The CDC Foundation launches scholarship fund for descendants of Black men in the Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee.

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The CDC Foundation announced the creation of a new role, Chief Health Equity and Strategy Officer, and that Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH, is joining the Foundation in this capacity.

The CDC Foundation and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute establish the Health Equity Task Force devoted to monitoring and assessing the disparate impacts on vulnerable populations, including, but not limited to racial/ethnic minorities, people living with disabilities, and those of lower socioeconomic status.

The goal of the Improving Engagement in Community Level Data Collection program is to improve the nation's access to community-relevant and nationally significant data that measure health and equity.

To provide annual merit scholarships to descendants of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Study of Untreated Syphilis at Tuskegee and Macon County, AL, 1932–1972 and to provide administrative support as needed for the Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation and the scholarship program.

To serve as an applied learning hub for community-based organizations (CBO), public health departments, funders and others to co-create the systems-level changes needed to get to the root causes of health inequities. Phase 1 will focus on community driven capacity building of all public health ecosystem actors.