Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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Family Medicine: Inspired by His Father, A Son Forges His Own Path at MSM
JANUARY 2, 2019 - "Medicine chooses you. You don't really choose it." Harding Young, M.D. '86, once dispensed this advice to his son Matthew. "Just as a reverend or a preacher or a priest is called to the cloth, we're giving ourselves to something greater than ourselves," Dr. Young, 60, told his younger son. "I told him to listen to himself and his own heart."
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PA Program Gains Provisional Accreditation, Can Enroll Students
OCTOBER 22, 2018 - Morehouse School of Medicine's new Physician Assistant Studies program passed a significant milestone enroute to its June 2019 debut with news that the program has been granted provisional accreditation status by the commission that oversees PA education in the United States.
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AJC: Trend of Fewer Black Male Doctors Has Broader Public Health Impact
OCTOBER 15, 2018 - An article recently published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the decreasing number of Black male doctors has an effect on public health. Black male doctors tend to have a larger impact in communities where medical services are limited.
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MSM Receives $3.2M Federal Grant for Health Careers Academy
OCTOBER 9, 2018 - Morehouse School of Medicine's Office for Educational Outreach and Health Careers will use a five-year, $3.2-million federal grant to enhance and expand its work to recruit and train these students to help make their dreams come true.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Speaks to Atlanta AUC Students About the Future of Technology
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 - The CEO of Microsoft, one of the world’s top technology companies, came to Atlanta to speak to students at the area’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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White Coats and Yellow Jackets: MSM, Georgia Tech Team Up on Dual MD/MBA Degree
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 - With the official start of a new academic year serving as the backdrop, MSM President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., announced today that the school has launched a new dual-degree program in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business that will enable MSM MD students to complete their medical and business degrees in just five years.
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165 Future Health Leaders Begin Their Journey at Morehouse School of Medicine
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 - Donning their crisp new white jackets and blue blazers, the entering class at Morehouse School of Medicine is now prepared to embark on their medical journey.
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MSM Among Institutions to Receive $1.8 Million to Launch Research Education Program on Addiction and Pregnancy
AUGUST 23, 2018 - Researchers at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) at the University of Pittsburgh, Emory University and San Diego State University (SDSU) receive a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to train the next generation of biomedical researchers to study addiction mechanisms relevant to improving treatment options for pregnant women who have substance abuse addictions and babies suffering from drug withdrawal.
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How 'Reach One Each One' Helped Two Teens Reach New Heights
JULY 11, 2018 - Some 3,000 miles away from her Atlanta home, Aungelique McGhee is learning how to communicate difficult medical terms to Spanish speakers and learning new skills at a local clinic in Costa Rica. It's an opportunity that otherwise may not have come McGhee's way had she not participated in Morehouse School of Medicine's Reach One Each One program.
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MSM Greets 2nd Class of 100 M.D. Students
JUNE 29, 2018 - They came from 50 undergraduate institutions in 14 states across the country, representing 34 different undergraduate degree programs. They are the Morehouse School of Medicine M.D. Class of 2022, the second consecutive class to travel the “Road to 100” students.