(Missoula) – The University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy was awarded over $2.4 million in grant funding by the Health Resources and Service Administration which it will use to help Montana’s pharmacy school recruit and support Indigenous Pharmacy students through the University’s Native American Center of Excellence.
The four-year grant will bolster continued efforts to increase Native clinical and campus-based faculty, support research to help alleviate health disparities, and provide cultural training relevant to health care and behavioral health.
With the support of federal grants, the school has graduated 85 Native American pharmacists and ranks among the top five schools nationally for the highest number of American Indian and Alaska Native Doctor of Pharmacy students.
