LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's first private medical college will include a think tank focused on health at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The new Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine opens this fall. The school will unveil its Burrell Institute for Health Policy and Research during a Friday event at the University of New Mexico.
Chairman Dan Burrell says the institute will take a data-driven and forensic approach to examining cross-border health issues like disease surveillance, health care disparity and data tracking.
He says the goal is to educate both U.S. and Mexico officials about such issues.
The institute is part of BCOM's charitable foundation, the Southwest Foundation for Osteopath Education and research. Burrell says the Burrell Group will fund the institute until it becomes self-sustaining through grants and service funding.