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Sep 10, 2011
Tallahassee Democrat
PRESS RELEASE
From its inception 124 years ago, Florida A&M University has made its mark producing significant numbers of graduates in fields such as business, allied health and pharmacy. Now, the university seeks to help reverse the lack of routine dental care available in Florida's poor rural and underserved communities by opening its own dental school. The proposal has gained the support of two critical health partners: Florida State's College of Medicine and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and its foundation. Dr. John Fogarty, dean of FSU's medical school, said the college could partner with FAMU in many ways: identifying minority students interested in dental careers, possibly sharing facilities, such as labs, and possibly offering its biomedical faculty to teach.