Morgan State University is reintroducing its plans to establish a medical school after years of delays with the help of a $1.75 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
In 2020, Morgan State first announced plans to create a medical school on its campus. The university’s plans were postponed numerous times in the years since being unveiled, but the new two-year grant helped reinvigorate the project.
According to a release from Morgan State on Thursday, the additional lead time has enabled the university to “refine its approach, engaging with health care leaders, policymakers and community stakeholders.”
Among the changes made to the program was the decision to make the medical school nonprofit rather than private as originally planned, allowing it “greater access” to funding from both state and federal grants and giving the school a chance to attract a wider range of applicants, according to Morgan State’s release.
“With the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s support, we are charting a new course toward a public, nonprofit M.D. program that will train physicians where they are most needed, close gaps in care and reflect the diversity of the populations served,” said Morgan State University President David K. Wilson in the statement.
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