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Mashup Score: 0Henrietta Lacks Foundation™ - 1 year(s) ago
Established in 2010 by Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Foundation is inspired by the life of Henrietta Lacks, whose cancer cells—code named HeLa—were taken without her knowledge in 1951. They became one of the most important tools in medicine—with damaging consequences for her family, many of whom often struggled to get access to the very health care advances…
Source: henriettalacksfoundation.orgCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1Neglected oil painting identified as work of Richmond Barthé - 2 year(s) ago
National Trust also identifies sitter of Seated Man in a Landscape as sculptor’s domestic helper
Source: the GuardianCategories: Cardiologists, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Neglected oil painting identified as work of Richmond Barthé Love this painting and the backstory…@CMichaelGibson @DrQuinnCapers4 #BlackHistory https://t.co/anDwfFxwno
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Mashup Score: 0The Saga of Vivien Thomas: Discrimination, Segregation, and Bias -- by Clyde Yancy, MD - 2 year(s) ago
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons launched a new named lecture at its 2020 Annual Meeting. It was in honor of Vivien Thomas, a black surgical technician with …
Source: YouTubeCategories: Cardiologists, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
#BlackHistory @NMHheartdoc honors Vivien Thomas,a Black man whose research contributions were instrumental to the design & testing of the life saving cardiac Blalock-Taussig shunt.@SharonneHayes @MinnowWalsh @DrQuinnCapers4 @DrMarthaGulati @HeartBobH https://t.co/z8lNko3gKl
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Mashup Score: 1Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD - National Medical Association - 2 year(s) ago
Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology and is clinical professor, Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology; program leader, Gastrointestinal Oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and associate director for diversity programs and director of the…
Source: www.nmanet.orgCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
During BHM, we honor Black pioneers in medicine! Today, we honor Dr. Edith Mitchell, 116th President of NMA & clinical professor of medicine at Thomas Jefferson Univ. https://t.co/DQybzGRkHH . . #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2022 #blackhistory #blackexcellence #NMA #NationalMedAssn https://t.co/DOGspMvmoU
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Mashup Score: 2Memorial Day - 3 year(s) ago
Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day started in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971 to honor those who served and died in wars.
Source: HISTORYCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet-
More people died in the #CivilWar than any other US conflict and, "one of the earliest #MemorialDay celebrations was organized by formerly enslaved ppl in Charleston, SC <1 month after the Confederacy surrendered" #BlackHistory = #Americanhistory https://t.co/FKC1FrqK9B
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Mashup Score: 0Getting Her Say: The Immortal Legacy of Henrietta Lacks - 3 year(s) ago
Medable PAC members Sumaira Ahmed and Allison Kalloo summarize the life and invaluable contributions of Henrietta Lacks while wrestling with the cultural themes of systemic racism that her story presents.
Source: blog.medable.comCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're honoured to share the remarkable story of a young black woman, Henrietta Lacks, who changed #Oncology forever. Read Sumaira & Allison's tribute here: https://t.co/YpC5JbmnY3 #clinicalresearch #cancerresearch #blackhistory
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Mashup Score: 1Black history is America's history - 3 year(s) ago
While I was growing up in the late 1970s, I would spend many Saturdays in the basement of the Black Cultural Center at the University of Tennessee, watching movies about Black history with my siblings. We were passing the time while my father, a history professor who fought to establish the Black Studies Department, was busy making his own history. Had it not been for my dad, I would have learned…
Source: EClinicalMedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
📢NEW COMMENTARY: " #Blackhistory is America's history" from Monica Peek @DrMonicaPeek @UChicagoMed #BlackHistoryMonth 👉https://t.co/rTbn9iNIJD https://t.co/cdDfy2843x
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Mashup Score: 0Black History Month: Can digital tech help remedy health disparities for black people? - 4 year(s) ago
HealthcareITNews takes this month to celebrate the contributions from digital tech leaders across the UK and Europe, while also reflecting on why black patients are more likely than white patients to use digital health tech
Source: Healthcare IT NewsCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
#BlackHistory Month: Can #digitalhealth tech help remedy health disparities for black people? | #healthequity https://t.co/xM0rOWKZy9
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ASTCT honors Henrietta Lacks. Her cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. Learn more about her legacy: https://t.co/gGv6DKdLo2 #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/kPeJm8FrwC