National Consortium for Multicultural Education

The Consortium is a group of medical educators awarded grants by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to develop curricula to address health disparities through medical education. Specifically, the main goal of this initiative is to increase the overall knowledge and skills of medical students, house staff, and other professionals, including practicing physicians on the ethnic, cultural, religious, socioeconomic, linguistic and other factors that contribute to health disparities, and on culturally competent approaches to mitigating these disparities.

Map of Awardee Institutions:

Stanford University
Coordinating Center
Clarence Braddock III, MD, MPH

Integrative Immersive Approaches to Cultural Competence

University of Washington
Coordinating Center
David Acosta, MD
Center for Cultural Proficiency in Medical Education (CC-PriME)

Baylor College of Medicine
Coordinating Center
Paul Haidet, MD, MPH
Promoting Physicians' Cultural Competence Through Reflective Practice

University of California, Irvine
Desiree Lie, MD, MSEd
Cultural Competency Training in Latino Health

University of California, Los Angeles
Paula Cifuenetes Henderson, MD
Linking Health Disparities Research to Medical Education

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lynn Bickley, MD
Bridging the Gap: A Patient-Centered Curriculum for Cultural Competence

Morehouse College
Kofi Kondwani, PhD
A Longitudinal CRASH-Course in Cultural Competence

University of Alabama, Birmingham
Carlos Estrada, MD, MS
Improving Cultural Competency: An Online-Based Curriculum

Wake Forest University
Sonia Crandall, PhD, MS
Advancing Cultural Competence Education and Training

Howard University
Chris DeGannes, MD
Project for Teaching Cultural Competence in Healthcare

University of Maryland
Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD, MHS
Maryland’s Approach to Cultural Competency in Healthcare

University of Pennsylvania
Gail Morrison, MD, FACP
Cultural Competence-Health Disparities Training Program

Drexel University
Ana Nunez, MD
Culture Matters: Innovative Strategies for Quality Care

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Elizabeth Lee-Rey, MD, MPH
Cultural Competence & Health Disparities

University of Rochester
Cheryl Kodjo, MD, MPH
Patient-Physician Goal: Reducing Disparities

State University New York, Buffalo
Kim Griswold, MD
Medical Training in Diversity: Disparity Across Cultures

University of Illinois, Chicago
Jorge Girotti, PhD
Medical Education for Cultural Competence

University of Chicago
Susan Glick, MD
Cultural Competence Training for Resident Physicians