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$7.4 million Grant creates health research partnership between tribes and the University of South Dakota School of Medicine and other colleges

A $7.4 million grant awarded to the University of South Dakota School of Medicine will benefit American Indians in South Dakota and other states, school officials said.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant will create the Center for Health Research, a partnership between universities, tribal colleges and tribal health agencies to address health care issues important in Indian country.

USD will serve as the lead institution.

The school’s Center for Disabilities will partner with Black Hills State University, the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board, the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council and Sinte Gleska University.

The five-year grant will help fund:

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