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Henry Ford Health System and Michigan State University have announced the two organizations signed a letter of intent to significantly expand their long-term partnership, a unique primary affiliation among the first of its kind for the region between a fully integrated academic health system and major state university. Committed to redesigning care around patients and communities through education, research and clinical care, the enhanced collaboration will focus on improving access, affordability and outcomes, especially for Detroit’s and Michigan’s most vulnerable populations. “Partnerships with the potential for greater impact are more important than ever before,” said Wright Lassiter III, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System. “The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing injustices and recent protests in cities across our nation have amplified the importance of and urgency for innovation and discovery that radically improves the health of all of the communities we serve.” “Healt

The College of Human Medicine Office of Admissions stands in solidarity with the Black community on campus, across Michigan, and throughout the nation. We acknowledge the anguish and pain felt not only from the recent murder of innocent black lives, but to a larger degree the conditions which manifest racial profiling and rampant inequalities plaguing Black communities. We acknowledge the trauma, anger, and despair that are rooted in systemic racism. This, too, is an issue of public health, directly impacting our medical students and the patients they will serve. We are dedicated to inclusivity and equity both in our recruitment efforts and selection process. That dedication requires firm commitment and action.  We vow, per our diversity and inclusion statement , to grow individually and collectively, promote equity, and to support current/future CHM students. As such, we wish to amplify the College of Human Medicine chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) in tota