By Nick Niedzwiadek 02/05/2018 06:37 PM EDT ALBANY — Stem cell researchers touted the results of New York’s decade of investment in their work Monday and advocated for a critical funding program’s continued existence. The New York State Stem Cell Science program, a $600 million initiative, began in 2007 under then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Supporters laud… Read More
STEM CELL RESEARCH STATUS CHECK By Capital Tonight Staff | February 5, 2018 @8:22 PM SHARE New York Stem Cell Science awards support research into things like blood disorders, cancer, or the Zika virus. And it all started with a $600 million investment back in 2007. Monday, researchers gave lawmakers an update on some of the work… Read More
More doctors should know the culture, and the language BYJO WIEDERHORN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, December 30, 2017, 5:00 AM Sheba Ebhote, the daughter of a Guyanese immigrant, grew up in Brooklyn, where she saw her family struggle to get their health-care needs met. A cultural disconnect between her family members and their doctors… Read More
By Erin Clarke | The average doctor now graduates with about $175,000 in medical school debt – a major roadblock for many considering medical careers, especially blacks and Latinos. But a new state scholarship program aims to reduce the burden to help more students of color become physicians. Bronx reporter Erin Clarke has the story. View… Read More
By Capital Tonight Staff | October 9, 2017 @4:11 PM A state-sponsored scholarship is helping its first round of med students reduce their debts and make the medical field more diverse. The Associated Medical Schools of New York says having the demographics of the profession match the demographics of the state means better results for… Read More
City Watch Hosted By: Bill DiFazio, Bich Ha Pham, Larry Schimmel, and Mark Dunlea Topics: Diversity in medicine, health care, campus sex… Sat, Sep 23, 2017 10:00 AM 60 min Segment at 41:25 https://www.wbai.org/archive.php
The Associated Medical Schools of New York on Tuesday announced its first 10 scholarships for disadvantaged and minority medical students to study in the state. The organization’s new Diversity in Medicine scholarship program is initially funded with a $500,000 one-year grant from the state Department of Health. The students were selected from among graduates of… Read More
The program director of the state’s first program designed to diversity New York’s physician workforce has been recognized with a staff award of excellence for promoting inclusion and cultural diversity at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. The 27-year-old post-baccalaureate program, supported by the Associated Medical Schools of New… Read More
Contact: Jaime Williams, jaime@anatgerstein.com, 914-325-8877 New NYS-Sponsored Scholarship Helps Students from Diverse Backgrounds Become Doctors, Close Diversity in Medicine Gap (New York, NY) – Today, the Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) announced the 10 recipients of the new Diversity in Medicine Scholarship program. The scholarship program was funded this year by the New… Read More
