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
Registration Now Open For The 24th Annual Symposium Online registration is now open for the 2010 Symposium to be held in Birmingham, Alabama at the Sheraton Hotel; April 16th-18th and will be hosted by Tuskegee University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health of Tuskegee, Alabama. Please click here to register
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.
Heart disease and stroke are major health risks for everyone. But African Americans are at especially high risk. Overall, minority and low-income populations have a disproportionate burden of death and disability from cardiovascular diseases. African Americans have the highest rate of high blood pressure of all groups and tend to develop it younger than others. Studies have shown that socioeconomic status, reflected in income and education, underlie a substantial portion, but not all, of the higher rate of heart disease in minority populations.
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