State Awards Meharry Medical College $750,000 Grant for Program that Helps

Reduce Infant Mortality

(Nashville, Tenn.) ---(September 8, 2009) -- Meharry Medical College has received a $750,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Children’s Care Coordination for a new model for prenatal care called CenteringPregnancy® which is designed to help reduce infant mortality in the state of Tennessee.

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Meharry Medical College President Will Address First Class of Medical Students at University of Botswana

(Gaborone, Botswana- August 28, 2009) - Meharry Medical College President and CEO, Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MBA, MACP, will deliver the Convocation keynote address on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 4 a.m. (CST) (11:00 UTC) to the inaugural class of medical students attending the University of Botswana (UB).

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Meharry Medical College Receives Full Accreditation for

Master of Science in Public Health Program

Only CEPH Accredited Program in Middle Tennessee

(Nashville, Tenn.) - Meharry Medical College announced today that it has received official notification that its Master of Science in Public Health Program has been fully accredited for a five year term by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

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Meharry Medical College Hosts Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
Pre-Health Professions Advisors Conference Agenda
“Transforming HBCU Pre-Health Professions Advising – Preparing the Next Generation of Healthcare Providers”

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Cancer Project Enhances Minority Participation in Clinical Trials

Nashville, Tenn. – African-Americans are more likely to be diagnosed with certain forms of cancer and are far more likely to die of the disease. But, they also are less likely to enroll in cancer clinical trials, with African-Americans accounting for just 2.5 percent of participants nationwide.

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MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE - MATCH DAY 2009: Thursday, March 19

Annual Event Matches Meharry Medical Students to Residency Programs Nationwide

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Meharry Medical College awarded historic multimillion-dollar endowment to establish national center for health policy
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to announce groundbreaking collaboration  

(Nashville, Tenn.) March 2, 2009-- Meharry Medical College, the nation’s largest, private, independent, historically black, academic health center, is poised to receive the single largest endowment gift in the college’s 130-year history. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the largest philanthropy in America devoted exclusively to health and health care, has selected Meharry to receive a multimillion-dollar endowment and other funding to establish the Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College. The gift comes as the nation grapples with economic challenges amid new calls and rising momentum for reforming the U.S. health care system.

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Meharry Medical College Dean Featured in National HBO Documentary "The Black List"

(Nashville, Tenn.) - Dr. Valerie Montgomery-Rice, dean of the School of Medicine and Meharry Medical College, will be featured in second volume of The HBO documentary “The Black List” which premieres on Thursday, February 26

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Meharry Medical College’s Center for Women’s Health Research Examines Gene Therapy to Treat Uterine Fibroids Study Published in “Fertility and Sterility”

(Nashville, Tenn.) – In an article published in the January issue of the specialized journal “Fertility and Sterility”, the official Journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Meharry Medical College gynecologist Ayman Al-Hendy details his research using gene therapy to treat uterine fibroids, a condition that is four times more prevalent in African American women than in women from other ethnic groups.

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Meharry Medical College President Meets with Obama-Biden Healthcare Transition Team

(Nashville, Tenn.) -- President and CEO of Meharry Medical College, Wayne J. Riley, M.D., M.B.A. and a delegation of leaders from the nation’s historically black academic health centers were called to Washington, D.C., today for a meeting with the Obama-Biden Healthcare Transition Team.

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