Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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Morehouse School of Medicine Plans to Raise $100,000 As Tom Joyner Foundation School of the Month
APRIL 26, 2017 - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has been chosen as the Tom Joyner Foundation (TJF) School of the Month for May 2017. As the school of the month, the TJF will promote raising funds for the institution and highlight its programs that are educating the next generation of health and science leaders.
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Morehouse School of Medicine Celebrates the Contributions of Hank Aaron and Raises More Than $800,000 to Advance Health Equity
APRIL 13, 2017 - Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) celebrates the generous contributions of Henry "Hank" Aaron -- as the Louis C. Vanguard recipient -- to the Atlanta health community and allows donors to "experience" how the school is leading the creation and advancement of health equity during the 10th annual Hugh M. Gloster Society Celebration on Thursday, April 13.
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MSM's Dr. Elizabeth Ofili to Receive 2017 NMQF Lifetime Achievement Award
APRIL 11, 2017 - Morehouse School of Medicine Professor of Medicine Dr. Elizabeth Ofili will receive the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Minority Quality Forum's Annual Leadership Awards Dinner on April 24-25 in Washington, DC.
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Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice Inducted Into Horatio Alger Association
APRIL 4, 2017 - Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc.'s New Member Class of 2017 at the 70th Annual Horatio Alger Awards in Washington, D.C., which took place March 30 - April 1, 2017.
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Morehouse School of Medicine Students Match at 100 Percent
MARCH 17, 2017 - On March 17, 2017, 100 percent of Morehouse School of Medicine's (MSM) 57 fourth year students matched to fill the nation's leading residency programs, with 81 percent focusing in primary care and core specialty disciplines.
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Grady's Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence Receives $2M to Advance Patient-Centered Care
MARCH 3, 2017 - Grady's Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence receives $2M grant for new Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care. The Alliance's principal investigators are Morehouse School of Medicine's Dr. Roland Matthews and Emory's Dr. Sheryl Gabram.
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MSM's Daniel Dawes Receives Families USA's 2017 Health Equity Advocate of the Year Award
FEBRUARY 21, 2017 - On February 17, 2017, Daniel Dawes, executive director of government affairs and health policy at Morehouse School of Medicine and author of "150 Years of Obamacare," received Families USA's 2017 Health Equity Advocate Award.
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Emory and Partners MSM & Georgia Tech Receive NIH Funding to Establish Collaborative Diabetes Research Center
FEBRUARY 15, 2017 - Emory University received an approximately $2.5 million grant from The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease for the establishment of the Georgia Diabetes Translation Research Center (GDTRC), which is a partnership among Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and Goizueta Business School, along with Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse School of Medicine.
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MSM Along With Other AUCC Institutions and The City of Atlanta Launch Video Camera Surveillance Program
FEBRUARY 9, 2017 - On January 24, 2017 the Atlanta University Center Consortium Council of Presidents and Mayor Kasim Reed announced the completion of a collaborative surveillance program that strategically places video cameras and license plate readers around the campus community to create a safer environment.
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SUNY Board of Trustees Appoints Wayne J. Riley, M.D., '93 as President of Downstate Medical Center
JANUARY 26, 2017 - On January 24, 2017, the State University of New York Board of Trustees today appointed Dr. Wayne J. Riley as president of SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Riley is currently a clinical professor of Medicine and adjunct professor of Health Policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
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