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MEDICAL WINDFALL: The Los Angeles-based Assn. of Black Women Physicians has awarded scholarships to eight women enrolled in Southern California medical schools.
“Our main goals are to be a source of support for black women physicians and to organizations dedicated to the advancement of health care needs in minority communities,” said Dr. Claudia Alleyne, a neonatologist at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica and president of the association.
Each year, African American women medical students who are either from Southern California or enrolled in Southern California schools are given scholarships from the association based on their financial needs and dedication to their work.
This year, awards totaling $15,000 were given to Marla Abrolat and Yvette Price, UCLA Medical School; Maxine Anderson, Alicia Easley and Lorin Guillory, Charles R. Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program; Tamika Henry, USC Medical School; Lasha Pierce, UC Irvine Medical School, and LaDonna White, UC Davis Medical School.
An awards banquet is scheduled for Saturday at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Alleyne said.
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