The Center for Health Disparities Solutions (CHDS) is dedicated to the elimination of disparities in health and health care among racial and ethnic populations, socioeconomic groups, and geopolitical categories such as urban, rural, and suburban populations. The Center conducts multidisciplinary basic and translational research with the goals of advancing knowledge on the causes of health disparities and developing interventions to eliminate disparities.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Morgan State University received a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Health''s National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. The purpose of the grant is to establish a research center on health disparities. The center, which will be named the Center for Health Disparities Solutions, will focus on projects to study disparities in racial and ethnic groups, urban and rural populations, and income and social classes.

Johns Hopkins facilities involved in the Center include the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, the Health Services Research and Development Center, the Biostatistics Center, and the Urban Health Institute. Morgan State University resources associated with the new Center are the Drug Abuse Research Program, the Prevention Sciences Research Center, Public Health Program, the Programs in Social Work and Psychology, and the School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

"Exploration and Intervention for Health Equality. . ."