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Program Director: Obie Clayton, Ph.D. Grant Title: Healthy Marriage Demonstration Project: Strengthening Marriage and Marriage Prospects
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Overview: The Morehouse College Strengthening Marriage and Marriage Prospects (SMPP) project is reversing the negative trends in marriage by creating comprehensive community-based marriage education programs in two cities in Georgia, Atlanta and the city of Cordele in Crisp County. These two cities were selected based on several factors: (1) Geographic diversity ; (2) The existence of viable and active community and faith-based organizations embedded in the neighborhood communities they serve;(3)High incidences of child poverty and,(4) high incidences of female –headed households. Both communities have a need for healthy marriage interventions that seek to stabilize existing marriages and improve the prospects for future marriages.
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Program Director: Valerie Haftel, Ph.D. Grant Title: Neuroscience Initiative to Enhance Biology Education: U.S. Department of Education
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Overview: The project enhances the teaching and learning in Science by enhancing
the interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor. In so doing improvement in
science education and increased participation in the sciences is
occurring. The project is addressing the following specific needs (a)
establishment of a Neuroscience Journal Course(b) Development of new
modules for current laboratory courses within the Neuroscience Minor;(c)
Development of interdisciplinary science modules in neuroscience for
General biology utilizing technology;(d) provides tutors for
neuroscience courses and General Biology;(e) provides peer lead team
learning for General Biology; (f) offers enhanced mentoring;(g) Is
creating the foundation for an interdisciplinary Science seminar
series;(h) Revitalizing the research careers club; and (i)is improving
the competition of students pursuing studies and careers in the
biological sciences, psychology, and neuroscience.
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Program Director: Cynthia Trawick, Ph.D. Grant Title: Increasing the Knowledge and Skills of Epidemiology and Occupational Safety and Health |
Overview:The goal of the grant is to better prepare disadvantaged minority
students for entry into graduate schools of public health with special
emphasis on the quantitative areas of: biostatistics, epidemiology,
environmental health and occupational safety and health, areas where
minorities are greatly underrepresented.
