Diabetes Improvement Project
The Diabetes Improvement Project of the Consortium of Safety Net Providers of Middle Tennessee is now in its second year. Members of the Consortium are Matthew Walker Community Health System , United Neighborhood CHS, University CHS, Faith Family Health Clinic, Siloam Health Center, St. Thomas Health System, and Nashville General Hospital/Meharry Clinics. These 7 systems serve over 106,000 uninsured or poorly insured people. The diabetes project traces on a monthly basis over 7000 patients with Diabetes. MORE
Grants and Publications
Dr. Dolores C. Shockley (center) works with students Patrice E. Moss Jessica L. Gadsden and Tunde O. Akinyeke in her lab at Meharry Medical College.
The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance has helped further remarkable achievements in research over the last decade. Of 169 collaborative grants between the two institutions, 148 were awarded post-Alliance.
Several grants fostered the creation and support of NEW RESEARCH CENTERS, including the Comprehensive Center for Health Disparities in HIV-AIDS at Meharry and the Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at Vanderbilt.