Medical students or graduates that volunteer to participate on COBB projects and agree to receive mentorship as available
No compensation offered
No fee expected
Would fill out a Cobb externship application. Click here
Must provide a letter of recommendation.
Approved Externs assigned to a primary task by CEO or leadership team.
Cobb will allow Externs access to general education information on the Cobb website.
Externs are invited to attend webinars, conferences,etc.
Externs will be encouraged to complete a research paper if they serve more than three months.
Career development mentorship will be provided (individual & group)
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Cobb & Company Podcast Episode 15: Dr. Hassan Tetteh talks about the many ways that artificial intelligence is reshaping healthcare, research, and the workforce, and it's origins in military applications. Cobb Institute Podcast
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Cobb President & CEO Receives JRGOS 2026 Augustus A. White, III, MD, PhD Founders Award: Read more
The Inaugural World Congress on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, presented in partnership with NMA, Imhotep, The Cobb Institute and Springer Nature’s Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, featured a keynote from Cobb Institute President Dr. Randall Morgan.Read more
2026 W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute Health Disparities Symposium The 2026 Health Disparities Symposium, presented by the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute in collaboration with Howard University Hospital, was a great success. The main symposium and the evening gathering were well attended and featured dynamic speakers and presentations.
Congratulations to Leon McDougle, MD, MPH, member of the Cobb Institute Board of Directors and the first African-American professor with tenure in The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine’s department of family and community medicine, on receiving the 2025 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award from the AAMC. Read the full announcement here.