AUCD: Concurrent Sessions: Enhancing Diversity Amoung the Future MCH Workforce: The Maternal Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives Program for Student Enhancement-Undergraduate Program (MCHC/RISE-UP)

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Presenter

Jacqueline Stone, PhD, PT, Director, Information Dissemination
Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute

Other Presenter(s)

Harolyn M.E. Belcher, M.D., M.H.S, Baltimore, MD, United States, MD - Kennedy Krieger Institute, UCEDD/LEND;
Barbara Wheeler, PhD, RN, Los Angeles, CA, United States, CA - USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND;
Joanne VanOsdel, EdD, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, SD - Center for Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND;
Sabrina Mangat, Trainee, Baltimore, MD, United States, MD - Kennedy Krieger Institute, UCEDD/LEND;

Description

The Maternal Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives Program for Student Enhancement-Undergraduate Program, a 5-year grant funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a national consortium among three University Centers of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities enrolling up to 50 undergraduate junior, senior, and recent baccalaureate degree students from under-represented populations in up to two 10-week comprehensive summer public health training experiences, namely: (1) clinical (2) leadership, or (3) research.

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