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Facilitating Interprofessional Collaboration

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Amanda Brosnan ’18 is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center with responsibilities including teaching, research and clinical practice. She is also a mentor for the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she mentors students and facilitates interprofessional collaboration.

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Using a Social Mission Lens in Nursing Education

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Brigit Carter ’17 calls on educational institutions to enhance nurse preparedness by adopting a social mission lens. This approach will help schools more effectively align their curricula, policies, and practices with health equity, enabling nurses to better support individuals and communities in achieving their highest level of health.

Teaching Healthy Habits Through Black Doll Making

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Shannon Jordan ’21 participated in a Black Doll Making Folklife Apprenticeship facilitated by the Maryland State Art Council. During her apprenticeship, she collaborated with a master doll-maker to co-author a children’s coloring book that utilizes handmade dolls as characters to teach children healthy eating habits.

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Delivering the Last Lecture

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UCSF students chose Kai Kennedy ’18 to deliver the Sumner and Hermine Marshall Endowed Last Lecture on the prompt "If you had but one lecture to give, what would you say?” Kai delivered a lecture that intertwined various dimensions of her professional, personal, spiritual and cultural experiences that have brought her to where she is today.

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Ensuring More Children of Immigrants Reach University

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Gilberto Lopez ’20 is the co-director of Migratory Student Summer Academy at ASU, a program that gives high schoolers from migrant seasonal farming families in Arizona a chance to experience university life by working in labs, getting hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology and being inspired by world-class educators.

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Prioritizing Purpose over Privilege

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Toyese Oyeyemi ’17 advocates for medical school metrics to emphasize social mission instead of prioritizing privilege over purpose. Rating schools by their commitment to social mission would encourage measuring performance against the social mission of health education instead of by comparison against others.

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Using Social Media as an Educational Tool

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Elliot Koranteng Tannor ’19 uses many different platforms to educate his community about kidney disease, including community events, media and social media. He published research with other authors that explored Twitter as an educational tool for nephrologists.

Leading a Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights

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Bram Wispelwey ’20 founded and co-directs the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights, an academic hub that uses a broadly collaborative justice and rights-based approach to studying Palestinian health through knowledge production, education and multidisciplinary community engagement.

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Sarah Battistich

Emergency Medicine Physician & Associate Professor
New York
United States, North America

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­­­Adrian Billings

Rural Health & Education
Alpine, Texas
United States, North America

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Amanda Brosnan

Assistant Professor & Physician Assistant
Saginaw, Texas
United States, North America

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Brigit Carter

Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Durham, North Carolina
United States, North America

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­­­Kate Daugherty

Community Director
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States, North America

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­­­Pedro Delgado

Healthcare Executive
Belfast, Northern Ireland
United Kingdom, Europe

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Regina Duperval

Pediatrics
Montreal
Canada

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Angela Echiverri

Family & Community Medicine Physician
San Francisco, California
United States, North America

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Belaynew Adugna Endeshaw

Lecturer in Physiotherapy
Bahir Dar
Ethiopia, East Africa

Gulnar Feerasta

Director of Programs/ Non-profit Practitioner
Cleveland, Ohio
United States, North America

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­­­Abraham L.B. Freeman

Environmental Advocate
Monrovia
Liberia, West Africa

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Nyabony Gat

Program Director
Anchorage, Alaska
United States, North America

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Hina Ghole

Chief Global Medical Officer
Lahore, Pakistan
Pakistan, South Asia

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­Kevin Heckman

Director of Product Development
Geneva, Illinois
United States, North America

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­­­Liam Hein

Associate Professor of Nursing
Columbia, South Carolina
United States, North America

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­­­Artanesha Jackson

Clinical Social Worker
Oakland, California
United States, North America

Shannon Jordan

Public Health Program Analyst
Washington, DC
United States, North America

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Madalitso Juwayeyi

Co-founder and Programs Manager
Blantyre
Malawi, Southern Africa

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Kai Kennedy

Vice Chair of Equity and Full Professor
Oakland, California
United States, North America

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Salima Khowaja

Nursing Lecturer Practitioner
Lahore
Pakistan, South Asia

­­­Paige Knowlson

Occupational Therapist and Non-Profit Executive
Charleston, South Carolina
United States, North America

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Anjali Singh Kulkarni

Public Health Specialist & Adjunct Associate Professor
New Delhi
India, South Asia

Shannon Ladner-Beasley

Health Equity Manager
Antioch, California
United States, North America

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­­­Gilberto Lopez

Assistant Professor & Social Scientist
Phoenix, Arizona
United States, North America

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Emily MacDonald

Director of Business Operations
Chicago, Illinois
United States, North America

Bertrand Moses

Psychotherapist and Counselor
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago, Latin America & Caribbean

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­­­Syed Mustafa H. Nadir

Chief Executive Officer & Communications Strategist
Nairobi
Kenya, East Africa

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Toyese Oyeyemi

Public Health Practitioner & Researcher
Washington, D.C.
United States, North America

Christina Rosenthal

Dentist & Non-profit Leader
Memphis, Tennessee
United States, North America

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Joedrecka Brown Speights

Professor
Tallahassee, Florida
United States, North America

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Tyler Spencer

Non-profit Leader
Mexico City
Mexico, North America

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­­­Eliza Squibb

Artist & Lecturer
Providence, Rhode Island
United States, North America

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­­­Elliot Koranteng Tannor

Senior Lecturer, Consultant Nephrologist & Non-profit Leader
Kumasi
Ghana, West Africa

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Rachel Watkins

Nursing Director
Washington, D.C.
United States, North America

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Melikte Paulos Weldetensaye

Non-profit Leader
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia, East Africa

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Azua Ekokobe Wilfred

Medical Doctor
Bamenda
Cameroon, Central Africa

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Bram Wispelwey

Public Health Physician
Boston, Massachusetts
United States, North America

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