Morehouse School of Medicine opens center to eliminate health disparities

ATLANTA - Morehouse School of Medicine on Friday opened the National Center for Primary Care, which university officials said is the only center in the country dedicated to closing the health gap. <br> <br> The 105,000-square foot center was funded by a $15 million federal grant from the U.S. Public Health Service&#39;s Office of Minority Health. <br> <br> Federal officials announced Friday that the medical school will receive $15 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services toward research programs and training at the school. Some of that funding will help the new center, school officials said. <br> <br> The new center, with the help of another five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, will examine health disparities in order to find ways to eliminate them. School officials said they hope the center will become a national resource for education, research and policy.