The following information is intended to assist individuals working in the field of minority health and health disparities.  This list is not comprehensive and is viewed as a work in progress.  If you are aware of a program that you would like to see listed here, please e-mail our office.

Adventist HealthCare

            Center on Health Disparities

Program Description:  The Center on Health Disparities is an important extension of Adventist HealthCare's mission to demonstrate God’s care by improving the health of people and communities through a ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

Website:  http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/AHC/health-disparities/index.aspx

Address:  1801 Research Boulevard, Suite 400, Rockville, MD 20850

Phone:  301-315-3677

E-mail:  mpesquer@adventisthealthcare.com

Johns Hopkins University

Center for Cultural Competency, Johns Hopkins Medicine International

Program Description:  The Center for Cultural Competency’s mission is to initiate, integrate and promote culturally competent services within health care systems.  The Center designs and delivers assessments and training services that are practical, hands-on and application –based.

Website:  www.imc.jhmi.edu/JHI/Center_for_Cultural_Competence.asp

Address:  5801 Smith Ave, Suite 305, Baltimore, MD 21209

Phone:  410-735-6582

E-mail:  nsawaya1@jhmi.edu

Center for Health Disparities Solutions  

Program Description:  The Center for Health Disparities Solutions is dedicated to the elimination of disparities in health and health care among racial and ethnic populations, socioeconomic groups, and geopolitical categories such as urban, rural, and suburban populations. The Center conducts multidisciplinary basic and translational research with the goals of advancing knowledge on the causes of health disparities and developing interventions to eliminate disparities.

Website:  http://apps2.jhsph.edu/hopkinsmorgan/index.cfm

Address:  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Room 441, Baltimore, MD  21205

Phone:  410-614-5983

E-mail:  chds@jhsph.edu

Center on Health Disparities Research, JHU School of Nursing

Program Description:  As the result of a partnership between JHU School of Nursing and North Carolina A & T State University School of Nursing, the Center is one of eight partnerships funded by the NIH National Institute of Nursing Research and the NIH National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities to study disparities in health care.  The CHDR works to both advance our understanding of health disparities and to expand the cadre of nurse researchers involved in minority health and health disparities research.

Website:  http://www.son.jhmi.edu/research/chdr/

Address:  525 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205

Phone:  410-955-7548

E-mail: CNR@son.jhmi.edu

Urban Health Institute

Program Description:  The mission of the Urban Health Institute is to marshal the resources of the Johns Hopkins Institutions as well as other external resources, to improve the health and well-being of the residents of East Baltimore and Baltimore City and to promote evidence-based interventions to solve urban health problems nationwide.

Website:  http://www.jhsph.edu/urbanhealth/

Address:  Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, 2013 E. Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205

Phone:  Unknown   

E-mail:  UrbanHealthInstitute@jhu.edu

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Program (CRFP) 

Program Description:  The Maryland Legislature enacted Senate Bill 896/ House Bill 1425 in April, 2000, which created the Cigarette Restitution Fund Program (CRFP). The CRFP oversees the use of Master Settlement Agreement funds which are currently being used to fund activities/projects.  The components of the program include: cancer prevention, education, screening and treatment and tobacco use prevention and cessation.

Website:  http://www.crf.state.md.us/

Address:  201 West Preston Street, Room 500, Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone:  410-767-7117

E-mail:  CRFP@dhmh.state.md.us

Minority Health and Health Disparities Initiative 

Program Description:  In fulfillment of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s mission to promote the health of all Maryland citizens, the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (MHHD) shall focus the Department’s resources on eliminating minority health disparities.

Website:  www.mdhealthdisparities.org

Address:  201 West Preston Street, Room 500, Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone:  410-767-7117

E-mail:  healthdisparities@dhmh.state.md.us

Minority Outreach and Technical Assistance (MOTA)

Program Description:  The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provides outreach and technical assistance to African American and other minority communities for the purpose of organizing their effective participation in CRFP.  Minority participation in local community health coalitions is intended to enhance the efforts of local health departments to decrease the incidence of cancer and cancer deaths and the prevention and control of tobacco use in minority communities throughout the State.

Website:  http://www.crf.state.md.us/html/mota.cfm

Address:  201 W. Preston Street, Room 500, Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone:  410-767-7117

E-mail:  CRFP@dhmh.state.md.us

Morgan State University

Center for Health Disparities Solutions 

Program Description:  The Center for Health Disparities Solutions is dedicated to the elimination of disparities in health and health care among racial and ethnic populations, socioeconomic groups, and geopolitical categories such as urban, rural, and suburban populations. The Center conducts multi-disciplinary basic and translational research with the goals of advancing knowledge on the causes of health disparities and developing interventions to eliminate disparities.

Website:  www.morgan.edu/academics/special/HealthDisparities/

Address:  Montebello Complex, D Wing - Room 102, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore MD 21251

Phone:  443-885-4030

E-mail:  Unknown

Uniformed Services University

Center for Health Disparities 

Program Description:  The Center is comprised of a diverse and engaged staff with a mission to promote health-related change and ultimately reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities through research, education, training and community outreach and information dissemination.

Website:  http://www.usuchd.org/HDHome.asp

Address:  8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 950, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Phone:  301-589-1175

E-mail:  USUCHDinfo@usuhs.mil

University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Center for Health Disparities, Office of Policy and Planning  

Program Description:  The University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Health Disparities seeks to identify specific disparities, and, in collaboration with local communities, develop culturally competent strategies to eliminate them.

Website:  http://medschool.umaryland.edu/disparities/

Address:  685 W. Baltimore Street, Room 618, Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone:  410-706-1742

E-mail:  Unknown

Program in Minority Health and Health Disparities Education and Research

Program Description:  The University of Maryland School of Medicine Program in Minority Health and Health Disparities Education and Research (PMHHD) educates current and future health professionals about issues related to health disparities, supports relevant multidisciplinary research and fosters quality clinical care for minorities and diverse populations. 

Website: http://medschool.umaryland.edu/minorityhealth.asp

Address:  University of Maryland School of Medicine, HSFII, Room 441, Baltimore, MD

Phone:  410-706-7163

E-mail:  bkopp@som.umaryland.edu or cbaquet@som.umaryland.edu

Special Populations Cancer Research Network

Program Description:  The Maryland Special Populations Cancer Research Network (MSPNP) is one of 18 “Special Population Network” grants funded throughout the United States to address cancer disparities in minority and medically underserved populations.  The Network works in Maryland to address and eliminate differences in the incidence and mortality associated with cancers in these demographic groups versus the general population.

Website:  http://mspn.umaryland.edu/index.asp

Address:  401 W. Redwood St., Ste. 100, Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone:  410-706-1709

E-mail: mspn@som.umaryland.edu

Statewide Health Network

Program Description:  The University of Maryland Statewide Health Network (UMSHN) is a statewide and community-based infrastructure throughout Maryland which has extensive partnerships with local hospitals, community and faith-based organizations, local health departments, community health centers and other groups. Its objective is to promote cancer and tobacco-related disease prevention and control activities to local residents and local health care professionals.

Website:  http://www.mdhealthnetwork.org

Address:  685 West Baltimore Street, HSF 618, Baltimore, MD 21201-1559

Phone:  410-706-1040

E-mail:  mshn@som.umaryland.edu