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NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH INITIATIVE IN HEALTH AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT SCHOLAR'S PROGRAM

INCREASING ADULT IMMUNIZATIONS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN PATIENTS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON INFLUENZA AND COVID-19

NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION/OPHTHALMOLOGY SECTION TRAVEL AWARD FOR ANNUAL MTGS.

HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS

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NATIONAL PROGRAM TO PROMOTE DIABETES EDUCATION STRATEGIES IN MINORITY COMM.

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MINORITY PIPELINE PROGRAM IN OPHTHALMOLOGY RABB-VENABLE IN EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPHTHALMOLOGY SECTION NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - PROJECT SUMMARY THE RABB-VENABLE EXCELLENCE IN OPHTHALMOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM (RV) WAS STARTED BY LENWORTH JOHNSON, MD (PAST NEI COUNCIL MEMBER) AT THE 2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (NMA), OPHTHALMOLOGY SECTION. (THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, FOUNDED IN 1895 WHEN SEGREGATION BARRED BLACKS FROM MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, IS THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND HAS A VERY ACTIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY SECTION.) THE PROGRAM IS NAMED FOR MAURICE F. RABB, JR. MD AND HOWARD P. VENABLE, MD IN HONOR OF THEIR PROLIFIC SUPPORT OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES (URM) PURSUING CAREERS IN ACADEMIC OPHTHALMOLOGY. RV HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE (NEI) SINCE 2008. THE GOAL OF RV IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORITY PHYSICIANS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AND ACADEMIC MEDICINE. THE PROGRAM IS A PIPELINE PROCESS TO EXPOSE MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENT/FELLOWS TO ROLE MODELS, SKILLS NEEDED IN MEDICAL PRACTICE AND TEACHING, RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND TO PROVIDE MENTORING. THE PROGRAM STARTED OUT AS A FORUM WHERE RESIDENTS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS SUBMITTED RESEARCH ABSTRACTS AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR PAPER OR POSTER AT THE NMA ANNUAL MEETING. OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A SESSION WITH A COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST WHO COACHES THEM ON THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVIEW SKILLS, DEVELOPMENT OF A PEER-TO-PEER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, AND A SERIES OF MEETINGS (THE FIRESIDE CHAT SERIES) WHERE RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTORS INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS RIGHT BEFORE INTERVIEW SEASON. STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS MAY REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THEIR TRAINING AND FORM A NETWORK THAT HAS CAREER-LONG BENEFITS. SINCE 2008, OF THE RABB-VENABLE MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY RESIDENCY, OVER 80% HAVE MATCHED. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS HAVE BECOME ACADEMICIANS IN TOP TIER OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENTS, SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS AND ENTREPRENEURS. IN THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY MEMBERSHIP, OF THE 64 AFRICAN AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGISTS WHO LIST ACADEMIA AS THEIR PRIMARY PRACTICE, 36 ARE RABB-VENABLE ALUMNI.

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

THIS PROPOSED R13 APPLICATION WILL FOCUS ON ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM, HIV/AIDS, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, NEPHROLOGY, AND ONCOLOGY SUBSPECIALTY TOPICS. - THIS PROPOSED R13 APPLICATION WILL FOCUS ON ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM, HIV/AIDS, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, NEPHROLOGY, AND ONCOLOGY SUBSPECIALTY TOPICS. IT IS TITLED NMA 2020 EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIANS FOR SUCCESS. THE PROGRAM WILL BE UTILIZED TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF YOUNG INVESTIGATORS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN ACADEMIC MEDICINE AND RESEARCH, WITH A DEMONSTRATED DESIRE TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES. DUE TO DECREASING NUMBERS IN WOMEN SECURING TENURED TRACK POSITIONS IN ACADEMIA, THIS YEAR WE WILL MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO FOCUS ON PROVIDING VALUABLE INFORMATION TO HELP TRAINEES FACILITATE THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM TRAINEE TO FACULTY MEMBER. AWARD RECIPIENTS WILL PRESENT THEIR POSTERS DURING THE NMA GENERAL POSTER PRESENTATION SESSION. THIS ENABLES OUR EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS TO BE EXPOSED TO AND INTERACT WITH A BROADER AUDIENCE OF PHYSICIANS BEYOND THE INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALTY. ADDITIONALLY, THE HIGHEST SCORED ABSTRACTS WILL BE INVITED TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH IN THE FORM OF A BRIEF ORAL PRESENTATION WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE SUBSPECIALTY SECTION DURING THE IM SESSIONS. NMA INTERNAL MEDICINE (IM) LEADERS/SENIOR FACULTY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO NETWORK WITH AND PARTICIPATE IN SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS. THERE ARE SEVEN OBJECTIVES TO THIS CONFERENCE SESSION: (1) PROVIDE A FORUM FOR CROSS-DISCIPLINARY EXCHANGE OF IDEAS TO FURTHER EXPLORE ISSUES OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AND HEALTH EQUITY; (2) FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY STAGE MINORITY FACULTY AND TRAINEES TO NETWORK AND LEARN ABOUT CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALTY; (3) PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL EARLY STAGE FACULTY AND TRAINEES TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS DURING THE GENERAL NMA POSTER SESSION AND OUR GENERAL IM SESSION MEETING; AND INTEGRATE THE TOP RECIPIENTS OF THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS AS ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALTY PRESENTATIONS; (4) PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINEES TO BUTTRESS THIS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE BY ALLOWING THEM TO ATTEND AN ARRAY OF NMA GENERAL SCIENTIFIC SECTION SYMPOSIA DURING THE ENTIRE NMA CONVENTION PERIOD; (5) PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY STAGE FACULTY AND TRAINEE INVESTIGATORS TO INTERACT WITH MORE SENIOR INVESTIGATORS WORKING IN THE INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALTIES TO ENABLE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL PROVIDE EARLY CAREER GUIDANCE AND FOR THOSE INTERESTED “GROOM” THEM FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP IN THE NMA; (6) PROVIDE EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO ADDRESS UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN ACADEMIA; (7) INTRODUCE SCHOLARS TO THE DIFFERENT ACADEMIC TRACTS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO ACHIEVING TENURE.

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RYAN WHITE PART C OUTPATIENT EIS PROGRAM

REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN INTERNAL MEDICINE WITH A FOCUS ON ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES, AND METABOLISM, HIV/AIDS, PULMONOLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CA

NMA 2019 ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES AND HEALTH EQUITY ISSUES IN INTERNAL MEDICINE: ENGAGE EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS AND TRAINEES TO GENERATE AWARENESS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AND RESEARCH

INTERNAL MEDICINE TRENDS AND CLINICAL TRIAL EXPLORATION IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY - NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2014

NMA 2018 IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS

IMPROVING HEALTH DISPARITIES BY BUILDING AN EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

EXPLORATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE AREAS OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES, AND METABOLISM, HIV/AIDS, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, AND, PULMONOLOGY,

2018 UROLOGY SYMPOSIUM: UPDATE ON CURRENT THERAPIES & TREATMENT OPTIONS IMPACTING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY FOR UROLOGIC DISEASES, DISORDERS & CONDITIONS AFFECTING AFRICAN AMERICAN & MINORITY POPULATIONS

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