Checkout The First Black Woman From South Carolina Elected Into The National Academy Of Medicine

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Charleston, SC - Chanita A. Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D., has been elected into invited to join the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the first woman and first African-American from South Carolina, to attain that distinction.

"I just see it as a real honor because I think it places MUSC as an institution among some of the most elite academic centers in the country," said Hughes-Halbert, who holds the AT&T distinguished endowed chair in cancer equity.

"And one of the things I’m most proud of since coming here is the work that’s being done in minority health and health disparities and cancer prevention and control. Several investigators, not just me, are really bringing national attention to MUSC."