National Institute for African American Health

Partner with NIAAH

Build practical partnerships that strengthen the health workforce, improve care relationships, and support Black families across the life course.

Institutional partnerships

A shared mission. A defined role.

Health systems and employers

Explore clinician learning or help develop a Family Care pilot in a defined setting.

Current opportunity: exploratory planning. NIAAH contributes subject knowledge and program design; partners identify an executive sponsor, delivery setting, participant access, and implementation resources.

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Universities and community organizations

Support the established Scholars pathway, contribute mentors, or explore research and Family Care development.

Current opportunity: mentoring and development conversations. Partners can contribute academic expertise, community knowledge, research capacity, and a named project lead.

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Foundations and major donors

Support NIAAH’s next stage through flexible institutional funding or a defined initiative with its full delivery costs.

Current opportunity: capacity building, program strengthening, and staged development. Scope, budget, reporting, and milestones are agreed for each commitment.

Explore institutional support

Three connected areas of work

Established physician pathway

NIAAH Scholars

Strengthen mentoring for pre-med and medical students. Broader health professions pathways are developing.

Explore Scholars

Education available · Credential developing

Clinician preparation

Explore the Pri-Med curriculum and discuss clinician learning. Institutional delivery and recognition terms require an agreed scope.

Explore NIAAH Certified

In development

NIAAH Family Care

Support research design, a forthcoming family toolkit, and development and testing of a proposed family education model.

Explore Family Care

How a partnership takes shape

Start with the need. Discuss the population, setting, objectives, and the current stage of the work.
Define the engagement. Agree responsibilities, delivery capacity, timeline, budget, data requirements, and appropriate safeguards.
Agree how to assess progress. Set measures and reporting dates proportionate to the program stage.
Review before continuing. Use delivery experience and findings to decide whether to adapt, continue, or expand.

Timing and fees depend on the agreed scope. An inquiry does not reserve a program, establish a partnership, or guarantee delivery.

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