Grant Provides Funds To Study Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities; Collaboration Works To Help American Indian Students Interested In Medicine

Main Category: Medical Students / Training
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Article Date: 24 Dec 2007 - 6:00 PST

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African-American Collaborative Obesity Research Network: The network, based at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct research on ways to reduce obesity among black children and adolescents. The network's research will look at how to develop community-based efforts to prevent obesity among black youth (University of Pennsylvania Almanac, 12/18).

University of New Mexico: UNM's Health Sciences Center and the Santa Fe Indian School are collaborating on an effort intended to prepare students for admission to UNM's School of Medicine, as well as provide educational guidance and opportunities to American Indian students who want to become health professionals (UNM release, 12/17).

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