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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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CPR

Do you have long COVID? This Colorado research is trying to help identify just what it does and what to do about it

news outletCPR
Publish DateSeptember 21, 2023

The experience of catching and enduring long COVID-19 has been a game-changer for Dave Nothstein, from Colorado Springs.

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Fortune

Fortune/PINC AI 100 Top Hospitals 2023: Teaching Hospitals

news outletFortune
Publish DateSeptember 21, 2023

Fortune partnered with PINC AI on the 2023 ranking of the 100 Top Hospitals in the U.S. The top 40 teaching hospitals are presented below, broken into two categories: the 15 Top Major Teaching Hospitals and the 25 Top Teaching Hospitals. Those marked with asterisks are also Everest award winners. (See our methodology for more info.)

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GenomeWeb

Building off ChatGPT Popularity, Generative AI Starts Finding its Place in Genome Informatics

news outletGenomeWeb
Publish DateSeptember 20, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence, which exploded into the public's consciousness ...

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TCTMD

AHA Updates Advice for Resuscitation, CV Care After Overdose or Poisons

news outletTCTMD
Publish DateSeptember 20, 2023

The American Heart Association (AHA) has released updated guidance on resuscitation in patients with cardiac arrest or life-threatening toxicity due to poisoning to help physicians navigate these often rare and frenetic clinical situations.

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