Ascent-Health is a for-profit organization with a mission to develop new, less invasive medical technologies and services to improve health-care standards. The products Ascent-Health will develop will be mostly aimed at the immigrant communities in the United America specifically. Groups we focus on will include; West Indians, Africans, Greeks, Indians.
Research
Ascent-Health also conducts research and collects data on dental health in those communities.
We are dedicated to raising public awareness about dental hygiene and providing resources to under-served communities.
To access the information we aggregate, make a request here.
Public Service
Ascent-Health is also dedicated to raising public awareness about dental hygiene and connecting under-served communities with resources to improve their dental health. In line with our mission, we have created a public service announcement for Brockton Public Access Cable Television in Massachusetts.
About Robert R. Taylor Network (RRTN)
.The Robert Robinson Taylor Network (RRTN) is a non-profit 501(C)(3)educational foundation comprised of a global network of partners connecting youth and professionals to a cultural legacy of achievement in architecture, science, technology, engineering and math (ASTEM). The goal is to create cultural and economic impact through innovation, invention and entrepreneurship. RRTN’s mission is to increase the number of underrepresented populations in architecture, science, technology, and engineering fields, while specifically increasing the number of technology entrepreneurs and companies founded by these individuals.
RRTN is guided by a Board of Directors, Leadership Council and Professional Advisory Councils. RRTN was founded in 1985 by students at MIT and separately incorporated in the name and memory of Robert Robinson Taylor. Over the years RRTN has piloted programs with youth through various partners to refine its model and experiment with new concepts. RRTN is headquartered at MIT Center for Educational Computing Initiatives (CECI) in Cambridge, MA.
Robert Robinson Taylor is the first known black graduate of MIT. He graduated in 1892 and went on to become the first professionally-educated, black architect in America and the main architect of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. In the spirit of Robert Robinson Taylor, RRTN values excellence, “learn by doing”, entrepreneurial and inventive spirit, passionate and creative self-expression, integrity and social responsibility . We nurture an “enterprising culture” of innovation, invention and entrepreneurship. We strive to create “disruptive technologies businesses” which will have a long-lasting global impact.
Contact Us:
Robert R. Taylor Network, Inc.
c/o MIT School of Architecture and Planning
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 10-303, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Tel: 617-253-4058info@rrtn.org
Website: www.rrtn.org