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This medical exam tried ditching test scores to help students. It backfired

University Business

Second-year medical students who historically took Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) had long viewed the exam results as the deciding factor for which institution they’d match to pursue residency and fellowship training. The first of three exams, it was infamously cutthroat.

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With past experience as a pediatrician and gynecologist, she also served as chief of family planning and contraceptive research and leader of the school’s program in gynecology for children, adolescents, and young adults. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice and vice provost. Gilliam holds a B.A.

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Panel Explores Gun Prevention in Black Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Experts across the medical field and policymakers gathered earlier this week to discuss gun violence prevention efforts in Black communities across the nation. Jada Watts is a member of the Student National Medical Association and member of the Howard University Taskforce at Howard University Hospital. "If

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