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Macy Faculty Scholar
2021
David Diller, MD
University of Southern California
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President’s Grant
2021
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Scholarship Program
National Medical Fellowships
This award will support the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation scholarships for four second- and third-year underrepresented minority medical students.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jones joined National Medical Fellowships in 2012 as Program Director to launch NMF’s Primary Care Leadership Program (PCLP), an innovative national service-learning program that is focused on building the primary care provider pipeline. Now in its tenth program season, she has overseen PCLP’s ongoing expansion, development and evolution. In 2018, Dr. Jones assumed the role of NMF’s Director of Scholarships and Programs. In this role, she oversees the administration and implementation of NMF’s dynamic portfolio of scholarships and awards. She is also responsible for donor prospecting activities related to scholarships and programs development. She establishes and maintains strategic relationships with key stakeholders including funders, program partners, faculty advisors/mentors, distinguished healthcare experts, leaders and scholars. Dr. Jones has more than 15 years experience providing technical assistance and institutional support for capacity development including proposal writing, program development and implementation, strategic planning, human capital development, and program monitoring and evaluation. She has been a consultant to public and private institutions in the US and internationally. She holds a PhD in International Development, Tulane University Law School’s Payson Center for International Development; Master of Science in International Development, Tulane University; Bachelor of Arts in Women’s Studies and Public Policy, George Washington University.
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President’s Grant
2021
CUNY SPH Student Resiliency Fund
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy Foundation, Inc.
This award supports the Student Resiliency Fund, which provides graduate public health students with emergency funds to enable them to continue and complete their education.
Principal Investigator: Ayman El-Mohandes, MBBCh, MD, MPH, FAAP Dean, CUNY SPH Dr. El-Mohandes is a pediatrician, epidemiologist, and academician with a deep commitment to public service; he serves as an elected member of the executive board of the American Public Health Association. Prior to his appointment to CUNY in 2013, he served as Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska, where he was also a professor of epidemiology at the College of Public Health, and professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics/gynecology at the College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center. Adam Doyno, MPA, CFRE Executive Director, CUNY SPH Foundation Director of Development, CUNY SPH Adam Doyno is a fundraising practitioner with expertise in supporting public health and social services initiatives. Throughout the course of his career, Adam has built fundraising initiatives, departments, and teams in New York and across the country. He is a Board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals-New York City chapter. Lynn Roberts, PhD Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Alumni Relations, CUNY SPH Lynn Roberts has a BS in human development from Howard University (1984) and a Ph.D. in Human Services Studies from Cornell University (1991). The City University of New York (CUNY) has been her academic home since 1995. Prior to joining CUNY and the GSPHHP, she oversaw the development, implementation, and evaluation of several prevention programs for women and youth in NYC.
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Board Grant
2021
A Scorecard for Clinical Learning Environments to Promote Continuous Improvement
University of California San Francisco
This award supports the development of a scorecard for the clinical learning environment and testing it in eight major clinical departments at UCSF. The project team will evaluate the effectiveness of the scorecard at driving initiatives to improve the clinical learning environment and pilot the scorecard at other institutions.
Principal Investigator: Sandrijn van Schaik MD PhD (PI) – Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the UCSF Simulation Center, Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics, Director of Faculty Development for the UCSF Learning and Caring Environment Sneha Daya MD (Co-investigator) – Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Georgetown University
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Macy Faculty Scholar
2021
Jessica Devido, PhD, CPNP
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit
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President’s Grant
2021
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Task Force on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism (DEIAR) in Healthcare
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
This award will support an analysis of Gold Humanism Honor Society demographics and inform actions to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism within the society. They will also develop a training video to improve patient care with a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.
Principal Investigator: Richard I. Levin, MD – President and CEO Elizabeth Cleek, Psy.D. – Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (Co-Chair of Task Force) Brianne Alcala, MBA – Associate Vice President, Communications and Editor in Chief (Co-Chair of Task Force)
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President’s Grant
2020
Relational Coordination and Health Care Workforce Diversity Management
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
This award will support a literature review and curriculum on workforce diversity management based on relational coordination principles. The investigators will assemble a consortium to develop the curriculum, to advise on content and method of delivery, and to help pilot the curriculum.
Principal Investigator: Jody Hoffer Gittell, PhD – PI Professor, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management; Principal Investigator, The Relational Society Project Gittell discovered the theory of relational coordination and founded a community of practice aimed at translating that theory into research and action. This community of practice focuses on improving performance and well-being especially in the healthcare context, and increasingly is grappling with issues of diversity. Gittell serves in a leadership role in her local NAACP chapter, and in this context is working to foster diversity, equity and inclusion. Olawale Olaleye, MA, MBA, B.Pharm – Graduate Research Associate PhD Candidate, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management; Research Lead, The Relational Society Project. Olaleye is studying interprofessional teams at Beth Israel Lahey Medical Center in Boston where he has identified workforce diversity as an impediment to effective communication and relationship building between and within teams. His dissertation focuses on the use of RC principles to uncover role based and minority identity discrimination on health care teams.
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President’s Grant
2020
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the Urology Workforce: Strengthening the Pipeline
The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
This award will support a study on the lack of diverse students in urology. The study will identify factors influencing interest, access, and successful career advancement in the profession.
Principal Investigator: 1. Efe Chantal Ghanney Simons, MD: Principal Investigator (PI) and Contact; Resident Physician, Urology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) 2. Christopher Saigal, MD, MPH: Principal Investigator (Co-PI); Professor and Vice-Chair of Urology, UCLA 3. Serena Does, PhD.: Co-Investigator; Senior Researcher in the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), UCLA 4. Tracy M. Downs, MD: Co-Investigator; Professor of Urology, Associate Dean for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; President of R. Frank Jones Urological Association 5. Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS: Co-Investigator; Professor, Vice-Chair and Program Director of Urology, Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF 6. Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS: Co-Investigator; Assistant Professor-In Residence of Urology, UCSF
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President’s Grant
2020
Building Trust through Diversity, Health Care Equity, and Inclusion in Internal Medicine Training
ABIM Foundation
This award will support a grant program to build trust in internal medicine training through enhancing diversity, health care equity, and inclusion. Successful recipients of the grant will include at least one faculty member; demonstrate specific ways training, practices, and organizations can enhance trust; and participate in a learning network.
Principal Investigator: The project will be led by Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the ABIM Foundation. Mr. Wolfson has been instrumental in leading the Choosing Wisely® campaign, a multi-year effort engaging more than 80 specialty societies to promote conversations between clinicians and patients about utilizing the most appropriate tests and treatments and avoiding care that may not be necessary. Prior to joining the ABIM Foundation, Mr. Wolfson was President and CEO of the Alliance for Community Health Plans, where he spearheaded the creation of HEDIS.
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Macy Faculty Scholar
2017
Maja Djukic, PhD, RN, FAAN (Transfer Award)
The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston- Cizak School of Nursing