Diamond Dixon

Houston, Texas

Diamond is a media and public relations professional located in Houston, Texas.

Diamond Dixon

Houston, Texas

Diamond is a media and public relations professional located in Houston, Texas.

Opinion: A Black doctor and scientist on vaccinating minorities
When it was first announced that a COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for emergency use by the Federal Drug Administration in the United States, the scientific community was finally able to exhale. As a Black physician and member of the scientific community, I was particularly encouraged because of the disproportionately higher rates of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 among the Hispanic, Black and Indigenous American populations.
Houston Chronicle
Texas A&M to Establish Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine
The Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine is the only school in the world to offer students a fully blended curriculum resulting in a simultaneous doctorate of medicine and master’s degree in engineering in four years. Credit: Texas A&M Engineering. EnMed leads world in training “physicianeers” as medical inventors by offering medical doctorates and master’s degrees in engineering simultaneously.
Unbound serves the poor across the globe
When Pope Francis talks about the poor, there is one element he insists upon repeatedly: Poor people, whether they are migrants, refugees, addicts, or the plain materially poor, are still simply people. People like you and me, like the pope himself. They are, he tweeted once, “people who have faces, names, stories — and need to be treated as such.”.
Catholic Digest
2018 Year in Review
As 2018 comes to an end, Unbound shares five of its proudest moments from the year. Without any government funding or major foundation grants, Unbound reached $2 billion in total revenue since its founding in 1981. Recently, more than 92 percent of Unbound’s expenditures have been used toward program support.
MU School of Medicine, CoxHealth, Mercy Springfield Open Center to Train More Doctors for Missouri
The University of Missouri School of Medicine, along with CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield, celebrated the official opening of a new $42.5 million medical education center today. The unique public-private partnership between MU and the Springfield health systems is designed to address a critical shortage of physicians in the state and nation.
Grill with Caution
Many people view Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start of the summer grilling season, but they may not be aware of the dangers of eating food cooked on grills cleaned with wire-bristle brushes. A new study conducted at the University of Missouri School of Medicine identified more than 1,600 injuries from wire-bristle grill brushes reported in emergency rooms since 2002.
MU Radiology Professor Named India’s Person of the Year in Science
Katti received this recognition for his breakthrough research in the fields of nanomedicine and green nanotechnology. Katti has dedicated his career at MU to discovering new ways to use gold nanoparticles and “green” technologies such as phytochemicals from tea, soy, cinnamon, and other common herbs and fruits, as non-toxic alternatives to treating cancer, arthritis and other debilitating diseases.
Archives Fall 2015 : Page 18
Easing the load BY DIAMOND DIXON Frederick helps patients through breast cancer journey breast cancer diagnosis is an overwhelming experience, with countless diff erent emotions and thoughts of impending life-changing decisions. In addition to the emotional burdens faced when coming to terms with their new diagnoses, patients also face the extra weight of navigating through the health care system.
Combating Zika Virus Requires Focus on Vaccines, Therapies, Mosquitoes, MU Experts Say
If traveling, pregnant women should get blood tests done after they return home, says MU ob-gyn expert. As many as 4 million people could be infected with the Zika virus by the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization. The Zika virus is transmitted by mosquito bites to people predominantly in Central and South America.

About

Diamond Dixon

Diamond Dixon received bachelor and master degrees from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Originally from Independence, Missouri, Diamond has made Houston her home the last year. Before joining Texas A&M University as a senior communications specialist, Diamond worked for the international nonprofit Unbound.org and for MU Health Care’s Department of Public Relations.

Her work has helped earned news coverage in elite publications such as Forbes, Reader's Digest, Men’s Fitness Magazine, SHAPE Magazine, The Times of India, Yahoo! News and more.