Stanford University Medical Center, November 16th, 2009.
The Stanford Office of Community Health awarded six seed grants to faculty members that promote community health through collaboration between Stanford and local agencies. The projects include community-health-oriented research and collaborations with community-based health centers, schools and hospitals and other nonprofits.
The seed grants, which total approximately $75,000, are funded as a part of the Clinical and Translational Science Award Stanford received last year from the National Institutes of Health. The aim of the grants program is to foster relationships between Stanford researchers and the local communities by “supporting the community partners and encouraging Stanford faculty to collaborate with them,” said Jill Evans, research program director for the Office of Community Health. Read More >