The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Tuskegee University have received a $13.7 million grant to create systemic and sustainable culture change.
The grant comes from a partnership with the Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation, or FIRST, to further support health disparity research at both HBCUs. The grant money will be used to hire and train 12 new research faculty members across both institutions to help with the effort.
“We are proud to continue our partnership with Tuskegee University in this endeavor to build a community of scientists committed to inclusive excellence by recruiting early-career faculty committed to promoting diversity and inclusion while addressing health disparities,” UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of MedicineDean and Senior Vice President for Medicine Selwyn Vickers, M.D. said in a release.
