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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
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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
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Efemena Diejomaoh, MD, DTMH, MPH, a PGY 4 Psychiatry Resident, has been featured in the October Issue of Pain Medicine News for his analysis on the growing dangers of polypharmacy, the concurrent use of multiple medications, among patients treated for chronic pain, particularly when sedating drugs are combined. Dr. Diejomaoh, who is originally from Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, collaborated with researchers at UTHealth Houston and Johns Hopkins Medicine and found that patients prescribed opioids often also receive other sedating medications, such as benzodiazepines, muscle relaxants, and sleep aids, creating a heightened risk for respiratory depression, excessive sedation, cognitive impairment, falls,
