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Researchers Call for Enhanced Obesity Training in Medical Schools

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Given the prevalence of this chronic disease, researchers are calling for higher education medical institutions to strengthen training to prevent stigmatization and inadequate patient care. In a 2020 survey of 40 medical schools, 10 percent said their graduates are “very prepared” to manage patients who experience obesity.

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UC Riverside School of Medicine Accepts Inaugural Class of California Medicine Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The students will have access to mentoring, networking opportunities, and advising, internship, and volunteer healthcare experiences through a Regional Hub of Healthcare Opportunity (RHHO) at the UCR medical school.

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Finding a Place at an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hollingsworth – who has also taught and advised students at Johns Hopkins University – anticipates that she’ll graduate next May. The research she’s been doing at Morgan State has to do with her time at her alma mater, where she had gone the extra mile to make the school more welcoming for her and other Black and Brown students.

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Morehouse School of Medicine Looks to Disrupt Health Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As As a medical school, our first priority is to train physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals.

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UC Irvine to Launch Pre-Health Professional Development Program to Support Students from Underserved Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million grant from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information – will select undergraduates for training, advising, and support to increase readiness for medical school. Belinda Campos UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UCPPP) – it is receiving funding from a five-year, $3.6

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Laser focused: what are the benefits of single-subject institutions?

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From art colleges to medical schools, specialised higher education institutions are nothing new. These collaborators inform the curriculum, advising on what is and isn’t needed from an industry perspective, shaping students to be work-ready graduates with the skills that employers need.

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

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Program adviser Dr. John E. Williams, a director of student affairs and DEI for graduate programs in sustainability management and sustainability science, tours the country and tells people about what the Ivy League school’s fellowship can offer them. For its previous cohort, SPS saw applicants from 30.