PORTLAND, OR \u2013 December 15, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cambia Health Foundation is pleased to announce the eighth cohort of scholars accepted into its Sojourns\u00ae Scholar Leadership Program. Ten emerging palliative care leaders were carefully chosen through a rigorous selection process from a highly competitive pool. In addition, the Foundation has opened the 2022 Sojourns\u00ae Scholar Leadership Program and encourages palliative care professionals from across the country, including all disciplines and practice settings, to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program is designed to identify, cultivate and advance the next generation of palliative care leaders. As part of the leadership program, each Sojourns Scholar receives $180,000 in funding ($90,000\/year over two years) to conduct an innovative and impactful clinical, policy, educational, health equity or systems change project in the field of palliative care. Scholars also participate with other scholars in a collaborative learning community while receiving individual mentorship to design and implement a plan that supports completion of their project as well as their growth and development as national palliative care leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe ongoing pandemic has made us acutely aware of the importance of interdisciplinary palliative care teams, not only in terms of providing whole person care for people with serious illness, but also in addressing health disparities and fostering workplace resilience,\u201d said Peggy Maguire, president and board chair, Cambia Health Foundation. \u201cBy supporting the development of this elite group of palliative care professionals, we are transforming the experience of people with serious illness and building a more inclusive and sustainable health care system.\u201d
Since the program\u2019s inception in 2014, the Foundation\u2019s purposeful investment in palliative care leadership has awarded more than $15 million to 84 scholars around the country. Scholars represent different areas of the palliative care team including physicians, nurses, chaplains, pharmacists and social workers, but all are committed to improving the experience of people facing serious illness and their caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are inspired by the emerging leaders across all disciplines in palliative care, and our aim is to continue to broaden the diversity of this program so that every person in the United States who could benefit from palliative care has the ability to access the services,\u201d Maguire said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listed below are the 2021 Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program Grant Recipients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Becca Hutchinson, MD, MPH
MaineHealth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Becky Cammy, LCSW
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center \u2013 Jefferson Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP, FAANP, FAAN
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n
David Wang, MD
Scripps Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jung Kwak, PhD, MSW
The University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khaliah Johnson, MD
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPH, MPhil, MS
University of California, San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michelle Milic, MD
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Natalie McAndrew, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tracy Fasolino, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Clemson University<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To learn more about the individual scholars, please visit the Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program page on the Cambia Health Foundation website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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