COVID-19 Screening Begins on Campus

Monday, September 21, 2020—Daily screening for COVID-19 has begun at multiple points of entry to buildings at Meharry Medical College as part of the return of employees to the campus. People working on campus who have not yet been tested for COVID-19 f …

September 21, 2020

Meharrians comment on the Bloomberg gift

“This is a momentous day for Meharry Medical College, our students and the people we serve. We could not be more honored to receive this gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies or more excited about what it means for the future of minority health care for g …

September 6, 2020

Meharry Medical College receives historic $34 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies to help increase number of Black doctors and improve minority health nationwide

College’s largest-ever individual gift will fund scholarships for School of Medicine students with financial need, reducing their debt burden and supporting their mission to serve the underserved NASHVILLE, Tenn. – September 3, 2020 – Former New York C …

September 3, 2020

COVID-19 Vaccine Trials at Meharry Medical College

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August 31, 2020

Virtual Dissertation Defense

August 14, 2020

Thermo Fisher supports HBCU COVID-19 testing for ‘safe return to campus’

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has committed to supporting the efforts of historically black colleges and universities in the U.S. to make COVID-19 testing available to all returning students, faculty and staff at the beginning of the fall semester. Thr …

August 12, 2020

Dr. Clemons named as fellow in IAspire Leadership Academy

Tameka A. Clemons, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and pharmacology in the Department of Professional and Medical Education was recently named a fellow in the second cohort of the IAspire Leadership Academy, a leadership program aimed at hel …

July 29, 2020

Two Meharry psychiatry residents accepted to Behavioral Health Ambassador Program

Two Meharry Psychiatry residents, Dr. Chinenye Okukpon and Dr. Joshua Anthony, were accepted to the Behavioral Health Ambassador Program for the 2020-21 academic year, said Dr. Lloyda B. Williamson, professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry a …

July 29, 2020

Academic Research Moms’ fund to help childcare expenses for select students

Meharry Medical College is partnering with the Academic Research Moms (ARM) Fund for Medical and Research Trainee Moms to raise funds for childcare expenses for medical and dental students, graduate students, medical residents and postdoctoral fellows. …

July 29, 2020

Research Lab Working Plan during COVID-19 – Intake Form

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July 22, 2020

Survey

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July 13, 2020

Presidential Discretionary Fund

List of current Board members…

July 3, 2020

Meharry approved for $1.4 million PCORI research award for diabetes study

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) awarded $1.4 million to Meharry Medical College toward a study of motivational treatment strategies for African-American women with Type 2 diabetes living in the Southeastern U.S.   Accordin …

June 25, 2020

Meharry announces joined M.D./Ph.D. program with University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Health Care Management

Meharry Medical College and University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School Health Care Management (HCM) Department have announced a joined M.D./Ph.D. program to foster more diversity in health care that will launch in 2021. The partnership represents the …

June 25, 2020

Meharry Medical College announces $8 million grant for program to support Tennessee families

Grant supports ‘BRIDGE to Success’ program, partnership with Nashville area schools to affect the well-being of parents and children   Nashville, Tenn.—The Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College has announced the receipt of an $8 mill …

June 25, 2020

FROM THE PRESIDENT: On civil unrest, protests, righteous anger and hope

In the past 144 years, Meharry Medical College has seen a world of racism, injustice, inequity, poverty and righteous anger for unrighteous actions. In the middle of the last century, members of our faculty were Freedom Riders, protesting racial oppres …

June 3, 2020

Meharry to hold First Annual Day of Giving on June 13th

  What a difference one day can make!     Announcing the Meharry Medical College Day of Giving on June 13, 2020. This 24-hour online fundraising initiative encourages our alumni, friends, students, faculty, staff and family to make a dif …

June 2, 2020

Community Assessment at Churches

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May 28, 2020

Form Testing

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May 19, 2020

Liability Form

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May 14, 2020

Community Assessment Centers Registration

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May 13, 2020

Black scientists hope to begin testing antiviral drug for coronavirus in two weeks

Meharry Medical College President James Hildreth has been advocating for advanced or pre-emptive screening in black neighborhoods for weeks.   From NBC News, April 16, 2020—   Meharry Medical College was founded in 1876 in Nashville, Tennesse …

April 16, 2020

Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act Statement

April 14, 2020—Meharry Medical College applauds the introduction today of the Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act, legislation filed by the Congressional Black Caucus and key members of Congress to require the Department of Health …

April 15, 2020

Meharry alumna describes workplace at Mt. Sinai Brooklyn during pandemic

FROM CNN—Using her mobile phone, Melanie Malloy, M.D. ’13, Ph.D. ’13, an attending physician at Mount Sinai Brooklyn, documented her workday at the hospital handling COVID-19 cases in New York City—declared in media accounts as the epicenter of the cou …

April 14, 2020

Formaldehyde Safety

The Office of General Counsel (OGC) oversees all legal and regulatory matters that impact Meharry Medical College. With a strong emphasis on reducing risk, it provides advice and representation to the College, its affiliated entities, and its trustees, officers, employees, and students while acting on the College’s behalf…

April 8, 2020