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Social Injustice and Racial Disparities in health have
amplified our work and our IMPACT
MSM Awarded $40 million
Grant from HHS
JUNE 23, 2020 - Morehouse School
of Medicine (MSM) was awarded
a new $40 million grant to fight
COVID-19 in racial and ethnic mi-
Bloomberg Philanthropies Invests $26.3 Million nority, rural and socially vulnerable
in MSM Medical Students communities by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Mi-
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 - Morehouse School of Medi- nority Health (OMH). Read More >
cine has been awarded $26.3 million from Bloomberg
Philanthropies, the charitable organization founded by
entrepreneur and former New York City Mayor and
Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg. At MSM,
the funds will be used to reduce medical school loan
debt for Black students currently enrolled and receiv- MSM, Gilead Partner to Study Racial Health
ing student aid. Read More > Inequities Associated with COVID-19
JULY 28, 2020 - Gilead Sciences and the Satcher
Health Leadership Institute are working together to
develop a real-time, public-facing and comprehensive
health equity data platform to help address the impact
MSM and CDC Announce Partnership of COVID-19 and other diseases on communities of
JUNE 17, 2020 - The CDC Foundation and the Satch- color. Read More >
er Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School
of Medicine announced a partnership to address the
health equity implications of the COVID-19 pandem- Southern Company Gas Donates $1 million to
ic. Read More > MSM Academic Expansion
MAY 26, 2020 -
SHLI Receives $1 Million Gift from Google Southern Company
Gas and the Southern
MAY 28, 2020 - This Company Gas Char-
partnership will enable the itable Foundation are
real-time COVID-19 collec- donating $1 million
tion and study of detailed toward academic expansion and efforts to provide
demographic data about the communities of color that greater equity in healthcare led by Morehouse School
are being hit hardest by the pandemic. Read More > of Medicine (MSM). Read More >
