Jan 5
2022
Category: Diversity
Dec 19
2021
Good Trouble in Rootstown
Ponte las pilas! Growing up in Miami, that’s what first-year College of Medicine student Melanie Fernandez (right) was always told by her Cuban immigrant family. Fernandez followed the advice to [...]Dec 13
2021
First-year Medicine Student Coauthors Article on JAMA Network
Women comprise a majority of the U.S. health care workforce, but are underrepresented on leadership teams – which likely diminishes their role in policy decisions that affect population and women’s [...]Dec 13
2021
Edward Barksdale Jr. Speaks on Adversity and Leadership
It’s easy to pick out Edward Barksdale Jr., M.D., when he shows a photo of his 1960s elementary school class in Lynchburg, Virginia. He’s the only Black child present, and [...]Dec 1
2021
Speaking of Sex, in the Fall 2021 Issue of Ignite
How is it that the holiday visits we long for so often lead to awkward, even painful, conversations? Being with family can be fraught, especially when people are going through [...]Nov 29
2021
Read the Fall 2021 Issue of ‘Ignite’ Online Now!
Have you, like 42 percent of Americans surveyed, gained weight during the pandemic? Is the concept of a gender-affirming clinic new to you? Did you know that the percentage of [...]Oct 21
2021
AHEC Offering Free MCAT Test Prep Assistance
The Northeast Ohio Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is dedicated to creating opportunities in the health professions, especially in medically underserved areas. To help accomplish this, AHEC is sponsoring payment [...]Sep 24
2021
“100+Latinos Cleveland Must Know” List Names NEOMED’s Torres and Mirelez
Who are top Latino professionals in Greater Cleveland? You can count Northeast Ohio Medical University’s Iris Mirelez, M.Ed., assistant director of Student Diversity, College of Medicine, and Victor Torres, M.A., […]
Aug 23
2021
Discussing Equity and Social Justice with Brant Lee: Race and the Law
When a free, online, 12-week course introducing the impact of the law on equality in America was offered by the University of Akron a year ago, Yoleetah Ilodi, M.D., assistant […]
Aug 20
2021
Medicine Student Takes Global Challenge
Competing with 7,500 medicine students from more than 100 countries, second-year College of Medicine student Oroshay Kaiwan recently reached the semi-finals of the ClinicalKey Student Global Challenge held by Elsevier.com, […]
