Einstein College of Medicine receives $10 million grant to study health of Hispanic population – New York

“Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University announced today that it has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for a landmark and unprecedented large-scale study of the health status of 4,000 people of Hispanic/Latino origin in the Bronx. Einstein is one of only five institutions nationwide to receive grants under this new Federal program, and the only one in New York.

“We are enormously pleased and honored to have been chosen to conduct this landmark study of the health needs of the Hispanic/Latino population,” said Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean at Einstein. “The Hispanic Community Health Study is the most comprehensive initiative ever undertaken to assess the health of the Hispanic population in the United States. Our selection for this project is a tribute to the quality of the clinical research conducted by our faculty, as well as a reflection of the excellent and mutually supportive relationships that we have forged over many years with community organizations throughout the Bronx,” Dr. Spiegel added.”

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