Rate this HBCU Day 48: Meharry Medical College

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Aug 6, 2024

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments

Michael Bloomberg committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools through his organization Bloomberg Philanthropies.

apnews.com

The gifts are among the largest private donations to any historically Black college or university, with $175 million each going to Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine. Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science will receive $75 million. Xavier University of Louisiana, which is opening a new medical school, will also receive a $5 million grant

Got damn this is massive. Shoutout to Bloomberg for this project

 

[MostReal]

Aug 6, 2024

Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments

Michael Bloomberg committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools through his organization Bloomberg Philanthropies.

apnews.com

The gifts are among the largest private donations to any historically Black college or university, with $175 million each going to Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine. Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science will receive $75 million. Xavier University of Louisiana, which is opening a new medical school, will also receive a $5 million grant

very much needed for those institutions of medicine, very much appreciative Bloomberg.
tell your friends to drop some off at the HBCU Land grants next, starting with the nations 1st in Alcorn

 

[DrBanneker]

Aug 6, 2024

Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments

Michael Bloomberg committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools through his organization Bloomberg Philanthropies.

apnews.com

The gifts are among the largest private donations to any historically Black college or university, with $175 million each going to Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine. Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science will receive $75 million. Xavier University of Louisiana, which is opening a new medical school, will also receive a $5 million grant

I wonder if this is to help counter the anti-DEI push or if he just sees it as part of a worthy cause to improve healthcare?

 

[Rekkapryde]

I wonder if this is to help counter the anti-DEI push or if he just sees it as part of a worthy cause to improve healthcare?

Either or is fine with me.

 

[beenz]

my ex sister in law went there. and now she's a anesthesiologist

 

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I wonder if this is to help counter the anti-DEI push or if he just sees it as part of a worthy cause to improve healthcare?

Interesting question. I think it's the latter. He said that Healthcare and Education have been the two areas his philanthropy arm has been most focused on the past few years. In addition to the HBCUs, he's donated hundreds of millions to his alma mater , Johns Hopkins, for medical students.

Now, from the vantage point that he sits, he knows how precarious that "level the playing field" programs were and are, so he's been proactive and intentional over the decades with donations.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Good for them.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Now he needs to advocate for reparations.

 

[MostReal]

I wonder if this is to help counter the anti-DEI push or if he just sees it as part of a worthy cause to improve healthcare?

I actually think it's the former, there's a mass shortage of black doctors especially in the South

 

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Meharry Medical College and South Africa medical school collaboration takes on inequities

Meharry Medical College and Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University are working with Project C.U.R.E. on a first joint health care collaboration.

www.tennessean.com

 

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Meharry could face $30M or more in ‘crushing’ federal cuts, risking jobs and research

Meharry Medical College could lose millions amid proposed NIH cuts to research and Trump's mission to stop DEI programs. Jobs are also at risk.

www.tennessean.com

03/25/25
HEALTH

Meharry could face $30M or more in ‘crushing’ federal cuts, risking jobs and research​

• Meharry Medical Collge in Nashville is one of the nation's oldest and largest historically Black academic health science centers.
• Meharry has a research portfolio of $110 million.
• Changes to National Institutes of Health funding from the Trump administration could result in a $30M hit, college leadership said.

Meharry Medical College could see a $30 million reduction or worse in annual National Institutes of Health funds, delivering a "crushing" blow to vital research, college leadership said.
Meharry fears a double whammy. First, there's the proposed 15% cap for indirect research costs from the NIH, a medical research agency overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Then, there's President Donald Trump's targeting of research that focuses on DEI − diversity, equity and inclusion.
"If the indirect costs are capped at 15%, I can tell you that many institutions will have no choice but to shrink their research enterprise," Dr. James Hildreth, the college's president and CEO, told The Tennessean.
Meharry, one of the nation's oldest and largest historically Black academic health science centers, has received between $40 million to $50 million annually from the NIH to offset the college's $110 million research portfolio. About 45% of those costs are indirect but essential, covering the costs of things like lab space, expensive equipment, electricity, sterilization and biohazardous wastes disposal, Hildreth said.
A loss of $30 million from NIH "for an institution of our size, would be crushing," said Hildreth, a renowned infectious disease expert.
"There's no question that if grants are lost and indirect cost rates are cut, that the workforce will have to be reduced."
When asked about how many jobs could be in jeopardy, Hildreth said: "We do not want to speculate on this at this stage."

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06/09/25

Meharry Medical College expands to Memphis as part of $310M development​

Meharry Medical College has opened its first satellite campus in Memphis to boost healthcare and education access.


MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Meharry Medical College, a historically Black institution based in Nashville, has officially expanded to Memphis with the opening of its Office of Memphis Programs.

Local leaders and college officials gathered Monday morning, June 9, for a ribbon-cutting at the new site, located on the campus of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis’ medical district. The launch marks Meharry’s first satellite campus and establishes it as one of two HBCUs with a physical presence in Memphis, alongside LeMoyne-Owen College.



The office is part of a larger $310 million development project centered around Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church's campus and aimed at addressing two critical needs in the region: access to healthcare and educational opportunities for underrepresented communities.

“We need Meharry’s healthcare in Memphis,” said Harold Collins, chief administrative officer for the Shelby County Government. “The rate of heart disease in Shelby County is higher than the national average—177 per 1,000 people—and it's the leading cause of death here.”

The development will include 603 multifamily housing units, a 125-room hotel, more than 90,000 square feet of health and wellness space, and a parking structure with more than 1,000 spaces. According to leaders, the initiative will not only provide state-of-the-art training environments for Meharry students but also directly serve the surrounding community.

Monica Wharton, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, celebrated the collaboration.

“We are a faith-based organization, so it gives me pride that we can talk about the importance of the intersection between faith and healthcare,” Wharton said.

Financing for the ambitious project comes from a mixed-use development strategy, according to Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Senior Pastor Dr. J. Lawrence Turner.

“People traditionally think that when churches get into this, they use some kind of grant or some federal set-aside,” Turner said. “But this is something that, when it comes to mixed-use development, you put together a capital stack of funding sources to make the project happen.”

Turner emphasized that the project will prioritize inclusion, particularly for low-income families who are often excluded from new housing developments.

“We want to create pathways for persons who typically, because of income, wouldn’t qualify to live in this kind of housing,” he said. “We don’t want to do it through displacement or by creating barriers. We want this to represent the rich diversity in the city of Memphis.”



The Office of Memphis Programs is officially open, and work has started on community outreach efforts, according to leaders, with students starting clinical training that integrates them directly into patient care settings across Shelby County.