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Kafayat Kareem

Kafayat Kareem, a fourth-year medical student (MS4) at Meharry Medical College, is passionate about dermatology, technology, and global health. She recently presented her research at the 2025 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society International Conference on Body Sensor Networks in Los Angeles. The global conference brought together researchers and clinicians to explore innovations in digital health, wearable sensors, and artificial intelligence. Her research, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Bolanle Asiyanbola in Meharry’s Department of Surgery, examined a newly identified anatomical structure in the nail called the angulodiginychium. “We identified the role the angulodiginychium plays in the transmission of

Meharry Medical College hosted its biannual Oral Health Day on Saturday, Aug. 23, providing free dental services to more than 450 residents from underserved communities. The event, held on the campus of the historically Black health sciences school, brought faculty, volunteers, alumni, community dental professionals and dental students together to ensure participants received much needed oral health care. Services provided included screenings, cleanings, extractions and other treatments. For many patients, Oral Health Day is one of the few opportunities they have to receive dental care.
Dorothy Brown Grand Opening

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 29, 2025) Meharry Medical College marked a historic milestone last week with the ribbon-cutting of the newly renovated Dorothy Brown Hall, a facility that now houses some of the most advanced computing power in the institution’s history. The renovated hall is now home to Meharry’s Enterprise Data and Analytics Division and a state-of-the-art center for Computational Omics and Research for Translational EXcellence (CORTEX) featuring Meharry’s first four high-performance computing (HPC) clusters (supercomputers). The HPC infrastructure will enable high throughput computation, support cutting edge AI and machine learning model development, as well as allow for the secure integration

Meharry Medical College School of Applied Computational Sciences is proud to announce that Dr. Uttam Ghosh, professor of cybersecurity, and his team of co-investigators, Meharry SACS professors Dr. Sajid Hussain, Dr. Puspita Chatterjee, Dr. Asmah Muallem, and Dr. Lei Qian, have been awarded a significant grant through the Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) Research Catalyst Program.
Drone flying over flooded land mapping GIS data
Thanks to support from NASA, a new Meharry SACS project will use advanced drone and computing technologies to address healthcare delivery disruptions in Middle Tennessee caused by natural disasters. The $742,286 grant funds CAMPUS (Community Air Mobility for Public Utilization in Support of Healthcare).
Kafayat Kareem

Kafayat Kareem, a fourth-year medical student (MS4) at Meharry Medical College, is passionate about dermatology, technology, and global health. She recently presented her research at the 2025 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society International Conference on Body Sensor Networks in Los Angeles. The global conference brought together researchers and clinicians to explore innovations in digital health, wearable sensors, and artificial intelligence. Her research, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Bolanle Asiyanbola in Meharry’s Department of Surgery, examined a newly identified anatomical structure in the nail called the angulodiginychium. “We identified the role the angulodiginychium plays in the transmission of