Founder's Projects
How Will Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies Benefit the Four Historically Black Medical Schools?
Research shows that Black people have better health outcomes and receive medical care more frequently when they are treated by Black physicians. Yet only 7% of medical school graduates and less than 6% of all practicing doctors are Black.
To help diversify the medical field and advance health and racial wealth equity today our Greenwood Initiative announced a $600 million commitment to help Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine build their endowments. The investment will also support the creation of a new medical school in New Orleans, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine.
