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  Meharry Medical College - Research at Meharry Medical College
The mission of Meharry Medical College is to eliminate health disparities.
Research at Meharry therefore examines biological, behavioral and other factors that contribute to the disproportionate burden of poor health outcomes borne by minority and underserved populations.
All of the areas of research emphasis at Meharry represent areas of health disparities for people of color, in general, and African Americans, in particular.
www.mmc.edu /research   (112 words)

  
  Meharry Medical College
Meharry Medical College originated in 1876 as the medical division of Central Tennessee College, an institution established by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From 1966 to 1968, Meharry was managed by an interim committee until the dean of the medical school, Lloyd Elam, was appointed president.
Meharry Medical College includes the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, the School of Graduate Studies and Research, the School of Allied Health Professions, the George Russell Towers of Hubbard Hospital, two health centers, and the Harold D. West Basic Sciences Center.
www.tnstate.edu /library/digital/meharry.htm   (621 words)

  
 Meharry Medical College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meharry Medical College was founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College of Nashville, under the auspices of the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1900, Central Tennessee College became Walden University, and by 1915 the College gained a separate corporate existence from the university.
Meharry is the largest private, historically fl institution for educating medical professionals in the country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meharry_Medical_College   (112 words)

  
 AAUP-Meharry Medical College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The investigating committee's report concluded that the administration of Meharry Medical College acted in violation of the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure in the cases of eleven professors.
Finally, the investigating committee found that the administration effectively scuttled faculty tenure of indefinite duration at the college by replacing it with tenure for a span of ten years, with no assurance that the administration bears the burden of proof in a decision against further retention.
Beyond its treatment of the issues of academic freedom and tenure at Meharry Medical College, the investigating committee found that the administration had virtually abrogated any system of faculty governance in the medical school, thereby violating not only generally accepted principles of shared authority but also the governing documents of the school itself.
www.aaup.org /com-a/institutions/meharryam.htm   (342 words)

  
 Meharry Medical College - News and Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Meharry gears up for annual health summit - Meharry is hosting its second annual health disparities summit Oct. 30- Nov. 2, a four-day conference examining the unequal burden of illness and disease placed upon Nashville residents who are racial or ethnic minorities.
Meharry leaders present partnership model at Pre-White House conference - Four prominent experts from Meharry discussed an exemplary model for partnerships at a Westchester County Pre-White House Conference on Aging symposium on Saturday.
Meharry launches research center - Meharry Medical College will soon open what is believed to be the nation’s first center devoted solely to scientific research on women of color.
news.mmc.edu /?SID=4   (434 words)

  
 AAUP-Committee A- Academic Freedom and Tenure: Meharry Medical College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Meharry Medical College, one of four historically fl medical schools in the United States, was founded in 1876 as the medical department of Central Tennessee College of Nashville, under the auspices of the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Shirley Russell received her PhD in medical genetics from the University of Wisconsin in 1969, and was a postdoctoral student at the Harvard Medical School, where she studied somatic cell genetics from 1968 to 1970.
Such testimony is difficult to reconcile with the judgments rendered by the Meharry administration in the course of removing Professor Russell as chair of her department, in reducing the length of her contract, and, gravest of all, in terminating her faculty appointment.
www.aaup.org /Com-a/Institutions/archives/2004/04meharry.htm   (13954 words)

  
 Weill Cornell Medical College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College is the medical school and biomedical research unit of Cornell University.
Cornell University Medical College was founded April 14, 1898 with an endowment by Col. Oliver H. Payne.
In 1996, Cornell Medical College merged many of its administrative operations with those of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (PandS); on the same day, New York Hospital merged with the Presbyterian Hospital, affiliated with PandS.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weill_Cornell_Medical_College   (776 words)

  
 Meharry Medical College
Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee originated as a result of a promise made by Samuel Meharry in 1826.
The history of Meharry Medical College and the Hubbard Hospital has been a story of continual struggles for resources to provide a quality educational experience to train physicians as well as to care for the indigent in the community of Nashville.
He graduated from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in 1936 and did his internship (1936-1937) and residency in otolaryngology (1937-1939) at the Hubbard Hospital.
www.entnet.org /museum/exhibits/africanamerican_meharry.cfm   (311 words)

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