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Back to EpisodesNIH Director Praises Meharry's Health Equity Push
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya praises Meharry Medical Colleges research leadership, highlighting their work on sickle cell disease and genomics. Despite proposed funding cuts, Meharry secured $31 million in NIH grants, aiming to address health disparities with their GREAT Health Study, recruiting half a million volunteers from the U.S. and Africa. Bhattacharyas tour underscores Meharrys commitment to gold-standard research for chronic diseases, with Vanderbilt Medical Center also benefiting from increased NIH funding.
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