National Program Office
The Merck Company Foundation has selected the University of Michigan's Center for Managing Chronic Disease to serve as the Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes (Alliance) Program Office to:
- Provide leadership in building the Alliance as a national partnership
- Support the diabetes and health care disparities program efforts of the five grantee communities (Camden, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Fort Washakie, Wyoming; and Memphis, Tennessee) for a five year project spanning from 2009-2013.
- Serve as the hub for communications activities at both the national and local levels to promote collaboration, information exchange and dissemination of lessons learned and program outcomes.
Dr. Noreen Clark will serve as Director of the National Program Office.
For more information on the National Program Office, please contact National Program Office Deputy Director, Julia A. Dodge at jadodge@umich.edu.