MSM Office of Community Engagement

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is a renowned leader in community engagement, making positive change through research, community service, and educational outreach. The Office of Community Engagement (OCE) at Morehouse School of Medicine aims to promote and strengthen effective partnerships between faculty, staff, and students and those who identify as: community residents and leaders, government agencies, faith-based organizations, or health and social service agencies. 

What is Community Engagement? 

Morehouse School of Medicine holds to an applied, cross –cutting, definition of community engagement that includes the systematic allocation of educational, clinical, research and clinical resources (e.g., fiscal, knowledge, time, infrastructure) for partnerships and outreach approaches.

Our approaches are 1) community-led, co-created or informed, 2) dynamic, 3) culturally and contextually tailored, 4) established and sustained through mutually and exponentially beneficial community-academic partnerships, and 5) established, informed, improved or adapted for evidence-based interventions. Working collectively, these strategies contribute to our vision of leading the creation and advancement of health equity locally, nationally and globally.

Request Our Services at your Event!

Here, at Morehouse School of Medicine's Office of Community Engagement, we also take requests to attend other organization's events. Would you like to have our student run H.E.A.L. clinic run health screenings at your event? Or would you like a speaker who can discuss various topics? Morehouse School of Medicine would be honored to attend your event and offer our services to your community! We only ask that you turn in an event request form 8 weeks in advance of your event date (so if you have an event in May, your form should be submitted in March).

Check out the H.E.A.L. agency page to learn more about what they do. H.E.A.L. can offer the following free services at your event: blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening, glucose screening, and vaccinations (Influenza and COVID-19).

Since the H.E.A.L. clinic is student run, there will be certain months during the year when the clinic will be unavailable due to exams, holidays, etc.

Inactive Months

• From the 2nd week of May until June.
• From the 3rd week of November until after New Year.

Interested in having us? Click here to fill out the Event Request Form.