Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
UCLA, USC, and Kaiser Permanente collaboration
LOS ANGELES - UCLA, USC, Kaiser Permanente and other organizations announced that a collaboration would take place to overhaul the leadership of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in the Watts-Willowbrook area.
"This is a timely and critical development for the health, productivity, and well-being of the residents of South Los Angeles,'' Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said.
"Charles R. Drew University is a health professions, research, and economic engine for the community, and I am thrilled that Los Angeles' leading health, academic and philanthropic institutions are committed to continuing CDU's pivotal role in our community and establishing a dynamic future for the university.''
Also taking part in the new leadership effort are The California Endowment, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Catholic Healthcare West.
The groups will work together to develop a new governance structure for the university, create a management team and reorganize the board of trustees.
"CDU's Board of Trustees are pleased to have collaborated with the leaders of these civic-minded institutions to forge a new future for the university,'' said Bart Williams, immediate past chair of the board. "This effort will allow CDU to continue to train the next generation of health
professionals who serve our community.
"Our outgoing board members want to acknowledge the leadership role that Dr. Keith Norris has played as interim president and CEO during a difficult financial period at the University.''
Norris will stay with the university as vice president of research at CDU.
Robert K. Ross, president and CEO of The California Endowment, said the group has acted "with a sense of urgency to protect and preserve a historic institution. These are difficult economic times. The CDU Collaboration was formed to prevent the loss of a significant health research and medical education resource in Los Angeles.''
Ronald L. Brown, a graduate of Compton’s Centennial High School, the University of Southern California and the UCLA School of Law, became the first African American appointed to the office of Los Angeles County public defender on Tuesday. Brown has been with the agency since his admission to practice law in 1981. According to the new public defender, he was raised on welfare in Watts and Compton. He will supervise more than 700 attorneys in his new post, and in his former position as assistant public defender was responsible for hiring more than 300 of them.
LOS ANGELES - The USC men's tennis team and men's and women's water polo teams and UCLA women's gymnastics and softball teams will be among more than 30 NCAA championship teams from the 2009-2010 academic year honored by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony today.
The Trojan men's water polo and tennis teams also won NCAA championships during the 2008-2009 academic year, but neither received invitations to the White House.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Two African Americans are among the seven people—including healthcare and business experts and an attorney—recently approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to serve on the board of directors of the nonprofit entity being created to oversee operation of the new Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Hospital in Willowbrook. The prospective panelists last week were jointly nominated by Los Angeles County Chief Executive Officer William T. Fujioka and Dr. John D.
“We must find ways for African Americans and other minorities to access quality healthcare and improve their health outcomes in a medical system that continues to neglect minorities in every aspect of healthcare, from research through end-of-life care,” state Sen. Curren Price told a recent all-day Healthy Lifestyles Initiative Conference at the California Science Center in Exposition Park.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—UCLA offered admission to 15,560 prospective freshman for fall 2011, out of a record 61,515 applicants, the university announced today.
Of the admitted applicants, 44.9 percent are Asian/Asian-American, 32.1 percent are white, 15.5 percent are Latino/Chicano, 3.4 percent are Black and 0.6 percent are Native American.
The prospective freshmen have an average GPA of 4.3.
