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Depression Often Ignored in African American Community: Meharry Medical College Psychiatry Chair to Present Research Findings
(Nashville, TN) – Depression is a condition that is largely ignored in the African American community, according to findings from studies conducted by Meharry Medical College’s new Psychiatry Chair, Dr. Rahn Bailey. Dr. Bailey, a nationally recognized expert in forensic psychiatry and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, will present his findings during an open house at Meharry Medical College.
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Meharrians Named "Top 45 Under 45" Leaders in Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn. – Two of Meharry Medical College’s very own, Osei Mevs, associate vice president of External Affairs and Tenè Franklin, genetic counselor in the Meharry Sickle Cell Center have been recognized as the “Top 45 Under 45” leaders in Tennessee. The “Top 45 Under 45” award is presented by the Tennessee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) 2008 Young Professionals Leadership Summit (YPLS) to outstanding young professionals who exhibit leadership excellence in various sectors and are seen as the newest generation of leaders.
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Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry Passes Out "Lessons In a Lunch Box" Instead of Candy For Halloween
Nashville, Tenn – Hundreds of local elementary school students will be getting good oral health “Lessons in a Lunch Box” for Halloween, instead of the traditional handful of candy thanks to the junior dental class from Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry.
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Senator Lamar Alexander to Chair U. S. Senate Field Hearing on Childhood Obesity in Nashville
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Meharry Physician Elected to Membership into Institute of Medicine
Nashville, TN) – James Earl King Hildreth, M.D., Ph.D., director, Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, and professor of Internal Medicine at Meharry Medical College has been elected for membership into The Institute of Medicine (IOM). Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. There are just 1,736 elected members in the IOM in the U.S. and abroad.
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Meharry Medical College Mourns the Loss of 6th President Lloyd C. Elam, M.D.
(Nashville, Tenn.) – Meharry Medical College legend and giant -- Dr. Lloyd C. Elam, the distinguished sixth President of Meharry passed away on the morning of October 4, 2008 while traveling in Mississippi.
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Meharry Medical College to Host Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Briefing to Focus on Health Reform and Equity: Which Plan Should We Choose?
(Nashville, Tenn.) – On the eve on the second presidential debate, to be held at Belmont University, Tennessee state and local leaders will meet at Meharry Medical College on to encourage dialogue about the presidential nominees’ health care reform proposals
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First Two Non African-American Graduates of Meharry Medical College to Receive Awards at 2008 Fall Convocation
-Two Honorary Degrees Also to be Bestowed-
NASHVILLE, Tenn -- September 25, 2008 – Meharry Medical College will kick off its academic year on Monday, September 29 at 9 a.m. with an outdoor ceremony in the amphitheatre on campus to mark its 133rd Convocation. The first two non African-American graduates of Meharry will be honored at the ceremony with the presentation of the Presidential Distinguished Service Medals to Ralph Lachman, M.D., ’61 and posthumously to Al Gorman, D.D.S., ’61.
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Meharry Medical College
White Coat Ceremony: Friday, September 26, 2008
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Meharry Medical College’s Dr. A. Cherrie Epps Will Receive The Harold Delany Educational Achievement Award From The American Association of Blacks in Higher Education
(Nashville, Tenn.) – The American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) will present the Harold Delany Educational Achievement Award to Dr. A. Cherrie Epps, senior advisor to the president and dean emeritus of Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine for her significant contributions to medical education. The award will be given at the AABHE conference in Houston, TX at the Omni Hotel on Friday, April 4, 2008. Dr. Epps will be honored along with world renowned historian, Dr. John Hope Franklin, who will receive the AABHE Lifetime Achievement Award.
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MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE CELEBRATES 20TH ANNUAL W. F. B. JAMES SYMPOSIUM
Meharry Medical College Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology will celebrate the 20th Annual W.F. B. James Symposium on April 3 – 5, 2008. For the past 20 years the department has sponsored this educational event that focuses on healthcare issues for the female patient.
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MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE - MATCH DAY 2008:
Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 11:00am Annual Event Matches Meharry Medical Students to Residency Programs Nationwide
Meharry Medical College Researcher and Team Find Promise for Reducing Preterm-Births
Research study shows that inhibiting the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase reduces risk of pre-term labor in rats.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Scientific Director of the Meharry Center for Women’s Health Research and a team of researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch have concluded that inhibiting the activity of the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) during pregnancy can reduce the incidence of pre-term births in rats. It also appears to stop the cervix from expanding and stretching. Findings were reported in a recent issue of the specialized journal Reproduction.
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The Meharry Center for Women’s Health Research Will Observe
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – March 10, 2008
Nashville, Tenn.- March 10, 2008–The Meharry Center for Women’s Health Research has joined forces with the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services in observance of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10.
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New Child Passenger Safety Program Teaches Life-Saving Measures in Nashville
Nashville, Tenn. (January 24, 2008) — Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, launched See Me Safe, a new Child Passenger Safety (CPS) program today at the Meharry Child Passenger Safety Center. Developed in partnership with Meharry Medical College, See Me Safe connects parents and caregivers to CPS-certified technicians and provides them with hands-on training and a visual reference of the child properly restrained. It also recognizes the important role that health care providers play in stressing the need for precautionary, life-saving measures in motor vehicles and connecting parents with local, relevant resources. Ford Motor Company Fund awarded a $250,000 grant to Meharry Medical College for the development of this new pilot program.
Meharry Medical College Scientific Director Leads Research Team To Develop A Gene Replacement Therapy For Premature Ovarian Failure
Research study shows Adenovirus expressing human FSH receptor corrects the Finnish C566T mutation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Scientific Director of the Meharry Center for Women’s Health Research and a team of researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch and the University of Saskatchewan have recently discovered that the gene mutation believed to be a possible cause of premature ovarian failure may be corrected when an adenovirus compensating for the mutated gene is introduced. Findings were reported in the recent issue of Molecular Human Reproduction.
Habitat Partner Family Meharry’s Very Own Katherine Smith
Katherine Smith learned about Habitat for Humanity from a friend and current Habitat homeowner before, but she didn’t believe that she could do it. When she learned about the program Meharry Medical College initiated for one of their employees, she decided to just “go for it” and do everything she needed to do to try to qualify for the Habitat Homeownership Program. She took a leap of faith, like so many other Habitat homeowners have made in the past. Now, she is so excited and grateful for what is happening in her life that she sometimes has to pinch herself to feel that it is real.
Meharrians Successfully Complete 6th Medical Mission Trip to Belize
Voluntary Missionary Work Supports Meharry Motto
“Worship of God Through Service to Mankind”
Dr. Bernard Turner, Associate Vice President for Corporate and Foundation Relations at Meharry Medical College and other Meharrians have returned from a 10-day medical missionary trip to Belize. This is the sixth mission trip coordinated by The Temple Church who took 29 of members on the trip, including 10 Meharrians who are also members of the church. The team set up medical clinics in six villages to provide medical services to more than 1,000 people.
Meharry Medical College’s School of Dentistry Announces Plans for the
Delta Dental Oral Diagnostic and Imaging Clinic
State-of-the-art clinic to provide better service to patients and increase learning opportunities for students
Nashville, TN – Meharry Medical College announced the generous contribution of Delta Dental of Tennessee in the amount of $780,233, allowing Meharry to develop a new, state-of-the-art oral diagnostic and imaging clinic. The new clinic will help the School of Dentistry expand the educational culture of leadership, innovation and discovery.
Wal-Mart Foundation Announces $1 Million Grant To The Meharry Medical College Center For Women’s Health Research
Grant Will Further Research Addressing Health Disparities
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – November 13, 2007 – The Wal-Mart Foundation announced today a $1 million grant to the Meharry Medical College Center for Women’s Health Research, the nation’s only center dedicated to the study of health disparities among women of color. Over the next five years, the grant will help advance the Center’s work in addressing diseases that disproportionately impact women from ethnic minorities – particularly African American women.
Meharry Medical College Celebrates Its 132nd Fall Convocation
Nashville, TN - Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., President and CEO of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will be the guest speaker at Meharry Medical College’s 132nd convocation ceremony at the Compton-Nelson Auditorium, on Thursday, October 18, at 10.00am.
A Legacy Of Leadership To Be Fulfilled When Meharry Medical College
Inaugurates Its Tenth President
Nashville, TN - Meharry Medical College will officially install its 10th President, Wayne J. Riley, M.D., M.P.H., MBA, FACP, with a formal investiture ceremony at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, in the Laura Turner Hall, at 10 am, next Friday, October 19, 2007, announced the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Milton H. Jones, Jr. A reception will follow at noon.
The event will be held on October 4, 5:00pm - 7:00pm at Tennessee State University’s Learning Resource Center. All college-age women are invited to attend this informative event to listen to experts, hear personal testimonials and participate in discussions on AIDS/ HIV, STD’s, Cervical Cancer/ HPV and Relationships. Gift bags will be distributed and refreshments will be served at the event between 5:00pm and 7:00 pm. If you have any further questions or need transportation, please contact the Center at 615-327-6531.
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Walk-A-Round Campus in Support of the Meharry-Sickle Cell Center
Nashville, TN - September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month and the Meharry Sickle Cell Center is hosting a series of events to raise awareness, promote health and fitness, and acknowledge individuals in the community dealing with Sickle Cell and/ or a family member caring for someone with Sickle Cell Disease.
Meharry Medical College Receives $2 Million
Courtsey of WKRN - Nashville,TN, USA
Meharry Medical College received $2 million for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Wellness Project. ...
Save the Date - The Inauguration of Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, FACP
The Tenth President of Meharry Medical College
New Formulas for Designating Medically Underserved Areas/Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas:
The First Revisions since the 1970s will Affect Many Federal Funding Programs
Nashville, TN - The Department of Health and Human Services is preparing to adopt new definitions of Medically Underserved Area (MUA) and Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) in 2008. The Secretary of Health and Human Services approved the proposed rule changes on March 26, 2007 and a notice of proposed rulemaking will appear in the Federal Register in fall 2007. Upon the completion of the 6-month comment and review period will result in modifications to the proposal; the final rule is scheduled for publication in early 2008.
Meharry Medical College White Coat Ceremony: July 27, 2007
Sponsored by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Dedicated to Fostering Humanism in Medicine
The *Arnold P. Gold Foundation White Coat Ceremony welcomes entering medical students and helps establish a psychological contract for the practice of medicine. The ceremony emphasizes the importance of compassionate care for the patient as well as scientific proficiency and includes several elements.
Meharry Medical College Student, Kalilah Allen Harris crowned Miss Black USA
Nashville, TN - June 8, 2007--On June 2, 2007, Kalilah Allen-Harris took home the crown of Miss Black USA in the Miss Black USA pageant held at the Independence Stadium in the West African country of the Republic of Gambia.
Meharry Medical College Celebrates 132nd Commencement
Nashville, TN – The 132nd Commencement Ceremony of Meharry Medical College will be held on Saturday, May 19, at Tennessee State University’s Gentry Auditorium at 2:00pm.
President and CEO of CARE USA, Dr. Helene D. Gayle will receive an Honorary Doctorate from Meharry Medical College and will be the keynote speaker for this year’s commencement ceremony. “We are honored to have Dr. Gayle join usfor commencement. This is always an exciting time of year for Meharry when we deliver culturally relevant and culturally competent physicians, dentists, public health experts and biomedical scientists into the global healthcare workforce,” said Dr. Wayne J. Riley, president and CEO of Meharry Medical College.
Meharry Medical College's 2007 Commencement and Reunion Week
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU) Devotes Latest Issue to the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Nation's Healthcare System
04/30/07 - Nashville, TN – The latest issue of the peer reviewed Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU) addresses the detrimental effects of Hurricane Katrina, on the management of health care in this country and on the continued suffering of many Americans as a result of the natural tragedy.
Meharry Medical College President Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MBA, wrote the foreword to this edition revealing his own personal experiences in providing healthcare to evacuees and taking in several of his own family members, including his parents.
Listen to the interview with President Wayne J. Riley by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd. He gives a first-hand account in the opening forward titled, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Professionally Fulfilling, Personally Painful.
Meharry Medical College Announces
Five New Appointments and
Three Key Promotions
03/31/07 - Nashville, Tenn. – Wayne J. Riley, M.D., President and CEO of Meharry Medical College, officially announced today the addition of five key roles to Meharry staff including: Executive Vice President; Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; Vice President for Information Technology; Associate Vice President for External Affairs; and Associate Vice President of Marketing & Communications. Many of these appointments will be effective July 1, 2007.
Meharry President Seeks Restoration of $849 Million to
FY 2008 Federal Healthcare Budgets
03/27/07 - Washington, D.C. - Dr. Wayne J. Riley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Meharry Medical College, testified before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, March 27. Dr. Riley requested that $849 million in federal funding be restored to various programs that support the advancement of minority healthcare across the country. View the video of Dr. Riley's testimony...
Third Annual Benefit Concert Features
Emmy and Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist Nancy Wilson
03/27/07 - NASHVILLE- Legendary jazz vocalist and song stylist, Nancy Wilson will headline the 3rd annual benefit concert for the Center for Women’s Health Research at Meharry Medical College. The benefit concert will be held on Friday, April 20, 2007 at 8p.m. at the historic Ryman Auditorium.
Finally…The Truth about Seat Belt Use Among Hispanics
01/29/2007 - Nashville, Tenn. – While seat belts reduce by about 50 percent the risks of injuries and deaths in motor vehicle crashes, results from more than a dozen studies of seatbelt use disparities between Hispanics and non-Hispanics over the years have been strikingly inconsistent. 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. In so doing, the authors, led by epidemiologists Nathaniel C. Briggs, M.D., opened a window of opportunity for promoting safe driving practices among the Hispanic immigrants arriving in the United States every year.
Meharry Researcher Wins $4 Million Grant to Study Toxins' Effects
01/17/2007 - Meharry Medical College researcher Dr. Darryl B. Hood received a $4 million dollar grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the effects of environmental toxin exposures that economically disadvantaged communities are exposed to at home and in the workplace.
Meharry, SEIU Employees Reach Agreement; Sign 5 Year Pact
01/16/2007 - Nashville, Tenn. – Ranking executives of Meharry Medical College and the leadership of Local 205 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) signed a labor-management agreement today that was ratified last week by members of the College’s SEIU bargaining unit. The agreement is effective immediately and remains in force through 2011. Principal signatories were Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MBA president and chief executive of Meharry; Doug Collier, director of Tennessee operation for SEIU; and Gloria Jones, chief steward of Local 205’s Meharry chapter.
Meharry-State Farm Alliance Presents Coveted Seat Belt Award
12/04/2006 - MISSISSIPPI—The primary enforcement seat belt law that took effect in Mississippi, May 27, 2006, was the featured attraction at an evening of thanksgiving sponsored on November 1 by the Nashville-based Meharry-State Farm Alliance at the Downtown Marriott Hotel in Jackson. The praise for lives saved and injuries prevented on state highways was as smooth and uncomplicated and gracious as Division 1 gridiron power plays each Saturday afternoon in the fall. Nobody was thrown for a loss for words. Nobody fumbled.
$14 Million Grant Awarded for Cancer Study
11/28/2006 - NASHVILLE---The Meharry/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Partnership has been awarded $14 million by the National Cancer Institute for research that seeks to reduce cancer mortality among African Americans and other minorities. The renewal grant will provide $10 million to Meharry Medical College and $4 million to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The announcement was made by the Meharry/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Partnership and U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper.
Meharry Medical College Names New President, Dr. Wayne Riley
11/03/2006 - NASHVILLE – (November 3, 2006) – Meharry Medical College is pleased to announce that Dr. Wayne J. Riley, vice president and vice dean for health affairs and governmental relations at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named its tenth president and CEO effective January 1, 2007, according to Milton H. Jones, Jr., chairman of the board of trustees.
The Grand Opening of the Center for Women's Health Research at Meharry
10/26/2006 - Nashville, TN--Meharry Medical College has established the nation’s first research center devoted to the scientific inquiry of diseases that disproportionately impact women of color—the Center for Women’s Health Research (CWHR). The Center will celebrate the formal opening of its new facility on Thursday October 26 at 5:00 p.m.
Curbing youth violence is focus of new Meharry initiative
D'Ann Redd
10/11/2006 - Meharry Medical College is launching a new program to develop strategies to combat youth violence with a $4.2 million federal grant, over five years. Initiatives will include funding a bullying-prevention program in area middle schools and developing a youth-violence surveillance system, to better understand where crimes are occurring and who is committing them.
Meharry Medical College Names Dr. Epps Interim President
07/10/2006 - Nashville, Tennessee – Meharry Medical College’s Board of Trustees has named A. Cherrie Epps, Ph.D., former dean of its School of Medicine and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, to serve as interim president while it identifies a new leader for the school’s promising future.
Nashville General, state prison deal imminent
By: John Rodgers - Nash City Paper
07/05/2006 - Nashville General appears likely to strike a three-year deal to continue providing health care to state prisoners.
Nashville General Hospital Offers No-cost Mammograms in May
05/08/2006 - Nashville General Hospital at Meharry joins together with SunTrust Bank and the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the fight against breast cancer
Meharry Commencement May 20 Features World Renowned Neurosurgeon
05/01/2006 - Dr. Benjamin Carson of Johns Hopkins will keynote the 131st Commencement as approximately 150 graduates from the School of Dentistry, School of Graduate Studies and Research, and School of Medicine earn degrees.
Meharry Commencement May 20 Features World Renowned Neurosurgeon
05/01/2006 -
Meharry honors President, Board Member with Salt Wagon Award
04/25/2006 - John Maupin Jr. and Rabbi Randall Falk Honored at Tenth Annual Circle of Friends Gala, co-chaired by HCA’s Jack O. Bovender Jr. and Nashville Community Leader Simone Sheats |
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