About the Foundation

The Minority Health Professions Foundation (MHPF) is a nonprofit educational, scientific and charitable 501(c)(3) organization that provides support for professional education, research and community service that promote optimum health among poor and minority people. It does this by engaging the collaborative resources, scholarship and technology of minority health professions schools. The twelve member institutions of the Foundation include medical, dental, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine schools in historically African-American colleges and universities.

Missions

• The Foundation accepts contributions and other funding to:
  
  •Promote and support research that contributes to the advancement of knowledge and treatment of diseases, disabilities and adverse health problems that disproportionately or differentially affect minority populations.
  
  •Support efforts that improve the quality and availability of health care to black and other minority and under-served populations.
  
  •Further public education to prevent health problems and promote healthy lifestyles among the black and other minority and under-served populations.
  
  •Identify and facilitate new directions in the area of minority health by supporting scholarly exchange of scientific and clinical knowledge.
  
  •Facilitate an increase in the representation and recognition of blacks and other under-represented minorities in the health professions of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine.
  

Minority Health Professions Foundation
3 Executive Park Drive, NE, Suite 100
Atlanta, Georgia 30329
Phone (404) 634-1993 Fax (404) 634-1903
mailto: MHPF

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