The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and Howard University — both located in Washington, DC — have formed a partnership to produce more homegrown healthcare workers by creating a new program called PHIT4DC. According to an article, the program allows...
The pandemic showed health officials in the DC region that public health data systems are not equipped to handle an outbreak of disease. Local universities are trying to improve that system, the University of the District of Columbia and Howard University have teamed...
Professors at the District’s historically black universities are joining up to fill a critical gap in the health care industry. The pandemic taught healthcare workers in DC many lessons, one in particular that they need more healthcare workers who know how to...
Hello PHIT4DC Community! We hope this post finds you in high spirits and, as always, inspired to push the boundaries of what’s possible. We’d like to take a moment to update you on our application periods and what’s coming up next at PHIT4DC. Fall...
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The University of the District of Columbia (UDC), in partnership with Howard University (Howard), was chosen alongside nine other universities across the country to boost the public health informatics workforce...
Ever since the unprecedented era of COVID-19, the health care industry has been riddled with momentous challenges, from the pressures to effectively contain the virus, to frightening shortages of medical professionals across the nation. Similarly, the District faced...
