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By intertwining the realms of higher education, healthcare, and K-12 education, we create a continuum of learning and support that not only nurtures the academic prowess of individuals but also advances the collective health, knowledge, and resilience of society as a whole. #CTS #FIU #FIUCTS #translationalresearch Justin Horoszko and Alvaro G. Estevez https://lnkd.in/efTQM8gY

We're working hard to address the gaps in medical education that perpetuate racial inequalities in healthcare. These gaps include a lack of diversity in clinical teaching, a focus on race instead of racism as a determinants of health, and the belief that public health courses are less important than clinical instruction. Our recommendations include having a Black Health Theme lead for MD and PGME, featuring N-ABL during academic and research day presentations, and using critical race theory to teach about race as a social determinant of health. We also advocate for the inclusion of racialized standardized and volunteer patients and addressing the conflation of race and genetics in clinical outcomes. Explore N-ABL's impactful strides: https://bpao.org/n-abl/ #NABL #HealthEquity #BlackLivesMatter #GivingTuesdayCA #GivingTuesday

Are you planning on graduate school, or are you already a graduate student and interested in public health? Join Native Forward Scholars Fund’s webinar on Navigating the Public Health School Admission Process! Get a comprehensive understanding of the admissions process for public health schools, and leave with the knowledge and strategies necessary to apply to graduate school programs or pursue a career in public health. Also, have your questions answered during a Q&A session with admissions staff and faculty from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. Don’t miss out on this free resource! #NativeForward #NativeHigherEducation

An excerpt from a recent NYT article: What colleges had the highest median incomes? Marquee names, like most Ivy League schools, Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are heavily represented at the top of HEA’s analysis. Their students had median incomes of at least $90,000 a decade after enrollment. (A handful of for-profit schools, focused on careers like nursing and digital production, can be found there as well.) But the highest-earning colleges on the list? Samuel Merritt University, a nursing and health sciences school in Oakland, Calif., and the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, each with incomes above $129,000. You can see the data on the HEA website.

📢Exciting News! The 2024 Legislative Session in Washington State has kicked off! 🏛️   We're thrilled to share that the 2024 Session officially started on January 8th. Last year, our UW Impact advocates made a significant impact by sending almost a thousand messages to state lawmakers, advocating for students, higher education, and the University of Washington.   💜💛 Our District Dawgs and other UW Impact advocates actively engaged with elected officials, attended town halls, and rallied behind the purple and gold. Together, we achieved remarkable results, including a $150 million allocation to UW Medicine for essential safety net care, increased state support for staff compensation, and investments in high-demand degrees for Washington students.   🌟 However, the journey continues, and there's more work to be done! This session, we're calling on our community to support crucial initiatives. The UW Medicine funding is vital for sustaining critical services, and the new UW Allen Scholars Program aims to provide opportunities for Computer Science degrees to students from first-generation, low-income, and underserved communities. Additionally, the Regional Initiatives in Dentistry (RIDE) program could make a significant impact on providing dental care to underserved communities in Eastern Washington.   🌐How can YOU make a difference? Visit uwimpact.org to learn more on how to contribute to the success of these essential initiatives and create a lasting impact. Together, let's continue advocating for positive change and a brighter future!   #WashingtonLegislature #UWImpact #AdvocacyMatters #HigherEducation #CommunityEngagement    

To OSU’s College of Health Science, With all advances made in health sciences including osteopathic medical training, an appropriate beneficial change would be changing the DO degree to MD. This would show that osteopathic training is all inclusive of medical care and delivery. It would clear DOs serving abroad that health care would be the same as MDs. The osteopathic part of training could remain for those wanting to persue this specialty. Dental schools are beginning to change their degrees to DMD in place of older DDS for similar reasons of complete dental coverage. Sooner or later this change of degree will come. It may also become more cost effective to have this change. Best New Year to all. Leon J Yoder, DO, FACP

Are you planning on graduate school, or are you already a graduate student and interested in public health? Join Native Forward Scholars Fund’s webinar on Navigating the Public Health School Admission Process! Get a comprehensive understanding of the admissions process for public health schools, and leave with the knowledge and strategies necessary to apply to graduate school programs or pursue a career in public health. Have your questions answered during a Q&A session with admissions staff and faculty from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. Don’t miss out on this free resource! #NativeForward #NativeHigherEducation

BMHC leaders headed to The University of Texas at Austin campus to recognize and show appreciation for the 26 students from the Health Education Comparative Studies class. These students made contributions in the following areas: 1: Reviewing and revising BMHC’s business model 2: Reviewing and editing literature to submit to MD Anderson Cancer Center 3: Researching and writing various “Did You Know?” health education articles for the BMHC newsletter 4: Analyzing our social media platforms for effective business communication. Their commitment played a pivotal role in enabling our organization to more effectively articulate our unique position and crucial role within the community, particularly in advancing healthcare equity for men of color. We are truly fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with these bright students who invested their time and energy in these endeavors while affording BMHC the opportunity to "pay it forward" and give these students an opportunity to increase their knowledge and understanding of the healthcare industry. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/g_GFfMYu #BMHCLeadership #HealthEducation #StudentAppreciation #HealthEquity #CommunityEngagement #BMHCAppreciation #HealthcareIndustry #StudentCollaboration #BMHCPartnership #UniversityCollaboration #HealthcareEquity #BMHCGratitude #StudentContributions #CommunityInvolvement #BMHCRecognition #HealthcareLeadership #StudentEngagement #BMHCNewsletter #SubscribeToHealth #HealthEducationClass #CommunityImpact #BMHCUpdates #StudentProjects #HealthcareAppreciation #BMHCCommunity #StudentInvolvement #HealthcareKnowledge #BMHCStudents

Many studies have shown that underrepresentation of diverse health professionals impacts the quality of care for chronically underserved populations. A historical mistrust in #HealthCare within those same communities and a lack of #CulturalCompetency continues to impact the quality of care that intentionally marginalized populations receive. This is a problem. During June of 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned affirmative action, race-based college admissions, in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. Many organizations, including NMF, are seeking new pathways to tackle the impact of this ruling and address underrepresentation in earlier school years. "The National Medical Association, an organization for Black physicians, is raising money for a new scholarship. The Association of American Medical Colleges will get involved in K-12 education for the first time." The time is now to increase #representation. "Experts say...the earliest years of education through medical school and beyond must be removed." Learn more at nmfonline.org about how you can get involved with NMF to create a more just and equitable world. Reference: https://bloom.bg/4awmIZg

The University of Memphis Magazine: Summer 2024 edition is out and the School of Public Health is proud to be recognized on page 8 for being a co-recipient of the Harrison C. Spencer Award this Spring. In addition, Dean and Distinguished University Professor, Dr. Ashish Joshi, PhD,MBBS,MPH discusses "Reimagining Public Health Education" on pages 54-55. In the article Dr. Joshi states, "Investing in youth health and well-being is essential to economic growth and social change." Dr. Joshi further states "It's not just about creating a workforce or dolling out degrees. We have a much larger responsibility as public-health educators. We need to be more creative, dynamic and entrepreneurial. In an aging society, we need a new community of learners to re-envision, revolutionize and eventually lead the field of public health." Read the Summer 2024 magazine here: https://lnkd.in/eNDtSPa9