We exist to: Improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities; Increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce; Address primary health care through programs in education, research and service; With emphasis on people of color and the under-served urban and rural populations in Georgia, the nation and the world. High level of proficiency in recognizing obvious signs of illness, discomfort, and irregularities, such as abnormal food and water consumption, abnormal stool, unusual behavior, death, malocclusion, ear mites, nails, abscesses and wounds, in all species of laboratory animals.