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| U.S. Representative Maxine Waters and Dean McNeal (center) and other local leaders cut the ribbon. |
“This is such an exciting day for us,”
said Dr. Gloria McNeal, Dean of National University’s (NU) School of Health and
Human Services (SHHS) last month at the grand opening of the National
University Nurse-Managed Clinic. The
clinic will be community based in the Los Angeles area and is the result of a
$1.5 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to the SHHS. The effort is based
out of NU’s LA campus and is connected through telehealth technologies to five
community sites in the area. The public launch
event was held at one of the sites, the Tree of Life Missionary Baptist Church
in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
NU faculty, staff, and administrators
were on hand to tour the site along with local, state, and federal leaders. The grant allows funding for nurse
practitioners from NU and other healthcare organizations to meet and treat patients
in the community where they live. You
can view a video of the launch event highlighted by opening remarks by NU
Provost Gangaram Singh here.