Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health

Specialty pharmacists help reduce MS relapse risk

Just one-third of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis remain on disease-modifying therapy, and specialty pharmacists are in a unique position to help coordinate therapy discontinuation or change and reduce the risk of relapse.

Precision Medicine & Health Disparities Collaborative now accepting applications for PMHDC Pilot Project Awards

The Precision Medicine & Health Disparities Collaborative, led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Meharry Medical College and the University of Miami, is now accepting applications for Precision Medicine and Health Disparities Collaborative Pilot Project (PMHDC) Awards.

Vanderbilt-Meharry-Miami precision medicine teams review progress, goals

Leadership, investigators and operations staff for the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health gathered at the University of Miami recently for a 100-Day Meeting to discuss the center’s progress since its kickoff in July and best next steps for achieving its goals.

Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health launches

The new center—which will enable research using approaches to precision medicine to eradicate health disparities, specifically those among African Americans and Latinos—is the result of a five-year, $11.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

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NIH awards $11.6 million grant to Vanderbilt, Miami and Meharry for new center to study precision medicine and health disparities

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the University of Miami and Meharry Medical College were recently awarded a five-year, $11.6 million grant to launch a new center that will enable research using precision medicine to eradicate health disparities, specifically those among African-Americans and Latinos.