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Health Equity Scholars is a competitive three-year program designed to develop physician leaders with the knowledge and skills to promote health equity for medically underserved communities.
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Registration is open online for the virutal 2020 Heart + Sole 5K, which raises money for Equal Access Birmingham, the School of Medicine's student-run healthcare clinic.
Four students were selected from UAB School of Medicine as Albert Schweitzer Fellows for the 2020-21 class.
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Alabama Schweitzer Fellow, Autumn Beavers MS2, is collaborating with Carver High School’s Academy of Health Sciences program in the 2019-2020 school year to implement a curriculum that increases students’ exposure to professional health careers.
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On Friday, Nov. 16, MS1s Kara Kichler, Paris Malensek, Cassidy Baldwin and Steven Cochrun teamed up with MS4 David Osula and Harish Doppalapudi, M.D. to lead a cardiology workshop at George W. Carver High School. The instructional session concluded by teaching the students how to take a blood pressure reading.
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On Friday, Sept. 7, 31 UAB medical students volunteered in partnership with FocusFirst, a vision screening program run by Impact America. The students visited 23 different schools throughout Alabama and screened 520 children for potential vision issues.
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For UAB School of Medicine Montgomery Regional Medical Campus fourth-year student Michelle Wang, music was not only a way to relax after a long day at work but also a way to share a little bit of joy with patients who might be going through a tough time.
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Equal Access Birmingham will host its fifth annual Heart + Sole 5K and Fun Run Saturday, Aug. 18, to raise funds for the School of Medicine's student-run free clinic, which provides health care and education to Birmingham’s homeless and uninsured population.
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The HIV Medicine Association (HVMA) has awarded UAB Health Equity Scholar, Kelsie Dodson, with one of their scholarship grants.
Eight rising second-year medical students have been selected for the second class of the UAB School of Medicine’s Health Equity Scholars Program.
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