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Minority Pipeline Program in Ophthalmology: Rabb Venable Excellence in Research in conjunction with the Ophthalmology Section of the National Medical Association

Award Number: R13EY016936
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/10/2008
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2023

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Minority Pipeline Program in Ophthalmology: Rabb Venable Excellence in Research in conjunction with the Ophthalmology Section of the National Medical Association - Minority Excellence Pipeline Program in Ophthalmology - NIH NEI R13 – PA-16-294 The goal of the Rabb-Venable Excellence in Research Program (RV) is to increase the number of under-represented minority physicians in ophthalmology and academic medicine. The program is a pipeline process to expose medical students and resident/fellows to role models, skills needed in medical practice and teaching, research opportunities and to provide mentoring. While on NEI council, Mildred MG Olivier, MD challenged the group to find more under- represented minorities (URM) to submit grants. For her part, she applied for a grant which would have impact on increasing the number of under-represented minorities in ophthalmology. The grant funded the continuation of the RV Program which had been in existence since 2000 when Lenworth Johnson, MD (past NEI council member) launched a research program inviting medical students, residents/fellows to the Annual Meeting of the National Medical Association (NMA) to present their work. The NMA was founded in 1895 because the American Medical Association did not allow African American physicians membership to their organization. Now more than 30,000 NMA physicians participate, working to eliminate the disparities in healthcare. Those racial and ethnic disparities cost the US $1.24 trillion with $229 billion in direct cost for medical care associated with disparities.1 Thirty percent of the US population are URM, however only 9% are medical doctors (Figure 1). Even fewer URM physicians are specialists. The RV Program has proven outcomes in placing and supporting URM students in subspecialty training. Figure 1. Minority representation in health related fields.2 Over the next five year period, the RV Program expects to build on its longitudinal success by a) expanding the number of participants to 60 by 2021; b) enriching the understanding of both students and mentors of the health impacts of disparities; c) enlisting additional physician mentors to work with the medical students and residents/fellows between meetings; and d) developing sources for supplemental funding to assure program sustainability. 1 John A. Poisal, M. Kent Clemens and Joseph Lizonitz et. al.. “The Outlook Health Spending Projections Through 2018: Recession Effects Add Uncertainty.” Health Affairs 28, no.2 (2009):w346-w357, originally published online February 24, 2009. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.w346. 2 Thomas LaVeist And Colleagues from the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Kaiser Family Foundation Study commissioned by The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 2008. http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-active-physicians/


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$54,192 )
2024	2021	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	000	13	8/16/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$54,192
														Subtotal = -$54,192

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2021	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	000	13	7/10/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2021	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	001	13	7/18/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $70,000 )
2021	2021	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	000	13	7/12/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$70,000
														Subtotal = $70,000

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $70,000 )
2020	2020	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	001	12	8/5/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2020	2020	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	000	12	6/26/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$70,000
														Subtotal = $70,000

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $70,000 )
2019	2019	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	001	11	7/19/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2019	2019	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	000	11	6/4/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$70,000
														Subtotal = $70,000

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $78,000 )
2018	2018	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	003	10	7/12/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$8,000
2018	2018	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	002	10	5/21/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$70,000
2018	2016	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	001	8	5/8/2018	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2018	2015	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	000	7	5/8/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $78,000

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $70,000 )
2017	2017	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. A/K/A NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	8403 COLESVILLE RD STE 820	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Vision Research	000	9	4/19/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$70,000
														Subtotal = $70,000

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $69,800 )
2016	2016	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	000	8	4/22/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$69,800
														Subtotal = $69,800

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $69,800 )
2015	2015	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	000	7	5/14/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$69,800
														Subtotal = $69,800

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $69,800 )
2014	2014	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	001	6	4/28/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$69,800
2014	2012	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	000	5	3/28/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2014	2012	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	002	5	5/1/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $69,800

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $99,999 )
2012	2012	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	000	5	9/19/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$99,999
														Subtotal = $99,999

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $107,999 )
2011	2011	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	000	4	7/18/2011	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$107,999
														Subtotal = $107,999

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $126,993 )
2010	2010	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	000	3	6/14/2010	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$126,993
														Subtotal = $126,993

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $120,117 )
2009	2009	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	000	2	8/28/2009	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$120,117
														Subtotal = $120,117

Issue Date FY: 2008 ( Subtotal = $113,187 )
2008	2008	NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	1012 10TH STREET, NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20001	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	USA	Vision Research	000	1	7/8/2008	NEW	$113,187
														Subtotal = $113,187

Grand Total All Awards = $1,081,503

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Minority Pipeline Program in Ophthalmology: Rabb Venable Excellence in Research in conjunction with the Ophthalmology Section of the National Medical Association

Award Number: R13EY016936

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/10/2008

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2023

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