The grant will be used to establish a research center for health disparities through a collaborative effort involving multiple NCCU units that will be housed at the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute.
Deepak Kumar, Ph.D., director of the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, will serve as principal investigator for the grant.
The event will start at 3 p.m. at the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute located at 700 George Street, Durham, North Carolina.
The award will be largest annual grant amount received for a non-Title III grant.