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Jan
28
0 comments Tags: business of healthcare, funding opportunities, health disparities, substance use disorder
Calling all innovators! If you have ideas for improving minority health and eliminating health disparities or a novel approach on how to possibly extend the reach of primary care for treating substance use disorders here is your chance! There are two NIH R43/R44 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants that may be of interest and… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Aug
27
0 comments Tags: community engagement, Community of Interest, graphic medicine, health disparities, Health Literacy, professional development
Held this year in White River Junction, VT at the Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) and Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), the 9th Annual Comics in Medicine Conference brought together a mix of creators, medical professionals, librarians and others to discuss how graphic novels are being used by a wide array of professionals and artists… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Graphic Medicine
Oct
30
0 comments Tags: health disparities, Public Health
“Doctors, like all other people, are subject to prejudice and discrimination. While bias can be a problem in any profession, in medicine, the stakes are much higher.” ― Damon Tweedy, Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine With the goal of promoting reflection and academic discourse, the University of Massachusetts… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM, NLM Resources, Public Health