Our Grantees
Across the Foundation’s priority areas, our grantees are working to improve the health of the public through innovative research and programs. The Foundation awards up to 50 grants on a rotating schedule each year.
CME for Community Doctors to Serve Minority and Low Income Populations
Theme: Education for the Care of Underserved Populations
Institution: Long Island Medical Foundation
Grant Type: President's Grant
Award Amount: $35,000
Grant Awarded: July 2010
Principal Investigator: Steven J. Walerstein, MD FACPGrant Description
Funding to undertake the initial steps in this process that will be the building blocks for the eventual organization (NuHealth) and education of the medical professionals providing health care to the region’ s minorities and poor. NuHealth seeks to improve and promote the clinical coordination of healthcare delivered by clinicians serving such underserved populations with the major safety net health care providers in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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