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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Cardiovascular Research Empowerment Workforce (CREW) program is a joint initiative between the US Virgin Islands' University of the Virgin Islands and the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine, and it's set to bring 10 undergraduate students from the US Virgin Islands to Miami this summer for eight weeks of cardiovascular research training, the Miami Herald reports.
"Since there are not enough minorities in medicine to deliver care to all of the minorities who need it in the United States, it is deeply important for minorities who are embarking on health care careers to identify supportive colleagues who are experiencing similar challenges and identify strategies to overcome systemic racism that has been repeatedly identified as a major barrier to health care leadership opportunities for minorities," Sonjia Kenya, the principal investigator of CREW's summer training program and professor of medicine, says in a press release.
"Through the CREW program, Black health care leaders from the University and the US collaborate to train and inspire the next generation of cardiovascular scientists to pursue research careers that improve the islands' health care infrastructure."
The goal of the program, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, is to build a robust health care workforce that will serve the US Virgin Islands using culturally informed
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Philanthropy Shaping A New Miami
Many people, organizations and businesses in Miami are actively committed to philanthropy. As Javier Alberto Soto, president and CEO of the Miami Foundation, puts it, “Miami is home to a young, diverse demographic that’s looking for ways to get involved, ways to improve our community that aren’t traditional, like a formal gala.”
