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As a black man, seeing another black man in medicine IS BELIEVING it could be you too. The most blaring problem is that there are too few black men in medicine currently, and the trend seems to [...]

There are so many times on the tour when the mentors share their thoughts and feelings about belonging. Sometimes it starts with a question from a student while other times it’s a self-revealing [...]

“Dr. Henry, you said you were such a bad student, what made you turn things around?” This is a question that was asked to me during our stop at the University of Arkansas at Pine [...]

Today University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff was the second stop for our February 2016 Tour. My favorite part of the tour is introducing the field of pharmacy to all the students. I’ve come to [...]

Amazing young minds with infinite potential was the story of our first day on this Tour 4 Diversity. Langston University, outside of Oklahoma City, arrived in a large group via a bus ready to [...]

Today at Langston University, we were asked “ how do you make it through?”  “How do you do something that seems insurmountable to even start the process, let alone make it through all the steps [...]

One of the most significant things about my journey to med school is that I did A TON of prep work for interviews. Unfortunately, I was never afforded the opportunity to show my stuff (yes [...]

T4DPacNW: High School Report Connecting with the Seattle Youth   We prepared for weeks. Practiced presentations. Rephrased our powerpoint slides. Too wordy. Not enough pictures. A dozen [...]

A Day in the Life | Dr. Brandon Henry – 3rd Year Pediatric Resident The alarm goes off at about 5 or 5:30am. The thing is, I tend to hit the snooze button about 2-3 times. Life as a Senior [...]

The Tour for Diversity in Medicine was well represented at Learn Serve Lead 2015: The AAMC Annual Meeting.  In a conference room chocked full of bright, motivated Pre-Health students, Doctor [...]