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President’s Grant
2019
Promoting Interprofessional Education and Improving Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient Outcomes with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Pace University
Principal Investigator: The study team is comprised of principal investigator, Dr. Lucille Ferrara, Associate Professor, Department of Graduate Nursing, and Family Nurse Practitioner, specializing in chronic disease management, specifically diabetes care and management for over 25 years. She is currently on staff at a major medical center in the northeast Bronx, New York and has published extensively on diabetes self-management. Dr. Sophie Revillard Kaufman, Assistant Dean for Grants and Strategic Initiatives, College of Health Professions (CHP), Pace University, is a CFM Qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) facilitator, educated at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM). Ms. Ann Rupp, is a Certified Diabetes Educator®, and Family Nurse Practitioner who is currently in an endocrine clinical practice specializing in diabetes care and management. Dr. Joanne Singleton, Professor, Department of Graduate Nursing, is an accomplished clinician, educator and researcher with numerous national and international publications, including interprofessional primary care textbooks. As a family nurse practitioner Dr. Singleton has held an appointment at a major medical school in New York City since 1994, in the department of family medicine. She is engaged in and serving in interprofessional leadership roles at the national level as well as at Pace where she leads the CHP Interprofessional Education and Practice Committee.
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Macy Faculty Scholar
2019
Richard Evan Greene, MD, MHPE, FACP
NYU School of Medicine
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Macy Faculty Scholar
2019
Michael Westerhaus, MD, MA
Regents of the University of Minnesota
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Macy Faculty Scholar
2019
Rachel Marie E. Salas, MD, MEdHP, FAAN
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Macy Faculty Scholar
2019
Barret Michalec, Ph.D.
University of Delaware
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Macy Faculty Scholar
2019
Amanda J. Kirkpatrick, PhD, RN
Creighton University
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President’s Grant
2019
Schwartz Center Compassion Scholars 2019-2020
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
This award will support Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Scholarships for Nursing Student Compassion Scholars. These students, in addition to medical students also participating in the Compassion Scholars Program, will learn about the positive impacts of compassion in enhancing health, resilience, and wellbeing; and develop a network to create cultures of compassion in health professional education and clinical practice.
Principal Investigator: Beth Lown, MD, FACH: Dr. Lown is deeply involved in the education and assessment of compassion and relational and communication skills in healthcare and develops content, programs and research in her role as Chief Medical Officer of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare. She also is Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director of Faculty Development and Fellowships in Health Professional Education and an internal medicine physician at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA. Kathy McGuinn, MSN, RN, CPHQ: Ms. McGuinn is the Director of Interprofessional Education and Practice Partnerships and a Special Advisor for Quality Initiatives at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). At AACN, Ms. McGuinn has been involved in facilitating a variety of initiatives including the creation and updating of AACN’s three foundational standards documents. She also has assisted with the planning of the national Interprofessional Education Collaborative Institutes and actively participated with the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative.
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President’s Grant
2019
Online Patient Navigation Training
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
This award will support the translation of an in-person patient navigation training program for healthcare professionals into an online program.
Principal Investigator: Erin Price, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C, Director of Young Adult & Psychosocial Support Programs, runs Smith Center’s Young Adult Cancer Community programs, provides group and individual support to cancer survivors, serves as an Integrative Patient Navigator and manages Smith Center’s Integrative Patient Navigation Training. Carole O’Toole, Director of Integrative Navigation and Cancer Retreats, developed the Integrative Patient Navigation Program for Smith Center in 2006, introduced integrative navigation to Howard University Cancer Center, and developed faith-based community navigation services that reached over 12,000 African-Americans and African immigrants. She leads Smith Center’s Integrative Navigation Team and directs the Center’s signature residential retreats for people with cancer. Laura Pole, Director of Nourishment Programs, has served as Smith Center’s health supportive chef and nurse consultant since 1997. She is an Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist and Cancer Guide with 25 years of experience, Certified Health Supportive Chef, Nia body-mind fitness instructor, and founder of “Eating for a Lifetime,” a consulting business dedicated to teaching individuals and professionals about health supportive eating and food preparation. She is the co-coordinator of Smith Center’s Professional Navigation Training in Integrative Cancer Care and the coordinator of the “Media Watch Cancer News That You Can Use” listserv.
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President’s Grant
2019
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Medical Professionalism Best Practices: Addressing Burnout in Our Profession
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
This award will support the production of a monograph from the medical professionalism think tank conference, Medical Professionalism Best Practices: Addressing Burnout and Resilience in Our Profession.
Principal Investigator: Richard L. Byyny, MD, FACP, Executive Director, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Editor, The Pharos, and Professor Emeritus and Chancellor Emeritus University of Colorado Boulder. Douglas S. Paauw, MD, Director, Medicine Student Programs, Professor of Medicine, and Rathmann Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Patient-Centered Clinical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Sheryl Pfeil, MD, Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, and Medical Director of the Clinical Skills Education and Assessment Center at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Staff: Dee Martinez, Chief of Staff, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
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President’s Grant
2019
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Advocacy for Population Health
National Academies of Practice
This award will support the 2019 National Academies of Practice Forum, Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Advocacy for Population Health. The forum will share best practices in advocacy for interprofessional collaboration, interprofessional practice models for population health, and person-centered quality healthcare.
Principal Investigator: 2019 NAP Forum Planning Committee (35 committee members representing 8 academies) • Co-Chairs: Joanne Wisely, MA, CCC/SLP, FNAP (Speech-Language Pathology); Caroline Goulet, PT, PhD, FNAP (Physical Therapy) Subcommittee Chairs/Leads: • Keynotes: Elizabeth Speakman, EdD, RN, FNAP, ANEF, FAAN (Nursing); April Newton, PT, MS, FNAP (Physical Therapy), • Abstracts: Martha Sexton, PhD, RN, FNAP (Nursing); Mary Casper, MA, CCC-SLP, FNAP (Speech-Language Pathology) • Networking: Denise Ludwig, CCC/SLP, FNAP (Speech-Language Pathology) • Forum Evaluation: Patricia Prelock, PhD, CCC/SLP, FNAP (Speech-Language Pathology) • Sponsorship: Jody Frost, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, FNAP (Physical Therapy) • Advocacy: Hill Visit subgroup: Carolyn Higdon, CCC/SLP, FNAP (Speech-Language Pathology); Robert Fifer, AuD, FNAP (Audiology) NAP Professional Development Committee (14 committee members representing 8 academies) • Chair: Vice President Lucille Ferrara, EdD, FNP-BC, FNAP, FNYAM, Vice President for Professional Development (Nursing) • Subcommittee Co-Chairs available upon request. NAP Public Policy Committee (52 committee members representing 10 academies) • Chair: Gretchen Ely, PhD, Vice President for Public Policy (Social Work) Subcommittee Co-Chairs available upon request. NAP President: Michelle Troseth, MSN, RN, FNAP, FAAN (Nursing) NAP Council Liaison and President-Elect: Jody Frost, PT, DPT, PhD, FNAP (Physical Therapy) NAP Executive Director: Melanie Bowzer, CAE