Area Health
Education Centers
Health professions education in underserved sites to improve
the supply of health professionals to rural and inner-city
communities and the quality of health care in these communities.
Population: Underserved communities in the State of Georgia
and South-central Georgia. N= |
D. Blumenthal
M. McNeal |
Health
Resources and Services Administration |
Office
of the Dean |
Health Education
and Training Centers
Similar to AHEC but includes community health promotion.
Population: Residents in 12 severely underserved rural
counties in Georgia and 5 inner city communities in Atlanta. |
D. Blumenthal
M. Davis |
Health
Resources and Services Administration |
Office
of the Dean |
Public Health Summer Fellows Program
Summer internship program designed to introduce and expose minority undergraduate students to the field of public health. The goal of the program is to encourage minority students to pursue graduate education in public health.
Web link |
C. Rasheed |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CHPM |
Ben Carson
Science Academy
Summer and weekend educational program for elementary
and middle school students. Population: Metropolitan Atlanta
elementary and middle school students |
V. Allwood |
UPS |
Student
Affairs |
Ben Carson
Science Academy
Summer and weekend educational program for high school
students. Population: Metropolitan Atlanta high school
students |
V. Allwood |
National
Science Foundation |
Student
Affairs |
Health Careers
Opportunity Program (HCOP)
Greater metropolitan Atlanta "Pipeline" programs
to encourage and assist underrepresented minority students
to enter the health professions. Population: Metropolitan
Atlanta underrepresented minority students |
A. Franklin |
Health
Resources and Services Administration |
Student
Affairs |
Master of Public Health Program
Our MPH Program, fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, emphasizes community-based teaching and learning. For more information on the Program, click here http://web.msm.edu/mph/index.htm
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P. Rodney |
Centers for Disease Control |
CHPM |
Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program
This residency program leads to board eligibility in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. For more information click here http://web.msm.edu/phpm/phpm.htm and here http://web.msm.edu/gme/phpm.htm |
B. Taylor |
Health Resources and Services Administration
Georgia Division of Public Health |
CHPM |
Center for Community Health and Service Learning is designed to engage medical students, faculty and staff in service-learning activities in partnership with community and faith-based organizations throughout Atlanta. The center provides future physicians the analytical skills to understand the economic, social and environmental needs of underserved communities. Learn & Serve Americais the Center’s longest running project and is designed to engage medical and graduate students in community service linked to academic achievement and the development of civic engagement skills.
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M. McNeal |
Corporation for National and Community Service |
CHPM |
Center for Community Health & Service Learning
Homeland Security Special Volunteer Program
Is the center’s newest project, and is designed to engage volunteers, specifically persons 55 and older, in educating their communities about emergency preparedness.
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M. McNeal |
Corporation for National and Community Service |
CHPM |
