“It’s really cool to come into the community as a student nurse,” said Hailey Turner who was taking her turn with a blood pressure measurement.

Area residents visiting the NCCU mobile health clinic received assistance with maladies including urinary tract infections, changing bandages, treatment for high blood pressure and tetanus vaccinations.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paulin and fellow investigator, Tianduo Zhang, partnered with the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Institute (JLC-BBRI) at NCCU.

NCCU is the recipient of a 2021 NIH grant to support highly innovative and broadly impactful biomedical or behavioral research through the Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.

NCCU concluded the 2018-19 academic year with $33.1 million in grants and other outside funding sources for research, the second-highest funding total in university history.