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Baylor College of Medicine ranks high among non-profits |
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DeBakey High School student receives first Vera Tran Internship at CNRC |
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Baylor pediatric surgeons wins American Heart Association awards |
Baylor College of Medicine ranks high among non-profits
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston was ranked among the nation’s best non-profit organizations in a survey conducted by Charity Navigator of Mahway, N.J. The group provides information about non-profit organizations as a guide to potential donors.
In the study that evaluated the financial health of 2,500 tax-exempt groups around the United States, the Houston area ranked ninth nationally in terms of charitable giving. The study showed that Houston groups spent more on programs and less on fund-raising and administration than organizations in other metropolitan areas.
DeBakey High School student receives first Vera Tran Internship at CNRC
The first Vera Tran Student Internship has been awarded to Anh Mai, a senior at the Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine.
Tran was a student at the University of Houston and working in the CNRC when she was killed in an automobile accident in April. The 20-year-old was a member of the Houston Premedical Academy, a partnership of UH and Baylor. In the program, top DeBakey seniors are awarded scholarships to college at UH and medical school at Baylor.
Steven Abrams, MD, Tran’s advisor at the CNRC and a professor of pediatrics at Baylor, said the center wanted to do something to honor her memory. He noted her dedication to children and her interest in helping other students at DeBakey High School who were interested in medicine and research. In addition to the internship, a plaque in her honor has been placed in the library at the CNRC.
The 12-month internship will be awarded to a senior at DeBakey High School each year. The student will be able to work with CNRC investigators during the summer and throughout the school year. Mai, 17, would like to be a pediatrician.
Baylor pediatric surgeons win American Heart Association awards
Darrell L. Cass, MD, has received a grant from the Texas Affiliate of the American Heart Association for his project entitled, “Investigation into Mechanisms of Regenerative Healing in the Fetal Artery Wall.”
Cass, an assistant professor in the division of pediatric surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and attending surgeon at Texas Children’s Hospital, was also selected as one of three recipients for the 2003 Lyndon Baines Johnson Research Award. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Research Award pays $1,000 per year for Cass to attend the American Heart Association Scientific Session for the two-year term of the award.
Cass will also receive $128,000 over the next two years as grant support for his project. The award was presented during the Texas Affiliate’s Volunteer Leadership Conference at the Intercontinental Houston July 25, 2003.
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