AFLAC TO GRANT $200,000 TO TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND UNVEIL COMMEMORATIVE PARK BENCH AT TSU’s CAMPUS

• Virgil Miller, Deputy President, Aflac U.S.
• Dr. Veronica Ajewole, Director, Community Engagement Core, Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research, Texas Southern University
• Dr. Michelle Penn-Marshall, Vice President, Division for Research and Innovation, Texas Southern University
• Dr. Huan Xie, PI, Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research, Texas Southern University, Texas Southern University
• Dr. Omonike Olaleye, Interim Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Research, Texas Southern University

WHERE: Texas Southern University – 3100 Cleburne St, Houston, TX 77004

WHEN: Wednesday, October 12, 10 a.m. CDT

Aflac and Texas Southern University’s Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research will hold an event to announce the awarding of a $200,000 grant. The grant will help to advance health equity for diseases that disproportionately impact underrepresented communities and will be split between community support/education and health-related research.

WHY: Aflac’s CareGrants program supports Aflac’s commitment to supporting organizations that are helping close the gap for individuals and communities currently suffering from or highly exposed to medical debt. The program is informed by the Aflac Care Index, a nationwide study examining Americans’ awareness of and exposure to debt resulting from medical bills not covered by insurance. The Aflac Care Index identified 11 U.S. states that over-index for vulnerability to medical debt due to lack of savings; Texas was among the 11 states identified as having the most medical debt exposure.