Minority
Biomedical Research Support (MBRS)
Despite all the efforts and successes of the past
three decades, the status of disadvantaged minorities in higher
education still leaves a great deal to be desired. The number of
Blacks advancing in the academic world remains distressingly low.
Minority enrollment in graduate and professional schools has failed
to show a steady advance. This invariably translates to a severe
under-representation of minority physicians, biomedical researchers,
and college, university and medical faculty. Increasing the number
of minorities involved in conducting biomedical research, in research
training, and in higher education would go a long way towards decreasing
the discrepancy in the quality of health and life expectancy between
the majority and minority populations. The mission of the Morehouse
School of Medicine isto eliminate this health-gap in underserved
and underrepresented minority populations. The MSM/MBRS program
includes fourteen diverse biomedical research projects designed
to enhance research opportunities for our undergraduate, graduate
and medical students. The objectives for the MBRS program at the
Morehouse School of Medicine are to:
1) increase
the number of faculty conducting biomedical research;
2) enhance the productivity of our faculty by providing resources
and an environment that are conducive to research;
3) increase the number of minority undergraduate and graduate students
inbiomedical research by providing mentorship and support for research
training;
4) increase the number of minority medical students involved in
research by encouraging students accepted to medical school to pursue
careers in academic medicine/research;
5) enhance the potential of the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM)
faculty to secure extramural research funding.
Therefore, the
overall goal of the MSM/MBRS Program is to promote, support and
conduct biomedical research that unravels the basic biology of disease
processes disproportionately affecting minorities and underserved
populations, thereby establishing a cadre of outstanding researchers
and educators who are likely to become tomorrow's scientific leaders.
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