Addressing Health
Foundation, the Miller School's
Department of Family Medicine
Disparities Across the U.S., being a member of an underserved ethnic
minority is strongly associated with poorer health outcomes,
and South Florida is no excep-
tion. Founded in 2004, the Miller School’s Jay Weiss Center for So-
cial Medicine and Health Equity
and Community Health provides high-quality health care and
residency education at Jefferson Reaves, Sr. Health Center. The
Overtown facility has become
a national model for providing high-quality primary care services to the underserved.
addresses these deadly dispari-
Based in the School of Nursing
Counseling on Adherence and
University of Miami Center
ties through initiatives such as Community Health (COACH), which enlists
and Health Studies, the
of Excellence for Health
community
health work-
ers to provide HIV-positive
patients with lifesaving
education and
> University programs utilize the utmost in simulation education technologies to achieve the
most important goal in health care: protecting patients. The School of Nursing and Health Studies’ International Academy for Clinical Simulation and Research (above) is one of the first centers of its type. At the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education, medical students build their diagnostic skills on Harvey, a widely used cardiopulmonary patient simulator created by the 16 University of Miami 2011 President’s Report
Miller School’s Michael Gordon. And at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Center for Patient Safety, entire health care teams are trained to work more effectively through highly realistic
support.
The nation’s
largest longterm health
study of His-
panic/Latino populations,
the Hispanic
simulated medical scenarios.
the Miller School is the leading
Health Study compares health
Disparities Research (El Centro)
people from various Hispanic/
five-year NIH grant. The center
risks, practices, and outcomes in
pediatric medical enterprise in the southeastern United
Latino backgrounds. Adminis-
States. In 2011 Holtz Children’s
tered by the Miller School, the
Hospital at UM/Jackson
Miami arm of the study recently
Memorial Medical Center was
published its first findings.
ranked among the country’s U.S.News & World Report.
Health Studies minimester in Chile.
Community
Center for Child Development,
“Best Children’s Hospitals” by
> A nursing student cares for an infant during a School of Nursing and
> The Miller School of Medicine is a study site
for the nationwide Hispanic Community Health
In partnership with Jackson
Health System and with gener-
was launched in 2007 with a
fosters collaborative research designed to develop effective
culturally tailored interventions for behaviorally rooted health
conditions, including sexually transmitted infections and
ous support from United Health
Study, one of the largest studies of its kind.
> Ethical Quest Adrienne Arsht donates $1 million to UM Ethics Programs—at the time, the largest gift supporting ethics programs in Florida.
’07
> Global Perspective A $10 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation launches the Knight Center for International Media at the School of Communication.