- Mailing Address
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520 W St., NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20059 - Phone
- (202) 806-5677
- Email address
- hucmadmissions@howard.edu
- Website
- https://medicine.howard.edu/
- School Information
- "The College living alumni, more than 4,000, are a testimony that an excellent medical education can be obtained at Howard. Although opportunities for minority students have increased at other medical schools, the College uniquely addresses the special health care needs of medically underserved communities and continues to produce a significant number of the nation's minority physicians. The College is a part of Howard University, a comprehensive research university. While the University community has traditionally been predominantly black, Howard has been an interracial and cosmopolitan institution throughout its history, with students, faculty and staff of all races and from many foreign nations. All must meet the high standards of excellence of Howard University, which has the largest concentration of black faculty and student scholars in the country. In addition to the College of Medicine, the Howard University Health Sciences Center includes the Howard University Hospital; the College of Dentistry; the College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences; the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library; and the Student Health Center. Located in the nation's capital, the College can draw upon the immense medical resources of this area, including the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine." (Source: https://medicine.howard.edu/about)
Actions Taken
- Program and Research Funding
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Scholars who attend the college's Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) "gain a unique insight to the health professions through a rigorous, team-based, interprofessional [sic], and culturally competent curriculum." The program "invites everyone to apply, especially those from all minority, socioeconomically, and/or educationally disadvantaged groups that are interested in pursuing careers in healthcare, and serving underserved communities."
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Howard University & Stanford Medicine Summer Research Program (Operating under Stanford Medicine’s Commission on Justice and Equity under HU's REACH [Racial Equity to Advance a Community of Health] Initiative) "offers Howard medical students an 8 week summer research opportunity at one of the many Stanford Medicine labs and a stipend of $8,000."
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- Resources
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On January 23, 2023, Howard University News published an article titled "The Howard College of Medicine’s Importance in Today’s Educational Landscape," which states "If there is one place in the United States uniquely qualified to speak at the intersection of health disparities and systemic racism, it’s the Howard University College of Medicine." The article goes on to state the following: "there has been recent pushback from conservative legislators, educators, and even medical personnel regarding the merits of including concepts of systemic racism and health disparities in medical school curricula. After the American College of Surgeons (ACS) appointed a task force to evaluate how best to address structural racism within their field, a former member wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed declaring critical race theory 'bad medicine' and 'the latest political quackery'.
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The college's Office of Faculty Development, Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion is "charged with enhancing the leadership capabilities of the medical faculty through professional development."
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The college states, "Although opportunities for minority students have increased at other medical schools, the College uniquely addresses the special health care needs of medically underserved communities and continues to produce a significant number of the nation's minority physicians."
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The college's job opening description for Assistant or Associate Professor, Endocrinology, Department of Physiology, states "A successful applicant will be expected to develop an innovative, independent research program, and share our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion as well as excellence in graduate and medical education."
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On April 30, 2020, the college quoted then-D.C. Mayor Bowser as saying, "...we will deliver high quality, integrated care and transform our health care system by promoting equity in care, access, and outcomes. Together, we will build a health care system that meets the needs of all residents, attacks health disparities, and makes us more resilient for the challenges that lie ahead.” The announcement "advances the University’s Howard Forward strategic plan and the newly minted Campus Master Plan."
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One of the objectives of HU Graduate School's Master of Public Health Program is to "Apply analytical reasoning and research methods to address social, behavioral and environmental determinants of public health."
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