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the medical college of georgia, the state's health sciences university, was founded in 1828 as the 13th-oldest medical school in the nation. the university has grown to encompass every aspect of health care. mcg trains physicians, dentists, nurses, biomedical researchers, physical therapists and many other health care professionals in its schools of allied health sciences, dentistry, graduate studies, medicine and nursing.mcg has a strong commitment to research, building on a proud tradition that boasts, among other achievements, a cure for pellagra and the groundwork for such breakthroughs as fertility pills, birth-control pills and beta-blocking drugs for cardiac arrhythmias. the university is building on that reputation as never before, focusing resources in the thematic areas of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes/obesity, infection/inflammation and neurological disease.the university's mission to improve health and reduce the burden of illness in society is central to every aspect of mcg's educational, research and clinical initiatives.