Current Collaborators

The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is a professional medical society representing more than 2,000 physicians, dedicated to the practice of preventive medicine; improving the health and quality of life of individuals, families, communities, and populations through disease prevention and health promotion. ACPM members are board certified preventive medicine physicians who save lives, create healthier communities, and transform our healthcare system.

The Center for Racial Justice at Dillard University strives to change the way people of color and their communities are policed through education, community relationship building, civic engagement training, services, partnerships, and utilization of relevant resources. 

Community Concierge Care (C3 Cares) endeavors to provide the best quality care to patients and also hopes to restore faith in the U.S healthcare system. Their nurse-led, place based medical services are currently offered at a public housing site in Washington, D.C. with additional mobile pop-up locations at public housing complexes in Wards  5^*, 6, 7, and 8.

District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR) aims to intensify their multi-institutional effort to promote and support research that contributes to ending the HIV epidemic in Washington, DC and beyond in partnership with government and community. 

Drexel University College of Medicine represents the consolidation of two venerable medical schools with rich and intertwined histories: Hahnemann Medical College and Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. The institution excels and innovates in education, research, and delivery of compassionate care in our culture of diversity, spirited inquiry, collaboration, and opportunity.

GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments.  To achieve this mission, GLMA utilizes the scientific expertise of its diverse multidisciplinary membership to inform and drive advocacy, education, and research.

The Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) exists to unite and empower current and future physicians through service, mentorship, and education to advocate for the
improved health of the Hispanic & Latina/o/x community in the United States.

The Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (MGH IHP) is a graduate school focused exclusively on the health professions. They prepare practitioners to lead the next generation of interprofessional, compassionate care, through forward-thinking programs, innovative clinical practice, and ground-breaking research.

Meharry Medical College, an HBCU in Nashville, is dedicated to providing quality health care education.

The Louis W. Sullivan National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) serves as a national resource for front-line practitioners, educators, researchers, and policy makers who impact our primary healthcare system.  

The National Minority Quality Forum is a research and educational organization dedicated to ensuring that high-risk racial and ethnic populations and communities receive optimal health care. This nonprofit, nonpartisan organization integrates data and expertise in support of initiatives to eliminate health disparities.

The UNC Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) brings together collaborative, multidisciplinary teams of stakeholders to improve health in North Carolina communities with a shared commitment to innovation, collaboration and health equity.

Social Mission Alliance (SMA) is a national movement, focused on health equity and training health professionals as agents of more equitable health care. SMA aims to promote social mission in health professions education by networking learners, teachers, community leaders, health policy makers and their organizations to advance equity in education, research, service, policy, and practice. ​

Tuskegee University is an independent and state-related institution of higher education. Its programs serve a student body that is coeducational as well as racially, ethnically and religiously diverse. With a strong orientation toward disciplines which highlight the relationship between education and work force preparation in the sciences, professions and technical areas, Tuskegee University also emphasizes the importance of the liberal arts as a foundation for successful careers in all areas. 

The Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education at Xavier University aims to improve the health outcomes of diverse communities disproportionately impacted by health and health care disparities, through community engagement and partnerships in research, education, and practice.