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There are many solutions to a statewide physician shortage facing Tennessee in coming years. Local medical leaders said one thing is key — the ability to train people where they might eventually practice.
Hundreds of Mid-South students got to meet medical and science professionals at the Black Men in White Coats event at Baptist Health Sciences University in the Memphis Medical District.
Eighty girls and young women registered for SHE Leads the Way, a symposium at Baptist Memorial Hospital where Jamila Smith-Young served as the special guest speaker.
Anuja Ghorpade, who comes to Memphis from the Albany College of Pharmacy, is a cell and molecular biologist by training. She has helped secure more than $13 million in research funding.
The free event for students of color in fifth grade through college centers on inspiring the next generation of medical and science professionals while helping to diversify the ‘white coat’ professions.
Baptist Health Sciences University inaugurated Hampton Hopkins just as its College of Osteopathic Medicine opens. Its other programs range from nursing to biomedical sciences to public health.
The 100,000-square-foot college on Union Avenue in the Memphis Medical District will open its doors April 6 and welcome its first class of osteopathic medicine students in August.
SHE (Science, Health, Empowerment) Leads the Way offers networking, mentoring and educational opportunities for girls and women, while Black Men in White Coats encourages Black boys and men to consider health care careers.
Hampton Hopkins most recently served as president of Carolinas College of Health Sciences in Charlotte, where he planned a relocation for the college and a $4.5 million renovation.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine will accept students from across the U.S., focusing on medical students in the Mid-South.
“Starting a med school is a big deal. If it was easy, everybody would do it. It takes a lot of effort.”
Only 13% of its Black students graduate in six years, compared to 50% or more for other races.
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