Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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Dr. Brian M. Rivers: Working to Achieve Cancer Health Equity
MARCH 20, 2024 - Director of the MSM Cancer Health Equity Institute is interviewed about innovative interventions to reduce cancer disparities.
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Opinion: From Diagnosis to Denial: Breaking Chains of Lung Cancer Inequity
MARCH 19, 2024 - In an opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, MSM Senior Associate Dean for Research and Innovation Dr. James W. Lillard Jr. discusses how Black patients are underrepresented in lung cancer research.
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MSM Celebrates Fourth-Year MD Students on Match Day 2024
MARCH 19, 2024 - Ninety-five percent of MSM's Doctor of Medicine students match with residencies, including 88 percent who received their first or only choice of specialty.
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Black Health Matters Winter 2024 Summit Rewind Heart to Heart: Breaking Down Barriers to Clinical Research
MARCH 13, 2024 - MSM's Dr. Elizabeth Ofili spoke with Black Health Matters about a study to evaluate the association between lipoprotein(a) and cardiovascular risk in African Americans.
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MSM Partners with Hancock County Schools to Expand Health Equity and Rural Opportunities Project
MARCH 13, 2024 - MSM students to lead virtual anatomy classes for high school students in rural Hancock County, Georgia.
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Personalized Medicine Is Coming, But Who Will Have Access to It?
MARCH 8, 2024 - Experts warn that new technologies that tailor health care to individuals may exacerbate health inequities.
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New MSM Institute Becoming National Hub for African Genetic Information
MARCH 8, 2024 - MSM recently launched the Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine. Dr. Melissa Davis, who serves as its director and a Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator, discussed the institute's goals with WABE News.
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MSM Wins $25 Million Grant for Cancer Research
MARCH 8, 2024 - Global team led by MSM cancer geneticist Dr. Melissa Davis will study cancer inequities.
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MSM Researcher's Global Team Wins $25 Million Cancer Grand Challenges Award
MARCH 6, 2024 - Focusing on cancer inequities, Team SAMBAI, led by Dr. Melissa Davis, is the only winning team in the U.S. led by an African American woman.
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Valerie Montgomery Rice: Making History, One HBCU at a Time
MARCH 6, 2024 - A profile for The The Atlanta Voice details how MSM's President and CEO broke barriers as the first woman leader at two HBCU medical schools, and her commitment to health equity and training more Black doctors.
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