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Wal-Mart Foundation Announces $1 Million Grant to the Meharry Medical College Center for Women's Health Research
Date:11/13/2007

Grant Will Further Research Addressing Health Disparities

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Wal-Mart Foundation announced today a $1 million grant to the Meharry Medical College Center for Women's Health Research, the nation's only center dedicated to the study of health disparities among women of color. Over the next five years, the grant will help advance the Center's work in addressing diseases that disproportionately impact women from ethnic minorities -- particularly African American women.

"The Meharry Medical College Center for Women's Health Research is leading the way in understanding the health disparities faced by women of color and how those disparities can be eradicated," said Linda Dillman, executive vice president, Risk Management, Benefits and Sustainability at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., at an event today announcing the grant. "Our Foundation is proud to support their work and community outreach with this grant."

Dillman presented the $1 million check today to Wayne J. Riley, M.D., M.P.H., MBA, FACP, president and chief executive officer, Meharry Medical College, and Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., senior vice president for Health Affairs, dean, School of Medicine, and executive director, Center for Women's Health Research, Meharry Medical College.

"We are especially pleased to have the philanthropic support of the Wal-Mart Foundation as it assists us in realizing our vision of eliminating healthcare disparities through education, research and patient care," said Dr. Riley.

"Innovative research and clinical studies at the Center are giving us greater insight as to why women of color are more likely to develop certain diseases and how biology, race, and economics contribute to disparities in women's health care," said Dr. Montgomery Rice. "This grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation will allow us to expand that critical research and broaden our educational awareness programs and community partici
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