The #ActionCollab4BlackMeninMed Strategy Summit is well underway! Follow along as we share updates from the event.

Dr. Lisa Newman, surgical breast oncologist at Weill Cornell Breast Center has done extensive research related to disparities in breast cancer risk & outcome. She discusses the importance of breast cancer detection in Black women w/ Good Morning America. ow.ly/3WTU50Lfs0F #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

To help mitigate the spread of Ebola, AAMC and @CDC sent a letter to academic medical center leaders regarding the outbreak in Uganda, and how we may reduce its impact on the patients and communities we serve. aamc.org/media/62871/do…

I love last month’s cover of Academic Medicine, featuring a hand sanitizer painting by RanaAwdishMD. Hear her explanation about her artistic process and what made her choose this unique medium. #NAHM journals.lww.com/academicmedici…

Registration is now open for the Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine Strategy Summit! Join the NMA & the AAMC Oct 20-21 to develop national strategies & effective practices to increase the number of black men in medicine. Register at aamc.org/ACStrategySumm…

“We will become reacquainted with some of the diseases that we thought were relegated to history.” –Jason Terk, discussing the challenges of vaccine hesitancy, particularly among parents of young children. aamc.org/news-insights/…

#HispanicHeritageMonth ends this week. Join me in celebrating the contributions that leaders with Hispanic heritage have made in science, healthcare, and education over the past two centuries. aamc.org/news-insights/…

The arts and humanities make our communities healthier and stronger. This National Arts & Humanities Month ( #NAHM ), learn how integrating these fields with medicine can enhance care, improve population health, and promote clinician well-being. aamc.org/about-us/missi…

Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay ! This tweet is to let Native students know that you can go to medical school while remaining rooted in your culture. My class was asked to show us studying a neuroanatomy workbook. Here I am with help at a powwow! You can do this...

“To build an inclusive democracy, civic engagement must be inclusive too.” My AAMC Center for Health Justice colleagues Philip M. Alberti, PhD, Heather Pierce, JD, MPH, and Carla Alvarado explore the role of health care in encouraging communities to vote, volunteer, and organize. aamchealthjustice.org/news/polling/c…

You can start connecting with your peers before #AAMC22 through the AAMC Communities Network — your virtual home for medical education, research, patient care, and community collaboration. communities.aamc.org

I am thrilled to welcome Danielle to AAMC! Her expertise will advance our public policy efforts in support of medical schools, teaching hospitals, learners, patients, and communities.

National Academy of Medicine Improving health worker well-being is a shared responsibility that requires collective action. NAM #ClinicianWellBeing Collaborative published National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being to lay out a path forward. Download at nam.edu/NationalPlan #HealthWorkforceNationalPlan

As more students see the health effects of the climate crisis in their own communities, the movement to include this topic within med school curricula is growing. MedPage Today explores how some schools are conducting climate-and-health trainings. medpagetoday.com/special-report…

In a statement AAMC President & CEO David J. Skorton & NAM President Victor J. Dzau, MD said 'We cannot continue to tolerate misleading & incendiary commentary that poses the risk of turning places of healing into sites of violence.'
Read the full statement: ow.ly/SVf850KY9gW

The notion that women were weak and prone to various physical and psychological afflictions was widely held by the male-dominated medical community in the 1800s. Meet Mary Putnam Jacobi, MD, the physician that proved them all wrong. wimlf.org/blog/dr-mary-p…