NIH Health Disparities Seminar Series
The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) invites you to attend the next NIH Health Disparities Seminar Series on August 13, 2009 focusing on community-based participatory research. Guest speakers will be Dr. Barbara Israel, Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan; and Ms. Angela Reyes, Executive Director, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation. (more)

NCMHD Stimulus Funding Opportunities
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides the NCMHD with an unparalleled opportunity to bolster the health disparities research enterprise by engaging a broad range of partners in a variety of scientific efforts aimed at improving the health of individuals experiencing disparities in health status, while boosting the economy in communities around the country. (more)

NCMHD Director’s Message on Stimulus Funding

NIH Launches Intramural Program at NCMHD
The program will expand research into eliminating health disparities by rejuvenating the intramural research program at the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. The intramural research program will be a campus-community system with two major components: a health disparities career development component and a health disparities research intervention component. (more)