By Tashi McQueen AFRO Staff Writer tmcqueen@afro.com LifeLink of Georgia’s Multicultural Donation Education Program (MDEP) has partnered with eight of Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including the Morehouse School of Medicine, to address a shortage of Black doctors in the organ donation and transplant field. The partnership is currently in its fourth year and aims to broaden students’ career options by providing in-depth education on transplantation and organ donation. At the end of 2025, there were more than 100,000 people waiting for a transplant nationally, according to LifeLink. On average, 17 people die each day as they wait
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