The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School Health Care Management (HCM) Department and Meharry Medical College will launch a joined MD/PhD program in 2021.
“This marks the first time a Wharton program has joined forces with a historically black medical school to create a path for its students to earn a joined MD/PhD degree,” said Guy David, PhD, Director of the Wharton HCM PhD program. “This effort advances our overall mission to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in thought leadership as experts in both medical and health care policy research. We are all very committed to increasing diversity and know that the graduates of this program will become great leaders who will transform our world.”