Higher Education + Health Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 10, 2009
Miami Dade College to train Mexican Red Cross workers
November 2, 2009
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers
September 15, 2009
The College of Nursing and Health Innovation announced Monday that it received a $2.5 million grant for research of asthma disparities among Latino children from the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. – Arizona State University
September 11, 2009
Program Puts Sidelined Doctors Back in the Game – As medically underserved Hispanic communities cry out for doctors, a new program puts physicians in their midst back into practice. – UCLA’s International Medical Graduate Program
August 3, 2009
Michigan State University has received a $1.5 million federal grant to work with the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey to increase the number of Hispanic doctoral students in neuroscience
An Indiana University cancer center is launching a campaign to shed light on why breast cancer is often more aggressive in Hispanic women than in women of other races.
June 24, 2009
Five years ago, eight medical students came to UC Irvine as pioneers in an innovative education program designed to address the unique healthcare needs of California’s largest underserved population. Now the first graduates are prepared to fulfill that mission.
June 11, 2009
The University of South Florida College of Medicine was named one of the country’s top 25 medical schools enrolling Hispanic students.
June 4, 2009
Janice Crist has received a $375,000 National Institute of Nursing grant to investigate ways to improve home care for the elderly, particularly those within the Mexican-American Community. The University of Arizona College of Nursing
May 7, 2009
Kaiser Permanente gives UCLA Hispanic physician recruitment program $2 million
March 16, 2009
Mexican folk healing expert discusses curanderismo with local college students – Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres at The University of Texas-Pan American on March 24 at noon at UTPA’s Student Union Theater
March 6, 2009
The University of Illinois at Chicago says it’s closing a medical clinic geared for low-income women in a mostly Mexican neighborhood. But a community group is fighting to keep the facility open.
November 12, 2008
La Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) obtuvo 15 millones de dólares de fondos federales de Estados Unidos para investigar la alta prevalencia de diabetes y asma entre la población de la isla.
November 3, 2008
Dr. Francisco Cigarroa has decided to pursue his true life’s passion — again. After serving as head of the University of Texas Health Science Center for eight years, he has announced his intent to return full time to his medical specialty of transplant surgery.
September 29, 2008
The rapid increase in Colorado’s Hispanic population has not been accompanied by similar growth in the number of Latino health professionals, and so the University of Colorado Denver has initiated a 30-year project to alleviate the situation.
September 5, 2008
Stanford Ranks Second in Magazine’s List of Top Medical Schools for Hispanics
September 3, 2008
UC Davis med school ranked among best for Hispanics
August 12, 2008
Study looks at health of farmworkers – MICASA follows everything from aches to diabetes in laborers. – University of California at Davis
The University of Miami’s Center on Aging is rolling out a two-year project that will evaluate the toll of taking care of a loved one on nearly 200 caregivers of color in South Florida. Nationwide, 9.8 million people provided unpaid care for someone with the disease in 2007, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
August 10, 2008
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will soon begin researching how a lack of trust in formal medicine is contributing to disproportionately higher mortality rates in Latino HIV patients than in white HIV patients across the country.
August 6, 2008
University of Arizona Doctors to Study Internet-based Treatment for Depression in Hispanics
August 5, 2008
University of Arizona College of Medicine Summer Internship Addresses Border Health Disparities
June 25, 2008
The University of Alabama at Birmingham recruiting Hispanic students to educate more Spanish-speaking health professionals
June 11, 2008
Children in non-English-speaking households experience multiple health disparities, researcher concludes – Dr. Glenn Flores
June 4, 2008
Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men – UCLA
March 25, 2008
Cesar Chavez Conference focuses on behavioral health – Arizona State University
March 9, 2008
Idaho State University-Boise professor awarded grant for Hispanic teen anti-tobacco campaign
February 28, 2008
Tough lessons from mean streets in Puerto Rico program
February 25, 2008
Program helps Hispanic IMGs qualify for U.S. residencies – Officials say UCLA’s innovative three-step course will increase the number of Spanish-speaking physicians for California’s underserved.
February 14, 2008
University of California-Berkeley study shows strong support for cross-border health insurance between the U.S. and Mexico
December 10, 2007
Cancer Center Study: Hispanic Women More Prone to Aggressive Breast Cancer | UANews
December 9, 2007
Zumba Seizes Favor at West Virginia University
October 11, 2007
Brenau University gets $250,000 to increase number of Hispanic health workers – Gainesville, Georgia
September 27, 2007
Western University of Health Sciences Top Los Angeles Med School for Hispanics
September 25, 2007
Pair of Mexican nursing programs praised
September 20, 2007
Study: Computerized System Breaks Down Language Barrier To Treat Depression In Spanish-Speaking Populations – Dr. Gerardo Gonzalez, Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Vice President for Research, California State University, San Marcos
September 12, 2007
University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies Receives Major Federal Grant to Address Hispanic Health Issues
July 25, 2007
Can the Poor Rates of College-Bound Latinas be Blamed on Obesity? Latina Lista
June 17, 2007
The Enlightenment Foundation of Florida and Spanishnet College Granting New Scholarships for All Health Care Providers
May 31, 2007
California State University, Northridge Spanish-Language Media Project Targets HIV/AIDS
May 23, 2007
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ranked first in U.S. in 2006 for Hispanic doctors
May 22, 2007
The University of Michigan now has a podcast en Español
May 1, 2007
KU School Of Medicine Student Elected To Lead National Network of Latin American Medical Students
April 2, 2007
Language Barriers Being Broken To Empower People – Community College Is Offering Course of Study in Health Care Interpreting – Aurora, Illinois
February 27, 2007
Brigham Young University – Conference Aims to Help Work with Hispanic Community
February 1, 2007
Medical students to learn Spanish – Marshall University, West Virginia
January 23, 2007
Nevada universities considering tie with Mexico medical school
January 19, 2007
Medical Spanish classes work to bridge cultural borders – Washington University, St. Louis
January 12, 2007
Gift to University of New Mexico to create minority health foundation
January 3, 2007
Spanish courses offered for health professionals – North Carolina
December 17, 2006
Drew University reaches out to Latinos – The South L.A. medical school is recasting itself to reflect its changing community.
