Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Sciences has received $ 50 million to build a new state medical facility. The traditionally black graduate institution in Willowbrook, Calif., received funding after it was passed by the legislature in June and the nonprofit was announced on July 13. The award is the first financial commitment to build the facility, which consists of a 100,000 square meter building with classrooms, standard and virtual anatomy labs, faculty and human resources offices, and communal areas for students.
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With the building, the Charles Drew University wants to create an independent medical course independent of the UCLA David Geffen Facility of Medicine, with which it has been working since 1979. “We are very grateful for this support from Governor Newsom and the state parliament. With this funding, the CDU wants to increase the number of black medical graduates practicing in the state of California by almost 30% and the number of Latinx graduates by almost 20%, “said CDU President and Chairman of the Board David Carlisle in the ad.
Charles Drew University was founded in 1966 after the Watts Riots of 1965. According to the school, more than 80% of students and more than 71% of faculty are from colored communities. The CDU offers more than a dozen bachelor and master degrees and certificates, including nursing, radiological sciences, public health, and biomedical sciences. In cooperation with UCLA, the CDU accepts 28 students annually in its medical degree program. That partnership will continue when Charles Drew University begins launching its own medical degree. The aim is to enroll 60 students annually in the new Ph.D. course from 2023 onwards; construction on the new building is to start in spring 2022.
