It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to the new website of the Association of Minority Health Professions School (AMHPS). The culmination of this website coincides with months of internal restructuring and strategic planning. This website is but one of the outward signs of the significant growth and progress the AMHPS has made in recent years. In the coming months, more changes will come which will place the AMHPS in a better position to serve. click here
Thank You For Your Support!
AMHPS would like to thank all Students, Faculty, Speakers, Workshop Presenters, Exhibitors and Sponsors who took part in the 24th Annual Symposium held in Birmingham, Alabama at the Sheraton Hotel; April 16th-18th and was hosted by Tuskegee University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health of Tuskegee, Alabama. Thank you for your interest and support! We look forward to seeing you during the 25th Annual Symposium!
Scholarship Opportunity
Florida A & M University is providing an outstanding opportunity for Black women entering college in the fall of 2009. The scholarship is designed to address the absence of black women in the field of computer technology. Please visit http://www.cis.famu.edu/~aawcs/ for more information.
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain mostly hemoglobin* S, an abnormal type of hemoglobin. Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped (crescent shaped) and have difficulty passing through small blood vessels.
When sickle-shaped cells block small blood vessels, less blood can reach that part of the body. Tissue that does not receive a normal blood flow eventually becomes damaged. . . . more>>
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