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Health Disparities
Funded by the NIH, this five-year program is designed to build a multi-disciplinary Center addressing three problems broadly affecting disadvantaged children, particularly those of color, in the Washington, DC, metro region. These problems are violence exposure, substance abuse and obesity/Type II diabetes. In addition, core facilities within the center provide a variety of services to junior investigators and training/mentoring to junior investigators who are themselves minorities or who are investigating issues pertinent to health disparities.
The Center for Health Services and Community Research has a core group of efforts in the description and mitigation of disparities in outcome among minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Examples include the work of the Health Disparities Research Center, IMPACT DC (“Improving Pediatric Asthma Care in the District of Columbia”), and Patient-Provider communication.
Contact Information:
Denice Cora-Bramble, MD, MBA
Children's Research Institute
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-476-5857
dcorabra@cnmc.org
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