Meharry Medical College opened in 1876 through funding by Samuel Meharry and his brothers. Opening as the medical department for Central Tennessee College, it served as the first medical school for African Americans in the South. Denistry and pharmaceutical studies were added to the curriculum, and the school became chartered separately in 1915. Graduate-level research and courses were offered in 1938, and in 1947, the college offered its first graduate degree, a Master of Science. In 1972, it would begin offering a Ph.D. program and, in 1982, an M.D./Ph.D. program. Meharry Medical College now offers an abundance of medical degrees for people of color, specifically from disadvantaged backgrounds, following its mission to combat health disparity.
Meharry Medical College
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Meharry Medical College opened in 1876 through funding by Samuel Meharry and his brothers. Opening as the medical department for Central Tennessee College, it served as the first medical school for African Americans in the South. Denistry and pharmaceutical studies were added to the curriculum, and the school became chartered separately in 1915. Graduate-level research and courses were offered in 1938, and in 1947, the college offered its first graduate degree, a Master of Science. In 1972, it would begin offering a Ph.D. program and, in 1982, an M.D./Ph.D. program. Meharry Medical College now offers an abundance of medical degrees for people of color, specifically from disadvantaged backgrounds, following its mission to combat health disparity.