Propel progress in HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Imagine that everyone, regardless of background, has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health and to be a part of providing health care to others. Our committed faculty members, staff, and learners are well positioned to advance the growing body of research that shows how we can partner with our communities to close health equity gaps and foster opportunities for careers in medical professions. The breadth and depth of opportunity is great, and we are building on a long history of service and advocacy. Our goal is to provide affordable, effective care to people throughout our state and to promote health, action, and collaboration locally and globally.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPACT
Propel progress in HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Increase patient programs in communities across the state
Help us expand programming that increases access to patient care for all through evidence-based strategies. We can, for example, make mobile health care services such as mammography available to more communities that need equitable access to education, prevention, and screening.
Fuel community outreach and social support services
We seek to enhance partnerships with communities to address social determinants of health. Together, we can propel community initiatives that promote health, bolster the resilience of families exposed to adversity, provide nutrition education, address food insecurity, and more.
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Enhance opportunities across the health sciences
Philanthropy can help us support pathways and professional growth across our academic and health care workforce. Gifts to programs that inspire and prepare high school students and assist undergraduates who aspire to be physicians and medical researchers can have a great impact on individuals and communities. We also seek to develop a tuition-assistance program for people interested in health sciences but who face roadblocks to enrollment.
Advance health equity research to transform medicine
We are researching gaps in access to health care as well as measuring and sharing the results of programs that address them. We have launched a first-of-its-kind program to identify inequities in pediatric health care and design interventions to fix them. Plus, we run local and national programs that impact populations including veterans, children, and older adults. Philanthropy is advancing this work, including enabling students to work with communities around the world to codesign and implement novel solutions for health challenges.
Expand the breadth of our clinical education settings
Providing medical students and residents with opportunities to learn in a wide variety of settings will enhance their education and inspire some toward careers focused on uplifting those most vulnerable and with the highest needs in our society. Supporting the creation of partnerships with new clinical sites (Federally Qualified Health Centers, rural practices, homeless shelters, and more) with excellent faculty preceptors may change the course of some learners’ careers and provide enhanced access to care where it is most needed.
