'Academic medicine does not reflect the diversity of this nation,' says Darin Latimore, MD, deputy dean and chief diversity officer at Yale School of Medicine. While students complete a research project between the first and second year at Meharry, the school has no major hospital affiliation, limiting student access to mentors in many specialties. The inaugural program, which was virtual, connected Yale faculty, residents, and students from Neurosurgery and Psychiatry with six students from Meharry Medical College. The program's ultimate goal is to create a pipeline for Yale to attract students from underrepresented groups as medical residents. This year, Yale School of Medicine launched the Meharry-Yale Summer Research program, a program designed to enhance the research skills of medical students at Meharry Medical College, a historically black medical school in Nashville, Tennessee, and introduce the students to Yale and the New Haven community.
