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April 17, 2006 | Story
Smith read Gifted Hands, the autobiography of Ben Carson, MD, an African American from inner-city Detroit, who became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Nick Smith wanted to be a doctor.
March 30, 2007 | Story
It wasn't until he was a high school senior, working as an intern for the U.S. Steel Corp., that Conwell met an African-American physician - a meeting that had a profound impact. "One of my motto
October 2, 2008 | Commentary/Story
Harold Amos alumni have fulfilled the program's original vision, says the RWJF president and CEO: the idea that role models are essential to serve as beacons of possibility.
February 10, 2011 | Story
Executive director reports on new academic and research activities at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College—the first institute of its kind to be established at a historically black medical school.
January 24, 2013 | Story
Alfred Berg is an associate editor of Journal of the American Board of Family Practice and chairs the US Preventive Services Task Force of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
October 10, 2012 | Story
Two young physicians challenge disparities by leading a program that helps underrepresented students become health care professionals.
February 22, 2010 | Story
Six junior medical faculty from historically underrepresented backgrounds started a four-year mentored training program in January; five more will start program in July.
September 9, 2009 | Story
Initiative designed to enhance diversity in health care.
February 8, 2009 | Story
RWJF Human Capital Portfolio joins America in observing Black History Month with a tribute to the late Harold Amos, founding adviser of the RWJF medical faculty development program.