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The Jonathan Mann Health and Human Rights Lecture, an Annual College of Population Health Lecture is set for Monday, Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall Rm. 101. The lecture, titled “Global Health Equity and Urban Design” features Dr. Marco Akerman, a...

The University of New Mexico Hospitals’ 2017-18 flu-shot campaign kicks off Oct. 7 and includes 20 Saturday community clinics through Dec. 2. UNM’s primary care clinics will see adults and children six months and older, while its specialty care clinics...

Normally, medical students don’t get an introduction into the kitchen during the course of their academic careers. Now, a new interdisciplinary course, between The University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine and the College of Education, is designed to...

The next meeting of The University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Book Club features Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skills by Mattieu Ricard on Thursday, Sept. 28. The HSC book club meets on the fourth Thursday of the month in...

The University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Book Club will discuss Devils Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea on Thursday, Aug. 24. In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest...

On a weekend in May – and again in October – dozens of volunteers gather at trailheads on the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon to engage hikers embarking on the arduous rim-to-rim traverse.  It’s not for the faint of heart. The trip covers 24...

The University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center Book Club meets again Thursday, July 27 to discuss the book Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Sklotts. The HSC book club meets on the fourth Thursday of the month in the Dean’s Large...

Before the advent of fetal surgery, operations took place after birth. Today, with innovative intrauterine procedures, surgeons are able to operate while the fetus is still in the womb. The ability to treat birth defects, such as spina bifida, in utero...

The University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center Book Club discusses Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, a book by Elyn Saks on Thursday, June 22 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Dean’s Large Conference Room on the first floor of Fitz Hall on...

The University of New Mexico’s Summer Institute in Community Based Participatory Research for Health, hosts a presentation titled, Uneven Power Relations, the Built Environment, and Policy Tools for Community Based Participatory Research, on Friday, June...