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The special April 2026 themed issue of the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science explores a defining question in modern health research: “How do academic health centers build trust, break down barriers and advance research shaped by the...
Monique Concha was one of 200 middle and high school students who attended the recent 2nd Annual Native American Health Care Career Expo, from 19 schools representing Tribal communities across the state. Despite the winter cold, the Taos High School...
Loretta Cordova de Ortega, MD, has been a lifelong advocate for patients with disabilities and has paved the way for many Hispanic health care professionals. Cordova de Ortega is The University of New Mexico School of Medicine chair for the Department...
Black women in America are being killed at rates far higher than any other group, according to Tameka Gillum,PhD, associate professor in The University of New Mexico College of Population Health (COPH). Gillum and her co-authors note this pattern...
