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High Schoolers Take Control of NASA Robots: Meharry SACS & Fisk Bridge STEM Gap with Immersive Academy

NASHVILLE, TN – As NASA pushes the boundaries of STEM launching rockets into space, a different kind of mission launched in Nashville last month: equipping high school students with the […]

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L’OMAR Laboratory Hosts Inaugural Scientific Retreat Showcasing AI Innovations in Healthcare 

NASHVILLE, TN – July 28, 2025 – The School of Applied Computational Sciences (SACS) at Meharry Medical College will host the inaugural L’OMAR Scientific Retreat on August 4, 2025. This hybrid […]

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Dr. Qian to lead conference series on artificial intelligence and healthcare

Lei Qian, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and data science, received a National Science Foundation grant to lead a conference series on artificial intelligence and healthcare. The proposed conference […]

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Students Converge at Meharry to Build Tech Skills—and a Greener Future—at 2025 MS-CC Hackathon  

Dozens of students from historically black colleges and universities gathered at Meharry SACS for an electrifying hackathon that blended technical skill-building with environmental consciousness. As part of the 2025 Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) Annual Meeting, participants collaborated to develop an innovative household carbon footprint calculator—a tool that empowers...

McDonald is a 2025-2026 MHRC Research Fellow

Micaiah McDonald, MSBD ’25, is participating in the Maternal Health Research Collaborative (MHRC) Research Centers Fellowship Program....
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2025 NIH R25 Scholars Convene at Meharry

Caption (from left): Broderick Bellard, Judith Dike, Sade Graves, Megan Leak, Ariana Martin, Mian Pan, Brian Strong and Kweku White We are proud to announce the 2025 NIH R25 Scholars, […]

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Caption (from left): Broderick Bellard, Judith Dike, Sade Graves, Megan Leak, Ariana Martin, Mian Pan, Brian Strong and Kweku White

Renowned Global Health Leader Loyce Pace, MPH, Joins Meharry Medical College as Professor and Founding Advisory Board Member at the School of Global Health

NASHVILLE, TN., May 28, 2025 – The School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College proudly announces the appointment of Loyce Pace, MPH, as a Professor of Global Health and […]

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SACS celebrates 2025 graduates

After completing rigorous coursework in the M.S. Data Science and M.S. Biomedical Data Science programs, 21 Meharry SACS students received their diplomas during the May 17, 2025, Meharry Medical College Commencement. The graduates included students who completed degree requirements in December 2024 and May 2025....

Graduate Student LaChiara Landrum Co-Authors Blockchain-Based Healthcare Solution Accepted at IEEE SoutheastCon 2025

LaChiara Landrum, a graduate student and rising researcher in cybersecurity, is making waves with her most recent collaborative research paper, “Blockchain-Enabled Communication Framework for Secure and Scalable Healthcare Data Processing,” […]

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Graduate Student LaChiara Landrum and Team pRESENT Research at IEEE Globecom 2024

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — A noteworthy research paper spotlighting a new blockchain framework written by graduate student and primary author LaChiara Landrum and her team at Meharry SACS was […]

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UPE/ACM Scholarship

The International Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines, aka Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE)External , and the ACM offer the UPE/ACM Scholarship to students who are starting their careers in computing. 

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Understanding health care technology use by family caregivers of hematopoietic cell transplant patients

Technological advancements in health care are intended to aid caregivers and their care recipients. But, do caregivers take advantage of this support in managing their own and their care recipient’s health?...

Trustee Kevin Bryant lives out his belief that a strong work ethic, tenacity and giving back are keys to success

Kevin Bryant was raised by a hard-working, single mother in the small, nurturing community of Waynesville, a town in western North Carolina, which even today, has an African American population […]

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Tristar Health announces HCA Healthcare’s $600,000 gift to Meharry Medical College

TriStar Health, an affiliate of HCA Healthcare, announced today that HCA Healthcare will give $600,000 to Meharry Medical College to support paid internship and scholarship opportunities over four years for graduate students in the School of Applied Computational Sciences (SACS)....

Total Health Attends Southeast Community Day

Nashville, TN – The practitioners and staff of Total Health Medical and Dental Care were actively involved in the inaugural Southeast Community Day held at Mill Ridge Park. Engaging with […]

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Dr. Chike Nzerue hands out items to children.

Top data science skills to master

Learning these in-demand data science skills will set you up for success in your career....

TMCF – NOVARTIS US FOUNDATION HBCU GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund is partnering with industry-leading pharmaceutical company, Novartis, to invest in the next generation of medical engineers and innovators. The Novartis US Foundation HBCU Scholarship Program […]

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Three SACS graduates join Advancement Council

Dean Fortune S. Mhlanga announces three graduates, Brittany City, Gina Lawrence, and Clarence White, Jr., Ph.D., as members of the Advancement Council for the School of Applied Computational Sciences....
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Three Meharry School of Medicine students selected for 2024 NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative

Nashville, Tenn. (June 25, 2024)—Meharry Medical College School of Medicine today announced that three of its students have been selected to participate in the 2024 NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine […]

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Three Meharry SACS students named NIH R25 Scholars

Jean-Hus Theodore, Micaiah McDonald, and Dodji Kuwonu are the Summer 2024 NIH R25 Scholars for Meharry SACS. Scholars will spend 10 weeks participating in summer training and research with a faculty mentor....
NIH R25 Scholars 2024

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