MAYA KAUFMAN May 5, 2021 The state is planning to dissolve a program funding stem cell research, a move that scientists warn will deal a blow to New York’s health and science startup economy. Lawmakers eliminated the New York State Stem Cell Science program, or NYSTEM, as part of the budget approved last month…. Read More
Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to Lead a Team Awarded $6 Million to Decrease Disparities in Cancer Clinical Trials Mount Sinai researchers have received a grant award to lead a collaborative team of New York institutions in an initiative that addresses disparities in the participation of Black, indigenous, and people of… Read More
The Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) applauds Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature for funding AMSNY’s Diversity in Medicine programs in the FY2O22 budget at last year’s level of $1.244M and increasing scholarships for students under-represented in medicine to $550,000. “AMSNY’s Diversity in Medicine programs are crucial to our effort to… Read More
By AKYA MYRIE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | MAR 30, 2021 AT 5:00 AM As I finish my final year of medical school, I’m in a race against time. Growing up in Brooklyn as the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, I saw people that looked like me suffer from higher rates of asthma, diabetes and other… Read More
Highlights COVID Proves Clinical Trials Must Proactively Recruit People of Color Jo Wiederhorn, President and CEO of the Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY), writes in The Hill about the need to diversify clinical trial patient groups through proactive recruitment and reducing barriers. Take a closer look. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians… Read More
Highlights Now More Than Ever, it is Critical to Support Diversity in Medicine Programs AMNSY scholarship recipient and SUNY Upstate Medical University med student Samantha Williams writes at syracuse.com why it is so important to support diversity in medicine programs like AMSNY’s pipeline and scholarship programs now. Learn more. Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Harlem:… Read More
BY JO WIEDERHORN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 03/08/21 02:31 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL In the year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent death of more than 500,000 Americans, researchers around the world have raced to develop vaccines at… Read More
David A. Milling Mar 2, 2021 Covid-19 shined a spotlight on health disparities, with increased hospitalizations and death rates among Black and Latinx patients, including here in Buffalo. However, we have a powerful tool to address health disparities: increased diversity among doctors with the help of pipeline programs and scholarship. Increasing diversity among doctors is… Read More
Updated Mar 01, 2021; Posted Mar 01, 2021 Samantha Williams is a medical student at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Photo courtesy of Samantha Williams. By Samantha Williams In the U.S., only 2 percent of physicians are Black women. As a medical student at SUNY Upstate Medical University, I am working to become one… Read More
