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March 10, 2009
Flores recognized for helping middle school and high school students from disadvantaged and underrepresented communities pursue their dreams of entering a health profession.
September 30, 2008 | Story
Instead of looking at the issue from patients' perspective, Corbie-Smith focused on the investigators' side. "I said, 'There are two sides to this issue,' and the investigators have as much responsibility as the participants in this,'" she explains.
January 10, 2007 | News Release
The Center will be fully established in fall 2007 and expects to train approximately 100 students in the first five years.
February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
Policies and practices that support young men of color in their teen years can help put them on the path to lead healthy and productive lives. Young men of color face more obstacles in education, employment, and health than their white peers.
October 15, 2012 | Feature
We have always seen the need to provide a better path to success for disadvantaged young people interested in careers in medicine.
September 18, 2012 | Program Result
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing provides scholarships to college graduates from groups underrepresented in nursing who enroll in accelerated bachelors and masters degree nursing programs.
May 17, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Complaints about low numbers of qualified applicants are overstated. There is a large pool of qualified and talented students of diverse backgrounds who have not been recruited by dental schools or made aware of career opportunities in dentistry.
May 13, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
"Mentorship has been a determining factor in my career trajectory," writes Gary Gibbons, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at NIH.
May 7, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
It is essential to have a nursing workforce that will reflect the population of the U.S. so as to deliver cost-effective, quality care and improve patients’ satisfaction and health outcomes, especially among ethnic and racial minorities.
May 3, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Felix German Contreras, credits his participation in the RWJF Summer Medical and Dental Education Program, and his teachers at the Yale University site, for opening new doors to opportunities.