Common Ground

Common Ground is a weekly mentoring activity sponsored by HS-MACA.  In the COPC Public Health Research Endowment program, we seek to incorporate a research seminar series, which has been a successful element of our NIH-supported Summer Research Training Program for Minority Students, into Common Ground to encourage students to pursue COPC public health research concerning health disparitities in medically underserved communities.

Common Ground developed out of a mentoring activity initiated by Dr. Kosoko-Lasaki.  It is a multicultural forum that promotes an integrated academic and professional relationship among all students and faculty, making it an ideal context in which to present our seminar series on health disparities.  Our goal is to have students understand health disparities as an integral part of the practice of medicine for all professionals, rather than as a charitable choice.