About the Institute
Currently programs of the Institute are supported by a five-year cooperative agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Public Health Services, in Atlanta, Georgia. The cooperative agreement was promulgated to address the need to increase the knowledge and skills of minority students in epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational safety & health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a Federal Agency responsible for the nation's effort to "prevent unnecessary illness and death and to enhance the health of the American people." The agency has been active in the fight against disease for over a half a century. Established in 1946, in Atlanta, Georgia, CDC has led efforts to prevent such diseases as malaria, polio, smallpox, tuberculosis, Legionnaire's disease, and AIDS. CDC's responsibilities as the nation's prevention agency have evolved to address prevention of contemporary threats to health-injuries, environmental and occupational hazards, behavioral risks, and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes-as well as emerging infectious diseases.
