The funding was given to four projects that promote access to healthcare options and enhance patient care, according to a March 1 release. The first recipient was the Health Care Connections Access to Care project, which received $450,000 to provide care to low-income and uninsured patients in Wilkes County.
Wake Forest faculty members Jason Stopyra, MD, and Simon Mahler, MD, received $321,000 to establish a three-year project to reduce cardiac emergency disparities in rural areas using implementation science.
In addition, $100,000 was awarded to the Healthy Guilford Coalition to establish a new Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas Coalition and $296,000 was given to Suzanne Danhauer, PhD, to establish a three-year project focusing on reducing medical school faculty burnout.
Meanwhile, the University of Minnesota Medical School in Duluth has received a $750,000 grant to fund the recruiting of Native Students from the Upper Midwest. The funds were provided by the Genentech Innovation Fund, according to a Feb. 13 release from the university.
The grant will also be used to establish the Gateways to Medicine and Research Master of Science degree program, which will offer a two-year track for research track in biomedical sciences and one-year track for students interested in health professions, the release said.
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