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Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities

Vision

To become a nationally recognized Center of Excellence for promoting healthy lifestyles and healthcare delivery and treatment through quality community-engaged research, dissemination of findings, and student education.

Mission of the CEEHD

To promote social justice in healthcare delivery, treatment, and outcomes by leading collaborative efforts to generate and disseminate evidence-based, policy-relevant solutions, and to educate future leaders who deliberately consider and incorporate equity and social justice in professional practice.

Goals

  • Establish the CEEHD as a nationally recognized Center of Excellence in health disparities focused on social justice in healthcare delivery, treatment, and outcomes.
    • Increase the role of the CEEHD in promoting research and scholarship by leading research projects in this area.
    • Increase the role of the CEEHD in promoting research and scholarship by supporting faculty and student research at WSSU.
  • Identify opportunities to directly engage in the local and regional community to educate on and address health disparities.
  • Secure diverse sources of funding support for the CEEHD and gradually reduce its dependence on internal support from WSSU.
  • Support WSSU’s overall strategic plan objectives to infuse equity into the curriculum.

Affiliated Faculty & Staff

  • Dr. Cheryl A. Thaxton, Dean of the School of Health Sciences
  • Dr. Megan Edwards Collins, Professor & Chair of Occupational Therapy
  • Dr. Jo Ann Dowell, Associate Professor of Nursing
  • Dr. Keisha Rogers, Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling