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USC’s Arnold School of Public Health has received a $2.75 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant to partner with six of the state's historically black colleges and universities for research and to increase the number of minorities entering public health fields.
The colleges are Allen University, Benedict College, Claflin University, Morris College, South Carolina State University and Voorhees College.
The five-year grant is designed to reduce health disparities among African Americans and other groups. It will link researchers at USC’s Arnold School of Public Health with faculty of similar interests at the partner institutions and provide funding for research. On the academic side, it will fund programs for high school students and offer financial assistance and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
Saundra Glover, a USC public health researcher, will oversee the five-year grant. President Andrew Sorensen said this type of partnership is unprecedented in this state.
"This is an historic step for healthcare in South Carolina," Sorensen said. "This collaboration marks the beginning of an unprecedented partnership among the University of South Carolina, the state’s HBCUs and the people of South Carolina.
"African Americans in our state have a disproportionate share of the health problems such as stroke, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, HIV and AIDS, infant mortality and prostate cancer. With its nationally recognized faculty and programs in research, education and outreach, the Arnold School of Public Health is well positioned to undertake an effort of this magnitude, an effort that could become a model for the rest of the nation."
03/03
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