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Welcome to the Urban Health Institute Mission To guide the university in its allocation of endowment funds to support activities that maximize the university’s efforts to substantially improve the health status of underserved communities through supporting biomedical and behavioral research and its translation into high-quality clinical outcomes, improved community health, and progressive health policy. Services UHI supports the CDU’s research infrastructure in its efforts to address press …Read more about Urban Health Institute

Selected Publications from the Academy’s Team on Community Health Workers George S, Silva L, Llamas M, Ramos I, Joe J, Mendez J, Salazar R, Tehan J, Vasquez T, Nealy S, Balcazar H. The Development of a Novel, Standards-Based Core Curriculum for Community Facing, Clinic-Based Community Health Workers. Front Public Health. 2021 Jun 7;9:663492. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.663492. PMID: 34164368; PMCID: PMC8215713. George S, Dixon LZ, Carrasco E, Romo O, Vides L, Balcazar H. Talk to PAPA A Sys …Read more about Publications

The Academic Senate of Charles R. Drew University (CDU) is the representative, deliberative, and legislative body of the CDU faculties.  The CDU Senate has a maximum of four Senators from each CDU college (two elected each year for a two-year term).  It also includes the current President, the immediate Past President, and the chairs of the faculty associations of each college. The Senate may legislate on any matter within its legislative authority. The Senate may also express opinions …Read more about Academic Senate Officers

About Drew CARES A private-public partnership between Charles R. Drew University (CDU) and Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the Drew Center for AIDS Research, Education, and Services (Drew CARES) is a diverse, multidisciplinary group of Los Angeles-area educators, researchers, and clinical providers who are working to end the HIV epidemic. We are thought leaders and idea generators. We represent CDU’s groundbreaking activities in HIV. The researchers at Drew Center for AIDS Rese …Read more about Drew CARES

Program Scholarships Many organizations create funds for specific degree programs – discover what scholarship opportunities are available to you based on your program of study. Master of Health Science, Physician Assistant Abbott and Fenner Business Consultants: http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm American Academy of Physician Assistants: https://www.aapa.org/threecolumnlanding.aspx?id=1225 Certified Medical Educators: http://www.certifiedmedicaleducators.com/scholarships/ Colle …Read more about Program Specific Scholarships

The Office of International Affairs and members of CDU’s technical staff visited Zambia, representing the US-base of the Rise Up! Project. The purpose of the visit was to complete the aims of the PEPFAR funded grant to deliver Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) services and psychosocial support to adolescent girls and young women in Zambia.  Some of the goals of the visit were to enhance project planning, implementation, capacity building and management and to execute the CDU Advantage focu …Read more about CDU Visits Rise Up! Project Site in Zambia