Since its inception in 1999, the Consortium and its member institutions have achieved some major accomplishments toward the advancement of its mission. The first meeting of the Consortium was held during the 2001 American Public Health Association meeting in Boston, MA. Programs in attendance were Fort Valley State University, Florida A&M University, Jackson State University, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine. The Director of the Program at JSU was elected Chair. The first goal was to join the Minority Professional Health Foundation (MPHF). Mermbers attended several meetings jointly sponsored by the MPHF and CDC in February 2000 - 2004 . This allowed for further planning and relationship building. Following is a listing of some of these milestones:
2001
·Consortium continues annual APHA meeting with members of existing public health programs at HBCUs
2002
·Morgan State graduates its first cohort of 7 MPH students
2003
·Consortium convenes its Annual Strategic Planning Meetings at APHA
·Morgan State graduates its first cohort of 5 DrPH graduates. This marks the first ever DrPH graduates from an HBCU.
2004
·Consortium adopts its vision and mission statements and targeted goals and objectives
·Consortium receives funding from:
USDA/CSREES
This was a collaboration between Morgan State, Meharry, Morehouse and Jackson State in which a planning grant was received to conduct initial research on a multi-site, multi-state nutrition-based applied obesity research proposal designed to: 1) increase public housing residents’ participation in Federally-Funded Food Assistance Nutrition Programs; 2) increase the efficacy of using the FFFANP by providing reinforcing health promotion diet and physical activity interventions and 3) increase the ability of public housing residents to manage their food budget so as to achieve the economic benefit from participating in the federal programs.
SAMHSA (substance abuse and mental health curriculum development)
The goal of the project is to introduce substance abuse and mental health into the curriculum of public health programs at HBCU’s. This project involved identifying core components of public health programs necessary for the successful integration into medical schools and public health training programs. The purpose of this initiative was to develop an infrastructure in HBCU’s to address racial and ethnic health disparities as it relates to substance abuse and mental health.
SAMSHA (faculty development)
Within the substance abuse and mental health curriculum development project, work was also done to increase the professional development and research capabilities of HBCU faculty.
·Jackson State achieves public health school status and is approved to offer the DrPH
·Morgan State receives the maximum 5-year accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
·Howard University starts its MPH Program and joins the Consortium
·FAMU starts its DrPH Program and receives a $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help eliminate health disparities in partnership with Harvard School of Public Health
2005
·Consortium sponsors conference in Baltimore entitled “Upward Bound.” The purpose of this conference was to link educational status to health. Dr. Patricia Welch, Dean MSU School of Education was the Keynote speaker.
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·Consortium sponsors exhibit booth at APHA
Consortium publishes draft of the first edition of “Health Disparities? Not in My Community” a handbook distributed at the annual APHA meeting held in Philadelphia. The “Health Disparities? Not in My Community” handbook provides portraits of the trends, causes and correlates, and “best practices” involving health disparity populations. Organized to serve as a supplement to textbooks and readings in introductory and/or advanced courses, the handbook will serve as the first of a series of publications by the Consortium. In addition, to being adopted by the Consortium members, the handbook will also be marketed to majority and
minority colleges and universities for use in nursing programs, health care administration programs, and medical school programs.
·Consortium website is launched
·Consortium members participate in the W.K. Kellogg Retreat designed to assist with strategic faculty development planning and implementation.
·Consortium travels to Accra, Ghana for workshops on women and reproductive health
·Morgan State achieves public health school status
·FAMU establishes a Birth Defects Registry
·Howard University graduates its first cohort of 18 MPH students
·Jackson State admits its first cohort of DrPH students. This marks the first DrPH program in Mississippi
·Meharry forms a strategic alliance with Vanderbilt for research center
The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance is a collaboration in which both institutions work together to enhance the educational, scientific, and clinical programs at and between both institutions and to assist with collaborative efforts for undergraduate and graduate medical/health education
2006
·Morehouse becomes the Coordinating Site for the Consortium
·Meharry prepares to open a Research Center to combat health disparities in women of color
·Jackson State prepares to offer a Summer Research Institute
·Morehouse Public Health Program celebrates its 10th Anniversary
·Charles Drew School of Medicine re-joins the Consortium (more details later)
2001
·Consortium continues annual APHA meeting with members of existing public health programs at HBCUs
2002
·Morgan State graduates its first cohort of 7 MPH students
2003
·Consortium convenes its Annual Strategic Planning Meetings at APHA
·Morgan State graduates its first cohort of 5 DrPH graduates. This marks the first ever DrPH graduates from an HBCU.
2004
·Consortium adopts its vision and mission statements and targeted goals and objectives
·Consortium receives funding from:
USDA/CSREES
This was a collaboration between Morgan State, Meharry, Morehouse and Jackson State in which a planning grant was received to conduct initial research on a multi-site, multi-state nutrition-based applied obesity research proposal designed to: 1) increase public housing residents’ participation in Federally-Funded Food Assistance Nutrition Programs; 2) increase the efficacy of using the FFFANP by providing reinforcing health promotion diet and physical activity interventions and 3) increase the ability of public housing residents to manage their food budget so as to achieve the economic benefit from participating in the federal programs.
SAMHSA (substance abuse and mental health curriculum development)
The goal of the project is to introduce substance abuse and mental health into the curriculum of public health programs at HBCU’s. This project involved identifying core components of public health programs necessary for the successful integration into medical schools and public health training programs. The purpose of this initiative was to develop an infrastructure in HBCU’s to address racial and ethnic health disparities as it relates to substance abuse and mental health.
SAMSHA (faculty development)
Within the substance abuse and mental health curriculum development project, work was also done to increase the professional development and research capabilities of HBCU faculty.
·Jackson State achieves public health school status and is approved to offer the DrPH
·Morgan State receives the maximum 5-year accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
·Howard University starts its MPH Program and joins the Consortium
·FAMU starts its DrPH Program and receives a $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help eliminate health disparities in partnership with Harvard School of Public Health
2005
·Consortium sponsors conference in Baltimore entitled “Upward Bound.” The purpose of this conference was to link educational status to health. Dr. Patricia Welch, Dean MSU School of Education was the Keynote speaker.
·
·Consortium sponsors exhibit booth at APHA
Consortium publishes draft of the first edition of “Health Disparities? Not in My Community” a handbook distributed at the annual APHA meeting held in Philadelphia. The “Health Disparities? Not in My Community” handbook provides portraits of the trends, causes and correlates, and “best practices” involving health disparity populations. Organized to serve as a supplement to textbooks and readings in introductory and/or advanced courses, the handbook will serve as the first of a series of publications by the Consortium. In addition, to being adopted by the Consortium members, the handbook will also be marketed to majority and
minority colleges and universities for use in nursing programs, health care administration programs, and medical school programs.
·Consortium website is launched
·Consortium members participate in the W.K. Kellogg Retreat designed to assist with strategic faculty development planning and implementation.
·Consortium travels to Accra, Ghana for workshops on women and reproductive health
·Morgan State achieves public health school status
·FAMU establishes a Birth Defects Registry
·Howard University graduates its first cohort of 18 MPH students
·Jackson State admits its first cohort of DrPH students. This marks the first DrPH program in Mississippi
·Meharry forms a strategic alliance with Vanderbilt for research center
The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance is a collaboration in which both institutions work together to enhance the educational, scientific, and clinical programs at and between both institutions and to assist with collaborative efforts for undergraduate and graduate medical/health education
2006
·Morehouse becomes the Coordinating Site for the Consortium
·Meharry prepares to open a Research Center to combat health disparities in women of color
·Jackson State prepares to offer a Summer Research Institute
·Morehouse Public Health Program celebrates its 10th Anniversary
·Charles Drew School of Medicine re-joins the Consortium (more details later)
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