This St. Louis coalition is helping bridge gaps in pregnancy equity through community (Links to an external site)

This St. Louis coalition is helping bridge gaps in pregnancy equity through community
Ebony Carter, MD, associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, works with EleVate, a program led by Black mothers, health care professionals, and local community organizations that provides extra support to Black mothers. By providing extra support to mothers, the group hopes to address the fact that African-American women are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women.

Jason Stephenson named associate dean for multicultural affairs for health professions learners at University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (Links to an external site)

Jason Stephenson named associate dean for multicultural affairs for health professions learners at University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Washington University School of Medicine alumni, Jason Stephenson, named University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health’s associate dean for multicultural affairs for health professions learners.

Hammond receives Merck research fellowship (Links to an external site)

Hammond receives Merck research fellowship
J. Gmerice Hammond, MD, a cardiologist and health policy research fellow in the Cardiovascular Division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Merck Fellowship Research Award from the Association of Black Cardiologists and the American College of Cardiology.

Njoku named director of pediatric anesthesiology division (Links to an external site)

Njoku named director of pediatric anesthesiology division
Dolores B. Njoku, MD, a noted clinician, researcher and mentor, has been named the director of pediatric anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and anesthesiologist-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. With the post, she will become the new Rudolph L. and Mary Frances Wise Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology. She also has been appointed a vice chair in the Department of Anesthesiology.