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For generations in America, matters of racial equity and civil rights have been framed in rigidly defined terms: an act, a view, or a piece of legislation was either racist or not racist.
Norman Lee, PhD, is investigating the mechanism behind dysregulation splicing factor expression.
Congratulations to Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, visiting assistant professor of clinical research and leadership at SMHS, for being selected to serve on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Commission on Health Equity.
For generations in America, matters of racial equity and civil rights have been framed in rigidly defined terms: an act, a view, or a piece of legislation was either racist or not racist.
For Mohammed Ali Aziz-Sultan, MD ’99, the scant steps between his seat and the podium at the 63rd Annual Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Banquet and Induction Ceremony on May 17 could not have served a sharper contrast to the distance he covered to make that moment possible.
Compassionate is the first word that comes to mind when her family thinks about her, says Daviana Robles-Monge, a freshman at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Kindness is important to her, helping people and offering a shoulder to lean on whenever and wherever she can, and that is what’s leading her toward the health sciences.
As large scissors cut into a white ribbon adorned with the logo of the Governor’s Health Sciences Academy at T.C. Williams, cheers echoed across the auditorium from those gathered to celebrating the official launch of the program.
Diversity often is defined as increasing representation of people from all backgrounds in a particular field, but it’s also more than varying the makeup of an organization, it’s supporting diversity of thought, says Keith Melancon, MD, PhD, director of the George Washington University (GW)...
