A team of Meharry Medical College students has introduced a solution showing that urban development can thrive without displacing community residents. Their plan received the first-place prize — and $10,000 — in the Compassion Challenge, a national HBCU competition hosted by We Are Values, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and...
The following article was originally published at MidSouthHub.org and written by Lauren Carnahan. NASHVILLE, TN — David Lockett, PhD data science student and grants proposal development specialist at Meharry Medical College’s School of Applied Computational Sciences (SACS), has been named the first-prize winner of the HBCU Founders Initiative (HBCUFI) Demo...
Representing the institution’s five schools, more than 500 students became alumni dedicated to strengthening and improving the health care space. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 18, 2026) — More than 500 student physicians, dentists, researchers and other health care professionals from Meharry Medical College crossed the stage at the Grand Ole Opry...
A team of faculty and students at Meharry School of Applied Computational Sciences is helping Fisk University develop a new cybersecurity curriculum. The goal of this collaboration is to improve access to modern learning tools and establish a new cybersecurity concentration within the Fisk Computer Science and Data Science programs....
A Meharry School of Applied Computational Sciences research team is launching a study to determine if quantum computing can accurately predict the progression of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Dr. Pushpita Chatterjee, assistant professor of computer science and data science, will lead the investigation. The project, “Classical vs. Quantum ML for...
Victoria Franklin and Lexus Brinkley-Tapp, students at Meharry School of Applied Computational Sciences, have been accepted into research internships for the summer of 2026. Both internships are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Franklin will spend 10 weeks with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on a project involving cybersecurity...
“We have to ensure AI is deployed in ways that expand opportunity and trust, rather than creating gaps in how different communities experience its impact,”LaChiara Landrum, Ph.D. Candidate and Senior Congressional Innovation Fellow . At Meharry SACS, we don’t just train data scientists — we train advocates. Our doctoral students...
The Meharry Medical College Center for Women’s Health Research is mobilizing African American women with a mother, daughter or sister who has been diagnosed with breast cancer to participate discussion groups. Did you know Black women have a 31% mortality – the highest among any U.S. racial or ethnic group?...
