The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (FDA OMHHE) has awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to the PATIENTS Program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in partnership with Mount Lebanon Baptist Church and two historically black colleges and universities: Coppin State University’s Helene Fuld School of Nursing and College of Allied Health in Baltimore and Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy in New Orleans.
The Racial and Ethnic Minority Acceleration Consortium for Health Equity focuses on strengthening and advancing minority health and health equity-focused research, outreach, and communications as well as supporting the training and mentoring of students, fellows, and researchers from diverse communities.
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