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Josiah Macy's Yale-Howard
Interdisciplinary Health Scholars Program

Josiah Macy's Yale-Howard Interdisciplinary Health Scholars Program is possible through the generous funding of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, a privately endowed philanthropy located in New York City. The Foundation supports programs designed to improve the education of health professionals in the interest of the health of the public, and to enhance the representation of ethnic minorities in the health profession.

There are two programs available for Howard University students:


Center Goals

In 2002, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and Howard University Division of Nursing (HUDON) launched the Partnership Center on Reducing Health Disparities. The Center is funded for 5 years, and builds on the collaborative work of YSN and HUDON faculty. The goals of the Center are four:

  • Facilitate the growth of the research infrastructures at the partnering institutions;
  • Enhance collaboration within and across the partnering institutions in key areas of research on health disparities;
  • Provide faculty development through training and mentorship to broaden the base of scholarship in the study of health disparities; and
  • Begin to expand the scientific base of nursing practice by drawing conclusions about the impact of self-management interventions across population groups likely to experience health disparities and disseminating these results.

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Krystal Perkins

Krystal worked with professor Marge Funk at Yale to investigate gender differences in pre-existing conditions, intra-operative procedures, and post-operative complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. "Women with heart disease are often diagnosed and treated on the basis of research findings from predominantly male samples," said Krystal. "Women tend to have more pre-existing conditions and post-operative complications than men. Health care professionals need to be aware of the risk of cardiovascular disease in women instead of attributing their problems to non-cardiac factors, such as stress." Krystal, who currently works in the ICU unit of Virginia Hospital, plans to continue doing so for 2 years after graduating from Howard, and then to go onto graduate studies. She also plans to continue to be an outspoken advocate for the nursing profession. "This country needs more nurse specialists and nurse researchers, and I feel responsible to help recruit them in my day-to-day life," she said. "The Yale-Howard Scholars program is a great way for nursing students to get exposed to research."


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