Southeastern Regional Training Center Participating Schools:

Meharry Medical College: http://www.mmc.edu exists to improve the health and health care of minority and underserved communities by offering excellent education and training programs in the health sciences; placing special emphasis on providing opportunities to people of color and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, regardless of race or ethnicity; delivering high quality health services; and conducting research that foster the elimination of health disparities.

Morehouse School of Medicine: http://www.msm.edu is a historically black
institution established to recruit and train minority and other students as physicians, biomedical scientists, and public health practitioners who are committed to the primary healthcare needs of the underserved.

Tennessee State University: http://www.tnstate.edu is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational land-grant university offering 45 bachelor’s degrees and 24 master degrees. Doctoral programs include biological sciences, psychology, public administration, computer information systems engineering, administration and supervision, and curriculum and instruction. s a comprehensive, urban, coeducational land-grant university offering 45 bachelor’s degrees and 24 master degrees. Doctoral programs include biological sciences, psychology, public administration, computer information systems engineering, administration and supervision, and curriculum and instruction. Tennessee State University projects itself to its students, faculty, and alumni and to the citizens of the State through the motto, "Think, Work, Serve."

Northeast Regional Training Center Participating School:

New Jersey Medical School: http://www.healthynj.org/dis-con/fetalalcohol/main.htm. In collaboration with the New Jersey Medical School, Healthy is a product of the University Libraries at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The Consumer Health Information Task Force, comprised of librarians from each of the four UMDNJ Campus Libraries, developed the content of the Web Site to meet the health care information needs of consumers

Midwest Regional Training Center Participating Schools:

Department of Community and Family Medicine of the University of St. Louis Medical School: http://medschool.slu.edu/comfam. The Department of Community & Family Medicine at Saint Louis University will measurably improve community health outcomes by: improving access to primary care, particularly family physician services, and other primary care important health professions services; improving the quality of primary care and preventive services delivered by health professionals in St. Louis; implementing population-based health and research projects that address specific community health outcomes, particularly those that reduce health disparities in St. Louis; and providing clinical and community services that meet community health needs.

Edward and Margaret Doisy School of Allied Health: http://www.slu.edu/doisycollege. The Doisy College of Health Sciences includes the School of Nursing and the departments of Clinical Laboratory Science, Health Information Management, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Nutrition & Dietetics, Occupational Science& Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant Education. The college is an integral part of the Health Sciences Center, home to Saint Louis University's schools of Medicine, Public Health and Saint Louis University Hospital. This location offers terrific outreach opportunities, an important part of the University’s mission.

The University of Missouri-Columbia (School of Medicine and School of Health Professions): http://www.muhealth.org/~medicine was the first publicly supported medical school west of the Mississippi River. Today, the school offers an outstanding program that emphasizes a thorough medical education founded on clinical experience and research. As part of the Health Sciences Center, the school continues to revolutionize medicine by exploring innovative ways to deliver health care to the residents of Missouri.

The Missouri Institute on Mental Health (MIMH): http://www.mimh.edu, located on the grounds of Saint Louis State Hospital, it was founded as the research and training arm of the Missouri Department of Health’s Division of Mental Diseases. Through its policy, research and training efforts, MIMH continues to serve Missouri’s mental health community.

The Saint Louis Arc: http://www.slarc.org/programs/fas is a non-profit, United Way agency that provides support and services to more than 3,000 adults and children with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, and their families, throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Western FAS Regional Training Center Participating School:

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has established community partnerships with Kaiser Permanente, Harbor – UCLA County Hospital, Edelman Mental Health Clinic, Greater Los Angeles VA Hospitals, Venice Family Clinic, Betty Ford Center and Didi Hirsh Community Mental Health Center. To disseminate the curriculum in diverse academic settings, UCLA is working with David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Martin Luther King – Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, UC Riverside, UCSF, UCSD, UC Irvine, Loma Linda, and UCLA Extension. T he program includes a variety of innovative education experiences in addition to classroom learning, such as videotapes and audience response systems; individualized learning with Web-based CD-ROM learning and written materials; and small group learning opportunities that employ practicing with standardized patients and discussing written case vignettes.