The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded the Center for Community Health Development in the Texas A&M Heath Science Center's School of Rural Public Health $3.9 million over five years.
"This five-year funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control will provide critical support for the center, school and Health Science Center to work closely with regional and state organizations and groups to improve the health of our rural and underserved populations," said Kenneth McLeroy, the Center's grant principal investigator.
McLeory said these funds are a renewal of the initial funding the center received in 2004, making it one of the 35 research centers funded by the Center. "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control funds began funding three initial universities in 1986, with the purpose to strengthen prevention research programs and assisting and addressing community needs," McLeory said, "and they have remained consistent to the original purpose."
In addition to the money that will be used to support outreach centers in order to provide health care and social services needs, the funds will be used in several research projects focusing on cancer research, healthy aging and the connection between location, economic situation and nutritional well-being.
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