by ChristinaSilva | Aug 23, 2022 | Blog
Medical organizations across the nation are calling for better training initiatives for future and current Doctors treating those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). Presidents of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Dental...
by ChristinaSilva | Jul 14, 2022 | Blog
At age 13, Alena Wicker made history as the youngest Black person to be accepted into medical school. She’s a nominee for TIME’s Top Kid of the Year and founder of The Brown STEM Girl foundation. Alena has been accepted to UAB’s Heersink School of Medicine under...
by ChristinaSilva | Jun 13, 2022 | Blog
Post by: Brendan Murphy, AMA The American Medical Association honored six Physicians for their altruism, advocacy and professional skill. They received Excellence in Medicine Awards at the AMA Annual Meeting last weekend. The honorees are: Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ...
by ChristinaSilva | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
Written By: Markian Hawryluk From KHN Shaunti Meyer, a certified nurse-midwife and medical director at STRIDE Community Health Center in Colorado, doesn’t usually disclose her sexual orientation to patients. But at times it feels appropriate. After telling a...
by ChristinaSilva | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
In 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched a five-year action plan, aiming to improve diversity in clinical trials for newly approved drugs. According to HealthDay, Angela K. Green, M.D., from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City,...