Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley takes his first tour of the Flint College of Human Medicine campus and Hurley Children's Clinic alongside Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha on Friday, May 27, 2021 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May
FLINT, MI -- Michigan State University is being awarded a $25 million grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to expand the university’s public health program in Flint.
The grant was announced at a joint virtual news conference Wednesday, Jan. 26.
This funding will allow Michigan State University to add 18 new tenure-track professors and grow to about 70 faculty members overall to its public health operation in Flint, President Samuel Stanley said at the news conference.
The $25 million grant comes nearly 10 years after the MSU College of Human Medicine Flint Campus was expanded into the former Flint Journal building downtown, made possible by a $12 million grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation and medical support from Ascension Genesys Hospital, Hurley Medical Center and McLaren Flint.
“This new grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation will further enable us to address community-identified health disparities, greatly extend the recruitment and training of a legion of researchers and the next generation of public health students and it will deepen our commitment and collaboration with community partners,” Wayne McCullough, MSU interim director of Public Health, said.
Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley said this grant and expansion of MSU’s public health program in the city will improve the quality of life of Flint residents.
“We need programs like this, partnerships like this, to make sure that we can deliver a better quality of life,” Neeley said.
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Twp., attending the conference virtually on his 10th day of quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19, said health care research is vital for a community to prosper.
“For decades, MSU and its faculty have worked together with students to provide high-quality health services for the community. MSU brings health care organizations and community-based partners together to collaborate on people’s access to health care and reduce health disparities,” Kildee said.
Ridgway White, president of the C.S. Mott Foundation, cited the work of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, whose research exposed the Flint water crisis, and other researchers as inspiration to continue its partnership with Michigan State University.
Stanley last year visited the Flint campus for the first time since taking the position as president in 2019.
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