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At AAMC Dr. Mona Fouad, 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award recipient, shares her journey from Egypt to Alabama
November 29, 2022

This article was first published on the AAMC website here. By Bridget Balch, Staff Writer, AAMC   As a child growing up in Egypt, Mona Fouad’s parents primed her to become … chevron_right Read more

Mona Fouad, MD, MPH, winner of the 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare, recognized for her contributions to health equity research
November 13, 2022
AAMC
In Birmingham, like in the town outside of Alexandria, Egypt, Fouad recognized that social issues contributed to poor health outcomes in underserved communities, an idea that was not widely accepted at the time. Many fellow physicians and researchers told her that health disparities work was not really contributing to medical science, and that it was only “feel-good community work.” “Even hearing these things, I persisted,” she said. chevron_rightRead more
2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare bestowed on health equity leader Dr. Mona Fouad
June 1, 2022
Vilcek Foundation

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the Vilcek Foundation are pleased to announce that the 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare will be presented to Dr. Mona Fouad, MD, MPH for her career-long commitment to equity in healthcare. Dr. Fouad is the Founding Director of the University of Alabama, Birmingham Minority Health and Health Disparity Research Center. chevron_right Read more