Project Overview
4th Funding Cycle Development Award Project Start Date: 10/1/2008 Project End Date: 6/30/2009
Project Goal Statement: Little is known regarding effective interventions for increasing the numbers of Latino and African-American (AA) health professionals; we hypothesize that AA and Latino middle school students' interest in the health professions will increase following a school-based intervention.
Original Award Amount: $50,000 Adjusted Award Amount: $46,363*
Community Partner: Primary Community Partner: Milwaukee Public Schools
Academic Partners: Primary Academic Partner: John Meurer, MD, MBA, Department of Pediatrics Additional Academic Partners:
Project Progress Summary Reports: Project Progress Report Summary 10/1/2008 - 4/30/2009 Project Final Report Summary
Affiliated Web Pages: Milwaukee Public Schools
Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners) None reported.
*In 2009 award amounts, based on the remaining budget, were adjusted to reflect the decline in endowment asset value due to the downturn in the economy.