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University provost calls on
expanded educational pipeline
E d u c a to r s , s c ie n tis ts a n d
h ealthcare p rofessionals have all
been called on by H o w ard U n iv er­
sity P rovost and C h ie f A cadem ic
O fficer Dr. W ayne A. I. F rederick to
ex p an d the pipeline to m edical and
science fields to m ake them acces­
s ib le to e v e r y o n e , in c lu d in g
u n d errep resen ted groups
W ith blacks m aking up ju s t over
13 percent o f the U .S. population
and less than 4 p ercent o f A m erican
d o cto rs, F red e ric k d e liv e red the
address at the four-day long N a­
tional M edical A ssociation C o n fer­
ence in T o ro n to to underscore a
desire to create support system s
and m e n to rsh ip o p p o rtu n ities to
en co u rag e success.
T he N ational M edical A sso cia­
tion is the largest and o ld est n a ­
tio n al o rg a n iz a tio n re p re se n tin g
A frican-A m erican physicians and
their patients in the U nited States.
“It is c lear that science, tech n o l­
ogy, engineering and m ath d isci­
plines w ill lead the innovation and
solutions o f tom o rro w .” F rederick
said. “It is absolutely critical that w e
fill the pipeline w ith people w ho are
w ell-equipped and w ell-prepared in
ST E M d iscip lin es.”
Frederick, a graduate o f the Howard
U niversity C ollege o f M edicine, dis­
cussed the educational institution’s
groundw ork to channel young people
into these disciplines, which include
establishing a m iddle school o f math
and science in 2005.
A t undergraduate and graduate
levels, H ow ard has a track record o f
producing the largest n um ber o f
A frican-A m erican physicians and
is one o f the leading producers o f
m in o rity a p p lic a n ts to m e d ic a l
schools across the country.