Morehouse School of Medicine
The great alliance between Morehouse School of Medicine and the National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center as a Regional Performance Site offers an excellent opportunity for Morehouse School of Medicine faculty and its students along with our consultants and collaborating organizations to improve health outcomes. Through our capacity building, education, collaboration, health promotion activities, preceptorships and residency training programs, we will target healthcare providers in minority communities both locally and nationally in our efforts to reduce HIV treatment disparities among diverse populations.
Morehouse School of Medicine is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of individuals and communities; increasing the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce; and addressing primary health-care needs through programs in education, research, and service, with emphasis on people of color and the underserved urban and rural populations in Georgia and the nation.
Established in 1975, the School of Medicine at Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) became independent from its founding institution in 1981. MSM is a member of the Atlanta University Center Consortium, Inc. — a consortium of five Historically Black Colleges and Universities. MSM is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the M.D., the Ph.D. in biomedical sciences, the master of public health (M.P.H.),the Masters of Science in clinical research (M.S.C.R.) degrees, and by the Council on Education for Public Health to award the M.P.H. degree. MSM holds the maximum eight-year accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education to grant an M.D. degree. MSM residency programs are fully accredited by the Accrediting Council on Graduate Medical Education.
The school has a number of nationally recognized research centers and institutes, most notably among The centers are: the Neuroscience Institute, Clinical Research Center; National Center for Primary Care, Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, and the Center of Excellence on Health Disparities.
Morehouse Facts
- In the U.S., less than 35 percent of physicians train in primary care specialties (Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and edicine/Pediatrics). By comparison, since 1994, nearly 70 percent of MSM graduates have chosen the field of primary care. Morehouse School of Medicine has been recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for leadership in primary care training.
- The National Center for Primary Care serves as a national resource encouraging doctors to pursue primary care careers; it conducts practice-based research to improve health outcomes; creates protocols and tools for improving primary care effectiveness; and undertakes policy analyses focused on how to make primary care more accessible and more effective.
- The majority of MSM’s nearly 1,000 alumni (holding M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., and M.S.C.R. degrees) choose to honor the MSM mission by serving communities located in rural areas and inner cities.
- Contact Information
- Morehouse School of Medicine
Harold Gene Stringer, M.D. – Co-Principal Investigator
hstringer@msm.edu – 404.756.1340
Mesfin G. Fransua, M.D. – Co-Investigator
mfransua@msm.edu – 404.756.7658
Leah Taylor – Program Coordinator
ltaylor@msm.edu – 404.756.1311