Nashville, Tenn. (Jan. 12, 2026) Meharry Medical College hosted its 2nd Annual Corporate Partners Breakfast, bringing together corporate leaders, foundation partners and community stakeholders to celebrate the institution’s 150-year legacy and the vital role corporate support plays in advancing its mission. The program kicked off with a panel discussion featuring...
There is ongoing uncertainty about our country’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides critical food assistance to 41 million Americans – 700,000 of these Americans live in Tennessee. Many in our community may be at risk of experiencing food insecurity as the government shutdown lingers. HOW TO HELP We...
Five years, three cities and one mission to address cardiovascular disease, the nation’s leading cause of death NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 3, 2025) – The School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College, in partnership with Novartis, today announced the launch of Health Assessments and Rapid Transformation (HEART), a five-year initiative...
Nashville, TN – The Nashville Duffers Golf Association, Inc. presented a $15,000 donation to the Meharry Sickle Cell Center (MSCC) on Oct. 22, marking another year of advocacy and support for sickle cell research and patient care. This year’s gift represented proceeds from the organization’s 43rd Annual Golf Tournament held...
Just hours after publicly launching a $500 million fundraising campaign to train more Black doctors, Meharry Medical College has already met 80% of its goal, garnering $400 million in early giving, according to a press release shared with BLACK ENTERPRISE. The massive “Campaign 150” — in honor of the school’s...
Two years in, Meharry’s fourth school of study shows impressive results; data science Ph.D. begins in fall 2024 Meharry’s School of Applied Computational Sciences (SACS) was created two years ago to advance scholarship in key domains of computational sciences through four core areas—academics, clinical enterprise, research and development, and business...
Kevin Bryant was raised by a hard-working, single mother in the small, nurturing community of Waynesville, a town in western North Carolina, which even today, has an African American population of less than 2 percent. So, it’s no surprise that he grew up without an experience of diversity in health...
Meharry Medical College received a generous $3.1 million gift from the estate of Meharrian, philanthropist and founder of the “Real Men Cook” Foundation, Frederick Douglass Parrott Jr., M.D. ’58. The gift comes to Meharry as part of Dr. Parrott’s commitment to supporting the College’s mission and vision. As a founding...
Many factors influence decision-makers considering philanthropic gifts. At the time, there wasn’t an obvious connection between Meharry and the Carl J. Herzog Foundation, but there was gratitude and excitement with an initial $6,000 gift in 1985 toward the Plan for Academic Renewal Campaign. The foundation’s generosity eventually became a $3.5...
The Meharry Medical College Center for Women’s Health Research is mobilizing African American women with a mother, daughter or sister who has been diagnosed with breast cancer to participate discussion groups. Did you know Black women have a 31% mortality – the highest among any U.S. racial or ethnic group?...
