
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MSM Pipeline 'Gold Standard' for Increasing Physician Diversity
AUGUST 31, 2020 - "Diversity in the physician workforce has known benefits--including improved patient outcomes--and medical schools are working to create more of it. Morehouse School of Medicine is a gold standard in doing so," writes the American Medical Association's Brandon Murphy.
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Bank of America Delivers 20,000 Facemasks to MSM
AUGUST 25, 2020 - Morehouse School of Medicine recently received a donation of 20,000 facemasks from Bank of America, part of an initiative to donate personal protective equipment including 146,000 masks to 14 local organizations.
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