“The mission of the University of South Alabama is to high-quality programs of teaching, research, public service, and health care that create, communicate, preserve and apply knowledge in service to the people of Alabama as citizens in a global community.”

“The NCMHD envisions and America in which all populations will have an equal opportunity to live long, healthy and productive lives.” “The mission of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess … effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities.”