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Wellness While Underrepresented (Links to an external site)

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021

Muyibat Adelani, MD, assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, discusses how she achieves wellness while being a black women in medicine.

A COVID-19 paradox — overcoming disparities and vaccine mistrust (Links to an external site)

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

Ross named Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine (Links to an external site)

December 30, 2020

Will Ross, MD honored for excellence in patient care, teaching, research and commitment to health equity

Student at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience Among First to Receive WashU Pledge Scholarship (Links to an external site)

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

Chavira Duron is among the first students to receive a scholarship through the WashU Pledge, which provides a free undergraduate education to admitted Missouri and southern Illinois students who are Pell Grant-eligible or from families with annual incomes of $75,000 or less.

Addressing Systemic Racism in Academic Medicine and Beyond (Links to an external site)

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

Video featuring Will Ross, MD, MPH, associate dean for diversity, and Wenners Ballard, MD, instructor of medicine

Race, and the Cure (Links to an external site)

November 25, 2020

Associate Dean for Diversity, Will Ross, MD, MPH, discusses how a COVID-19 vaccine provides an opportunity to dismantle structural racism.

Adeoye named head of new emergency medicine department (Links to an external site)

September 21, 2020

A message from Dr. Ross about George Floyd

June 4, 2020March 27, 2023

Associate Dean for Diversity, Will Ross, MD, MPH, reflects on the George Floyd killing and provides ways to get involved.

COVID-19’s Amplification of Racial Health Inequities: A Reflection About Losing My People (Links to an external site)

April 13, 2020

Recently, Americans have faced the reality that COVID-19 is not immune to the power of racial inequity.

Building a high school of choice in St. Louis (Links to an external site)

February 12, 2020

“Teacher heaven.” That’s how science teacher Ninfa Matiase describes Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience.

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