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Representation Matters: Dozens Gather at Annual Die-In to Spotlight Action Against Racism and Injustice

Representation matters.

On a recent day in her pediatric pulmonary clinic, the first patient Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD, saw was a 10-year-old girl who is Black and who asked if she could keep the disposable gloves and stethoscope used during her appointment. She wants to be a doctor, just like Taylor-Cousar.


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date October 20, 2022
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Education    Community    Students    Diversity   

BA/BS-MD Program Aimed at Increasing Diversity of Health Care Professionals in Colorado 

Many college students enter their freshman year unsure of what they want to major in, let alone what they’ll do after they graduate. Then there are students like Hussna Yasini, who entered her first year of college at the University of Colorado Denver knowing she could earn a reserved spot at the CU School of Medicine after she completed her undergraduate studies. 


Author Greg Glasgow | Publish Date September 06, 2022
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Community    Faculty    Diversity   

CU School of Medicine Assistant Professor Honored for Her Work on Behalf of Medically Underserved Communities. 

Josina Romero O’Connell’s dream of being a doctor began when she was 3 years old, watching as her grandfather died in a small community clinic in a rural area of New Mexico halfway between Taos and Santa Fe.  


Author Greg Glasgow | Publish Date April 15, 2022
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Community    COVID-19    Diversity

School of Medicine Doctor Focusing on Denver’s Latino Community During COVID-19

As a doctor on the front lines in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lilia Cervantes, MD, quickly saw the disproportionate toll the virus was taking on Denver’s Latino community.


Author Greg Glasgow | Publish Date June 04, 2021
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Education    Community    Faculty    Diversity

On a Mission to Create Meaningful Progress on Diversity and Inclusion

Kia Washington, MD, looks back on her undergraduate experience as four years that helped to shape who she is. One of those years in particular stands out as not just formative, but transformative.


Author Greg Glasgow | Publish Date March 08, 2021
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School of Medicine In the News

CPR

15,000 Coloradans have died due to COVID, a loss of historic proportions

news outletCPR
Publish DateMarch 22, 2023

As of March 22, 2023, 15,007 Coloradans have now died in the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Denver Post

Two bills would be catastrophic to CU Anschutz’s world-class care

news outletThe Denver Post
Publish DateMarch 22, 2023

Guest Commentary by CU Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellor Donald M. Elliman and CU School of Medicine Dean John J. Reilly, Jr:

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Associated Press

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

news outletAssociated Press
Publish DateMarch 21, 2023

Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment. A new study suggests they may be missing some cheaters.

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Greeley Tribune

UCHealth offers new, more effective medication treatment for stroke patients

news outletGreeley Tribune
Publish DateMarch 21, 2023

Tenecteplase is easier to administer – a single, immediate IV push that takes just five seconds, according to Sharon Poisson, a neurohospitalist and medical co-director of the Comprehensive Stroke Program at the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

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