HBCUs Imperative in Providing Health Sciences Graduates Critical to Future of Nation's
Health and Wellness
According to a report commissioned by the presidents of the nation's four HBCU medical
schools – Dr. David M. Carlisle, president and CEO of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, president of Howard University; Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, president and CEO of Meharry Medical College; and Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine – the number of African-American
students in U.S. medical schools who attended HBCUs has fallen from 26 percent in
2002 to just 12 percent in 2015.
The HBCU Initiative Empower 2 conference, which will take place from June 26-28, 2017, is designed to increase the number of academically prepared HBCU graduates who apply and enroll in graduate and professional schools in health sciences fields, and diversify the workforce.
Click here for the full press release and more information about the Empower 2 conference.