MSM on a Mission

MSM Summer Institute Awards On July 27, 2016, three MSM students -- Tejumola Apata, Hilton Mozee and Ashley Ojeaga -- received awards at the 2016 Summer Institute Cancer Research Training Program Poster Presentation. <<MORE>>

Hernandez and Pridgen Dr. Natalie Hernandez and community partner, Keri M. Pridgeon, VP of the Center for Black Women’s Wellness, were selected among 12 community-academic pairs from across the country to participate in the 2016 Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Partnership Academy. <<MORE>>

ACBM logo On July 15, 2016, Dr. Oluwatoyosi Adekeye was the keynote speaker at the Alabama Conference of Black Mayors (ACBM) stakeholders meeting where he discussed the need for improved health leadership and healthy communities in Alabama. <<MORE>>

Journal of Obesity The SHLI Community Voices division's article titled “Community Engaged Lifestyle Modification Research: Engaging Diabetic and Prediabetic African American Women in Community-Based Interventions,” by authors Starla Hairston Blanks, Henrie Treadwell, PhD, Anya Bazzell, Whitney Graves, Olivia Osaji, Juanita Dean (Columbia Urban League), James T. McLawhorn (Columbia Urban League), and Jareese Lee Stroud, was recently published in the Journal of Obesity. <<MORE>>

Dr. Olu Adekeye Dr. Oluwatoyosi Adekeye was awarded a $15,000 grant by the Atlanta Foundation/Wells Fargo to support the proposal: Community Health Leadership Program: Addressing Health Disparities in Fulton County through Health Leadership Development.

Morehouse School of Medicine alumnus Dr. John Macon was recently elected Chief Resident of his residency program in Family Medicine at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA.

MSM in the News

Dr. Jalal Zuberi speaks about how Morehouse Healthcare is offering health services and tips for people traveling to Rio for the Summer Olympic Games. <<MORE>>

Dr. Camara Jones, who is a Georgia delegate, spoke with MedPageToday while at last week's DNC about the need for more doctors to involve themselves in the community through civic engagement. <<MORE>>

Megan Douglas, NCPC's associate director of health information technology, speaks with Emergency Medicine News about both the progress and obstacles in the way of providing electronic health records to all Americans. <<MORE>>

Announcements

The MSM-TAG Connect Mentoring Program needs you -- students, staff and faculty -- to provide one-on-one and group mentoring to 3rd - 5th grade students at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy.

Will you accept the call and become a mentor? Please view the mentoring training schedule and email Jacqueline Thrash at jthrash@msm.edu with the date(s) you can attend.

Morehouse Healthcare commercial Check out Morehouse Healthcare's new commercial, which will air on Atlanta's PBS station PBA 30 for the next few months! <<WATCH>>

Statistics Friday A free weekly walk-in statistical consulting clinic for faculty, staff, and students providing 20 minutes of immediate assistance for basic statistics questions. Begins Friday, July 29th. Click for more info.

MSM Lampoons 2016 DVD
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Click here to pre-order your "We Love the '90s" DVD in support of the 2019 MD Class.

Community Health Worker (CHW) Chronic Disease Self-Management and Prevention Train-the-Trainer Program.

This training is offered for community health workers and residents at different dates and locations throughout the year.

Please contact the iADAPT 2.0 program at iadapt2.0@msm.edu or (844) 423-2782 for more information.

The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Please click here for the full schedule of SHLI events.

Hola Amigos! Learn "Spanish over Lunch" every Thursday from 12:30 - 1 pm in Cafe 720. No RSVP is needed -- just look for the sombrero on the table! Click for more info.

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Strategic Plan Updates

Visit the MSM Strategic Plan webpage to view our FY16 Quarter 3 Scorecard. The scorecard reflects our current progress toward reaching our five-year goals as described in the MSM Strategic Plan.