Joint Center Engages Tennessee Leaders on Obama and McCain Health Care Reform Proposals and Health Equity Oct 4, 2008
The Honorable Lois M. DeBerry, Speaker Pro Tempore (invited), Tennessee General Assembly; Dr. Wayne J. Riley, President and CEO of Meharry Medical College; and Dr. Bob Fisher, President of Belmont University will give opening remarks. Presenters and panelists will represent: the Joint Center Health Policy Institute, Drexel University's School of Public Health, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee Department of Health, Belmont University and Tennessee State University ... When: October 6, 2008 12... (PR Newswire)
Health department opens dental clinic Oct 3, 2008
She attended MeHarry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn ... Scott attended FAMU, as well as Meharry Medical College, and she did the Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at NOVA Southeastern University. (Gadsden County Times, FL)
Medical Journal Sep 14, 2008
Researchers from Meharry Medical College in Nashville found that the use of seat belts among teens riding in cars as passengers is even more dismal than among teen drivers. The surveys, done in 2001 and 2003, found that only 42 percent of high school students 16 and older said they always wore seat belts as passengers, while 59 percent said they always buckled up in the driver's seat. (Nashua Telegraph)
Charles Goosby, 83, dentist fought for fairness Sep 7, 2008
Goosby was a Morehouse man and a graduate of Meharry Medical College dental school in Nashville. It was a tough battle, Goosby said in a 1998 interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New nano device detects immune system cell signaling Sep 4, 2008
Not only is this capability important in improving our knowledge of how the immune system works, but it may also be the key to understanding why the system fails, as it does in cases like cancer and HIV/AIDS, says Dana Marshall, associate professor at the Meharry Medical College. She and the Wikswo group have submitted a proposal to use the technique to study triple-negative breast tumors, one of the most deadly forms of breast cancer. (EurekAlert!)
Teens Making Poor Choices When it Comes to Riding in Vehicles Aug 27, 2008
Meharry Medical College study finds only 42% of teen passengers are buckling up ... About Meharry Medical College ... Meharry Medical College is the nation's largest private, independent historically black institution dedicated solely to educating health science professionals. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
National Medical Association Honors Visionaries in Health Care and Opens 2008 Convention With Leadership Awards Jul 28, 2008
D., Former Surgeon General and Director of the Center for Excellence on Health Disparities -- Robert J. Smith, M.D., Chief Surgeon, Middle Tennessee Medical Center and Associate Professor, Meharry Medical College -- Henry W. Foster, Jr., M.D.- Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of Meharry School of Medicine and Clinical Professor, Vanderbilt University -- Frederick N. Quarles, M.D., dermatology expert and consultant, Principal, Quarles Dermatology, co-author of "Skin Deep: A History of Black... (PR Newswire)
Tenn. ranks No. 17 for med grads Jul 20, 2008
The state touts four major medical schools, including East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in Nashville, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center based in Memphis. Arkansas schools produced 133 medical graduates last year and Mississippi graduated 98. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Bonaboto-North America Formed Jun 19, 2008
The successful congress capped several years of patient and persistent effort spearheaded by Dr. Joseph Akamah, a cardiologist at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. In his conveners address, Dr. Akamah implored participants to always remember that they had a duty to help develop the BONABOTO area while striving to remain good ambassadors of Ghana and being models of excellence in whatever area of endeavor they found themselves. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
CELEBRATING DAD Jun 16, 2008
He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, in 1960. Soon after, he entered the United States Air Force where he earned the rank of captain, and served his country as chief of an Air Force flight medical section. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Marian Wright Edelman to speak at Meharry Medical College commencement May 11, 2008
Meharry Medical College is the largest private historically black institution in the United States solely dedicated to educating health care professionals and scientists. Other honorary degrees to be conferred on May 17 will go to Dr. Clive O. Callender, a 1963 graduate of Meharry Medical College, former chair of surgery at Howard University Medical School and one of the founders of the Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program and Dr. Jeanne Craig Sinkford, dean emeritus of the Howard... (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Black Enterprise Unveils America's Leading Doctors May 2, 2008
BE also contacted top-ranked physicians as well as the nation's leading medical schools, including Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, Meharry Medical College, Howard University College of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Mayo Medical School. The complete "America's Leading Doctors" feature... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
In a Nashville state of of mind Mar 20, 2008
You have Tennessee State University, Fisk University and MeHarry Medical College and School of Dentistry within walking distance of each other. The black community lives for TSU football. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Read more... Feb 27, 2008
Wal-Mart also supported other health care initiatives through donations to organization such as the Delta Regional Authority, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association and Meharry Medical College. Disaster relief - When disaster strikes, Wal-Mart stores and Sam's Club locations can be counted on to work with disaster relief agencies, supporting their lifesaving work and helping communities to begin the recovery effort. (PNN Online)
Dr. Annie Yarborough: The Epitome of Integrity Feb 20, 2008
where she enrolled at Meharry Medical College. During her first year at Meharry, Annie was elected to teach sewing and domestic science at Walden University. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Obese less likely to use seat belts; not all car models offer longer options Feb 11, 2008
Schlundt and his colleagues at Meharry Medical College in Nashville reviewed nearly 250,000 responses about seat belt use from a national telephone health survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Based on that 2002 data, the study found that seat belt use declined as body mass index a calculation based on height and weight increased. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Dr. Woodward to be honored at Gala Feb 9, 2008
He retired from the Army Reserve as a Lt. Col. After two years in the active Army, he attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN where he received his medical degree. He completed his internship in Hurly Hospital in Flint, MI and his residency at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. (Gadsden County Times, FL)
Obesity linked to decreased seatbelt use Jan 3, 2008
The connection was made by Vanderbilt University psychologist David Schlundt and his colleagues at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn ... Schlundt and his co-authors, Nathaniel Briggs, Stephania Miller, Carlotta Arthur and Irwin Goldzweig at Meharry Medical College, are members of the National Center for Optimal Health. (EurekAlert!)
Doctor numbers fall short Nov 23, 2007
The state's four medical universities -- East Tennessee State University, Meharry Medical College, and UT -- together graduated 409 students this year and 381 last year. To help fight the coming doctor shortage, the AAMC called for universities to raise their class sizes in 2006. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Dr. Lewis F. Boddie, 94; pioneering physician, promoter of adoption Oct 27, 2007
He earned a medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville in 1938 and three years later married Marian Bernice Claytor, whose father was a doctor, as were her two brothers and sister. "At the time we married, we counted over 40 doctors in both families, with the uncles and the cousins" and others, said Marian Boddie. (Los Angeles Times)
Maupin elected to Regions board Jul 24, 2007
Maupin spent 12 as president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville before taking his current position as president of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta ... Meharry Medical College is the nation's largest independent private, historically black institution dedicated solely to educating health professionals. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Morehouse School of Medicine president elected to Regions' board Jul 21, 2007
Before his move to Morehouse in 2006, Maupin spent 12 years as the president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. Jack Moore, Region's executive chairman, said Maupin's commitments to "improving people's lives" would be a "tremendous asset" to the company. (Birmingham Business Journal)
Morehouse alums mark 70th anniversary Jul 13, 2007
The Atlanta native worked under eminent scientist Dr. Charles R. Drew at Howard University and is a former medical director of Grady Memorial Hospital and instructor in surgery at Meharry Medical College. He retired in 1989 as a professor emeritus of surgery at Emory University. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Newspaperman Jim Durham dies Jul 3, 2007
Jim donated his body to Meharry Medical College in Nashville. Those wishing to do so may make memorial contributions to Macon County Public Library, 311 Church Street, Lafayette, TN, 37083, or Sumner Homecare and Hospice, 510 East Main Street, Gallatin, TN, 37066. (Lafayette Macon County Times, TN)
Third Annual Nissan Student Government Leadership Program Slated for July 29 - August 2, 2007 in Jackson, Mississippi Jun 29, 2007
Confirmed speakers for the 2007 program include: Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., nationally renowned educator, clinician and researcher in women's reproductive health at Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, Reverend Dr. Nelson Rivers - corporate Chief Operating Officer of the NAACP, Gregory Anderson, writer of the No. 1 Box Office Hit "Stomp the Yard" and former NSGLP corporate participant and American Idol Winner Ruben Studdard. Invitations for the program were extended to all HBCUs... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lipid Sciences reports successful study on SARS vaccine Jun 26, 2007
The research project was performed at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. Related Industry stories. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Ophthalmologist, civil rights leader dies May 8, 2007
Brown attended medical school at Meharry Medical College in Tennessee. After residencies in general surgery and ophthalmology, he moved to Miami in 1955 and opened a practice that would last more than 40 years. (The Miami Herald)
Former Hawkeyes football captain Harris dies Mar 29, 2007
After college, Harris followed his mother s advice and entered medical school at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. He later completed his residency at the University of Illinois Medical School, and returned to Seattle in 1954 to start his dermatology practice. (Charles City Press, IO)
Big Ten's first black football captain Harris dies Mar 28, 2007
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Morehouse med school to install new chief Mar 22, 2007
Maupin, Morehouse medical school's fifth president, came from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, where he was president for 12 years. He is no stranger to Atlanta or the medical college, having served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Morehouse School of Medicine 1989-1994 before leaving for Meharry. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Morehouse School Of Medicine Installs Maupin As President Mar 17, 2007
Maupin arrived to assume stewardship of MSM in July 2006, after serving 12 years as president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. As the institution moves forward, its vision will be propelled by a strategic plan, he said. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Doctor's legacy reflected in community Feb 20, 2007
Dr. Dickey was a graduate of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn ... He attended high school in his native Waco and attended Tillotson College in Austin before enrolling in Meharry Medical College. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)
Finally -- the truth about seat belt use among Hispanics Jan 30, 2007
In the December 2006 issue of Injury Prevention, a leading international peer reviewed journal for health professionals and others interested in all unintentional injuries, Meharry-State Farm Alliance researchers at Nashville's Meharry Medical College reconciled the inconsistencies ... Established in 2002, the Meharry-State Farm Alliance is a joint venture of Meharry Medical College and State Farm Insurance ... About Meharry Medical College. (EurekAlert!)
