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January 20, 2007 | Program Result Report
The University of Virginia School of Medicine conducts a free, six-week intensive summer academic enrichment program to help minority and disadvantaged college students compete successfully for admission to medical school.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center created the Center for Professional Health, which provides a program for health professionals who overprescribe painkillers or other controlled drugs.
October 8, 2007 | Evaluation
Launched in 2001, the Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education (Dental Pipeline) program is a five-year program designed to help increase access to dental care for underserved populations. The evaluation of the program was conducted by Ronald Andersen, Ph.D., from the University of California, Los Angeles.
November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
State Action for Oral Health Access supported six state-based demonstration projects that tested innovative and comprehensive ways to increase access to oral health services for low income and minority populations.
December 20, 2007 | Program Result Report
This report highlights some of the many initiatives RWJF has supported to widen the pipeline for minorities entering health professions, including Pipeline, Profession and Practice and Jobs to Careers.
February 8, 2006 | Story
In the summer before her final medical school year, King joined the program staff as a resident adviser, staying in the dorm with students for the entire program.
April 17, 2006 | Story
Smith read Gifted Hands, the autobiography of Ben Carson, MD, an African American from inner-city Detroit, who became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Nick Smith wanted to be a doctor.
April 17, 2006 | Story
Once she completes her residency in one of several internal medicine sub-specialties she is considering, Mudasiru would like to practice both here and in her native country.
March 30, 2007 | Story
It wasn't until he was a high school senior, working as an intern for the U.S. Steel Corp., that Conwell met an African-American physician - a meeting that had a profound impact. "One of my motto
March 5, 2008 | News Release
RWJF announced the names of eight dental schools that will receive grants of up to $200,000 each to improve the diversity of their student body or to increase access to dental care in underserved areas.