“The moral arc of the universe only bends toward justice because we lean on it,” says Davis, the founding director of the new Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.
As a member of Better Together’s City-County Governance Task Force, I concur with the general sentiment that our cause needs a serious restructuring
Drake, an associate professor of surgery in the Division of Public Health Sciences, began researching prostate cancer as a doctoral student at the University of South Carolina, in a state where African-American men are almost three times more likely to die of prostate cancer than white men — often due to missed diagnoses. The survival rate for prostate cancer, if caught early, is normally 95-100 percent.
A group of medical students at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has launched a new initiative aimed at supporting equal advancement in the medical profession. The group’s mission is to: unite and connect female physicians nationally and internationally; empower them to grow to each physician’s full potential in the medical field; and advocate for gender and health equity.
The book examines ways in which cancer health disparities exist due to class and context inequities even in the most advanced society of the world.
The Washington University Transgender Center helps families navigate the complex world of gender identity
Perfect scores are hard to come by, but St. Louis was one of two cities in Missouri to pick up a grade of 100 when it comes to equality for the LGBTQ community.
Programs that address the health issues of poverty can help students become more empathetic doctors. Patients living in underserved communities receive care at a mobile dental and medical clinic in Milton, Florida.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images) At other universities, facing poverty means leaving campus and venturing into the local community. At the Washington University School of Medicine […]
We are excited to announce that the Office of Diversity Programs, in partnership with LGBTQ Med and OUTmed, will be sponsoring OUTmentor, a new program for LGBTQ+ identified medical students. OUTmentor will connect LGBTQ+ identified students with LGBTQ+ identified faculty and trainees. Through these mentorship groups, OUTmentor aims to provide support, guidance, and resources for professional development, as […]
For this year’s 124 incoming medical students, a crash course in health disparities began immediately, during a four-day orientation known as Washington University Medical Plunge, or WUMP.