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Since its founding in 1975, Morehouse School of Medicine has been leading the creation

        and advancement of health equity to achieve health justice. We exist to promote health equity in                           40%                                         88% of MD students
        every facet of our society by:                                                                                                                                         matriculating in 2022-23
                                                                                                                                                                               came from medically
        • Addressing critical healthcare shortages by placing primary care clinicians in the underserved                                                                       underserved communities
          urban and rural areas that need us most                                                                                  GROWTH                                      in Georgia.

        • Increasing the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce to improve health outcomes                  in student body size
        • Improving health and wellbeing of individuals and communities through programs in education,                             over the past six years.
          research, and service for all.




                                                                                                                                   Capital gifts will
        CAMPAIGN PILLARS:  EDUCATION   |   INNOVATION   |   CAPITAL   |   ENDOWMENT
                                                                                                                                   provide the necessary
                                                                                                                                   campus expansions
                                                                                                                                   to allow MSM to double
                                                                                                                                   student enrollment
                                                           Morehouse School of Medicine
        50                                                 here, you are investing in more         The case                       80%                                          10.7% increase in enrollment               72%
                                                                                                                                   across all programs
                                                           is the solution. When you invest
                                                           primary care physicians and
                                                           more clinicians serving
                                                                                                                                                                               between the 2021-22 and
                                                                                                   is clear.
                                                                                                                                                                               2022-23 Academic Years.
                                                           underserved communities.
                                                                                                   An investment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of our MD
                                                           You are increasing the number
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           to care for
                                                                                                   School of
                                                           assistants, researchers, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           underserved
                                                                                                   Medicine’s
                                                           public health professionals.
        For almost 50 years, our mission has not wavered,   of physicians, physician               in Morehouse                    of our student body                                                                     students plan
        but our work has never been more important         You are building the groundwork         $500 million                    comes from populations                                                                  populations and
        than it is right now. Clinical shortages are       for a new nursing program.              IMPACT                          underrepresented in                                                                     67% choose
        pervasive. Disparate health care is the norm for   You are supporting cutting              Campaign                        medicine and biomedical                                                                 primary care
        too many people. According to the Georgia          edge medical discoveries and            ensures a                       sciences.                                                                               and core specialty
        Public Policy Foundation:                          research that is resulting in           healthier and                                                                                                           residencies vs.
        • nine counties have no doctors of any specialty   improved outcomes for all               more equitable                                                                                                          the 35% national
        • 18 counties have no family medicine physician    people — in Georgia, across                                                                                                                                     average.
        • 65 counties have no pediatrician                 the US, and around the world.           future for all.                                                             Four MSM Physician Assistant Studies students
                                                                                                                                                                               participated in the first year of an initiative that offers
        • 82 counties, there are no OB/GYN specialists                                                                                                                         training in rural health care through Northern Light
                                                                                                                                                                               Health, a healthcare system in Maine.






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