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National Program
Program, co-sponsored with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to address long-standing under-representation in the health professions of certain racial/ethnic groups, especially African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans.
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The author reviewed Paul Starr's 1982 book The Social Transformation of American Medicine (TSTAM). Starr's focus in TSTAM was the corporatization of medical care which he posited would involve: change from nonprofit and public hospitals to private a ...
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A systems approach may help researchers better understand the dynamics at work that cause health disparities.
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Potential linguistic bias was found when Spanish-speakers rated their own health.
April 14, 2011 | Story
A scholar looks at the role hormones play in brain function and finds that the sex of study participants is a critical factor in determining research outcomes.
January 5, 2011 | Story
Aaron Kesselheim's New England Journal of Medicine article explores 'myths' about effectiveness of policies aimed at incentivizing development of new drugs.
November 19, 2010 | Program Results Report
The Institute of Medicine convened an expert committee that developed principles and recommendations on preventing conflicts of interest and threats to objectivity in medical research, education and practice stemming from industry funding.
September 9, 2009 | Program Results Report
The Health Professions Partnership Initiative was designed to enhance the academic preparation of minority students and nurture their interest in health careers.
May 11, 2009 | Program Results Report
Staff of the Leadership Learning Community, a project of the Tides Center, created a 'Health Learning Circle,' an affinity group of individuals and organizations concerned with the development of health care leadership.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The authors examined food industry self-regulation in the context of other self-regulatory successes and failures and defined eight standards that should be met if self-regulation is to be effective.