OUR IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS

S1.1 Million

MSM was selected by the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health to lead a project focused on advancing health equity through collaborative policy efforts. MSM was awarded up to $1.1 million over three years and will collaborate with the City of East Point, Georgia, and other partners.

96 Research and training

$33,261,836

Total dollar amount awarded in federal grants

96% Match with residency programs, including 94 percent who received their first choice of specialty.

Breast Cancer

Ghana

Morehouse School of Medicine’s Melissa B. Davis, PhD, serves as Scientific Director of the International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes (ICSBCS). The group focuses on characterizing the biological determinants of cancer disparities across the African diaspora, particularly regarding the tumor biology differences that drive worse outcomes in these populations.

Telemedicine

Zambia

Under the leadership of Dominic Mack, MD, MBA, the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) at MSM has been collaborating with the Zambian Ministry of Health and other partners on an innovative telemedicine program within the country’s Lusaka District funded through the PEPFAR program. Since it began in June 2021, more than 2,900 patients have received care through the program, which offers appointments in five treatment area — from tuberculosis preventative therapy to mental health services.

42% Residency students will stay in Georgia for their residencies and half of the class matched into primary care specialties.

Recognition

MSM’s Online Master of Science in Biotechnology degree program was ranked second-best in the United States by Intelligent.com. The degree program was also recognized as the best in the nation offered by a Historically Black College or University.

$75,628,070

Total dollar amount awarded in research grants

International Elective

Three fourth-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) students completed a month-long training in India to learn techniques of traditional Siddha medicine as complementary and alternative medicine.

Malaria

Ghana

Jonathan Stiles, PhD, is a professor and chair of the MSM Department of microbiology, biochemistry, and immunology. He is Co-Principal Investigator of a project that aims to develop a new potential treatment for a severe form of malaria. The international research team, which is also led by Byron Ford, PhD, of University of California, Riverside, received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

HIV/AIDS

Senegal

A team of Morehouse School of Medicine researchers investigating a treatment used by African traditional healers in collaboration with PROMETRA, a non-governmental organization of traditional healers led by Dr. Erik Gbodossou, both a traditional healer and a Western medical doctor located in Senegal.