By Megan Fitzgerald/Greenville Journal
Published April 25, 2024 at 2:20 PM EDT
Researchers at the bio hub will use data to identify health disparities and inequalities impacting the health of those living in South Carolina. These disparities can be due to a person’s socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender and more.
Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, dean of USC School of Medicine Greenville, explained the bio hub is part of the school’s increased focus on student research over the next decade. Over 95% of the college’s medical students currently participate in a research elective.
“Student research is more than just giving them that research experience, it’s also giving them the tools to apply research to their practice,” Jenkins said.
The medical school will lease space at Main Street Labs located at 2 N. Main St. for the bio hub. The downtown lab space is owned by Hughes Development Corp.
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville continues shaping the state’s next generation of medical professionals. The medical school will soon launch two new initiatives to provide innovative research and accelerated education opportunities for its students.
USC School of Medicine Greenville strives to help solve the current shortage of primary-care physicians in South Carolina. According to the medical school, there is a projected shortage of 815 primary-care physicians in the state by 2030.
In July, the medical school is launching the Primary Care Accelerated Track, an accelerated pathway for students to earn their M.D. degrees. Students who complete this accelerated track will graduate from the USC School of Medicine in three years.
Following graduation, the students will participate in a three-year primary-care residency program in family medicine at Prisma. Once they complete their residency, each new primary care physician will sign a four-year contract agreeing to practice medicine in South Carolina in exchange for a full tuition reimbursement.
The medical school plans to invest $3.9 million to pay for the students’ scholarships. The first cohort to start the Primary Care Accelerated Track will consist of six medical students.
Lifestyle medicine is integrated into the curriculum and learning experiences at USC School of Medicine Greenville. The medical school is the first in the country to incorporate nutrition, physical activity and health behaviors into all four years of its curriculum.
For the significant level of lifestyle-medicine curriculum taught at the school, USC School of Medicine Greenville recently earned the “Platinum Plus” certification from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. The school is one of the first two in the county to achieve this certification.
This story was filed as part of an editorial partnership between South Carolina Public Radio and the Greenville Journal, which is responsible for its content.
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