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Viewpoints

Curtailing training in diversity, equity, and inclusion risks ignoring the shadow of history that still haunts many Black patients, argues Damon Tweedy, MD.

  • Sept. 18, 2024
2024 AAMC Awards
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These distinguished academicians have had an outsize impact on medical education, medical research, and patient care.

  • Sept. 17, 2024
Laurel Braitman, PhD, leads a workshop
AAMCNews

Laurel Braitman, PhD, started a virtual writing group at the beginning of the pandemic. It’s still going strong.

  • Sept. 11, 2024

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A multidisciplinary approach to studying and treating brain disorders is shedding light on the mechanisms that may be behind psychological distress.

  • Aug. 8, 2024
Firing neurons
AAMCNews

Laws have reduced ground-level ozone since the 1970s, but scientists warn that rising temperatures will fuel more of the gas and stall pollution reduction.

  • Aug. 6, 2024
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Press Release

AAMC responds to the Senate Appropriations Committee spending bill for Fiscal Year 2025.

  • Aug. 2, 2024
Capitol Hill, Washington
AAMCNews

As DEI efforts face criticism and are being defunded in some states, DEI leaders say the work is essential to improving health care for all.

  • July 31, 2024
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AAMCNews

From a supersmart bionic leg to gene therapy for deafness, we look at recent advancements from academic medicine that aim to reduce suffering and treat disease.

  • July 30, 2024
A young African-American doctor works on HUD or graphic display in front of her. We see her from the waist up in a modern laboratory.
AAMCNews

A handful of current medical students are either competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris — or competed in the Olympic trials. Here are their stories.

  • July 25, 2024
Derek Maas/NYU Athletics, Megan Clark/Kevin Morris, Jake Foster/USA Swimming, Katharine Holmes/Devin Manky, Meridith Kisting/Konrad Weeber
Viewpoints

Black women represent less than 7% of doctoral candidates in science and engineering, and less than 9% of the STEM workforce. We can do better.

  • July 23, 2024
Woman scientist experimenting with chemicals in lab. Lab technician doing research on new chemicals in laboratory, adding solution in conical flask.
AAMCNews

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, joins the AAMC from the UCSF School of Medicine. She shares her thoughts on the challenges facing scientists today.

  • July 16, 2024
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Press Release

The AAMC issued a statement on the FY 2025 Labor-HHS bill advanced by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee.

  • July 10, 2024
Capitol building, Washington, DC
AAMCNews

A study shows how their presence has grown as learners, teachers, and leaders, but pay disparities and gender harassment continue.

  • July 9, 2024
Smiling doctors