 |
Health Partners Fellowship Program
Fellows, Class of 1998-2000The International Center for Health Leadership Development, a strategic alliance between University of Illinois at Chicago and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, is proud to introduce its first class of Health Partners Fellows, a diverse group of leaders who will begin a two-year leadership development program in September 1998. The program is designed to further develop leaders capable of and committed to creating organizational collaborations between communities and health-related institutions to improve the health of communities. The fellowship program carries out the mission of the International Center for Health Leadership Development which is to conduct leadership development activities that help to better prepare leaders from communities, community health centers, and health professions education to build linkages between communities and institutions. Throughout the two year program, the Health Partners Fellows will focus on the exploration of the nature of communities, academic institutions, the linkages between them, and strategies for successfully leading a redirection of health professions education and health services. The overall approach is for Health Partners Fellows to learn through association with the International Center for Health Leadership Development and successful partnership programs. Their learning experiences will include multiple immersion seminars throughout each year on topics such as knowing your partner, coalition building, and attending to public policy, regular site visits to and analysis of community-institutional partnerships around the country and world, self-directed learning plan, and networking opportunities at national meetings. After a national and international recruitment effort, the International Center for Health Leadership Development offered positions to twelve individuals to serve two years as Health Partners Fellows. The 1998-2000 Class of Health Partners Fellows includes: 
LISA E. BURNELL Clinical Services DirectorHealth Delivery, Inc. Saginaw, Michigan Ms. Burnell's current position as Clinical Services Director allows her to play a vital role in providing health care to a medically underserved, low income community. By providing health care, increasing access to needed services and advocating for the patient population, she contributes to the community's well-being and improvement. Ms. Burnell strives to improve public awareness of the difficulties faced by the patient population and works towards decreasing or eliminating those difficulties. Ms. Burnell received her B.S.N. degree from Saginaw Valley State University and spent all of her professional career in a variety of leadership roles at Saginaw General Hospital before moving to Health Delivery, Inc., in 1996. She is an active member of her community, involved in various church and school activities. 
PATRICIA GERRITY Associate Dean for Community ProgramsAllegheny University of the Health Sciences School of Nursing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania By reaching beyond her own university-community partnership, Dr. Gerrity successfully organized and supported efforts to fund a regional conference on nurse managed centers and started a consortium of these centers in a tri-state area. As an active member of the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development, she served as project director for the first funded program involving eight university-community partnerships. Dr. Gerrity views the structure of today's universities as one of the greatest challenges to community partnerships because community problems are not neatly defined. Majoring in health planning, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also attained her bachelor and master degrees in nursing. Dr. Gerrity is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. 
JOSEPH M. HARRINGTON Project DirectorPreventive Medicine Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center Chicago, Illinois As Project Director in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Mr. Harrington is responsible for the management of the Women's Health Initiative, a major NIH funded study, as well as the department's Clinical Research Center. He was one of the founding leaders of the Chicago Network of Black Professional Organizations, with a membership of 18 professional associations. Partnering with the Chicago Public Library, he organized and coordinated a city-wide writing contest to showcase young talent. Mr. Harrington’s views of critical health issues include improved communication and cooperation and improved and equitable access to health care as well as an emphasis on health promotion and healthier lifestyles. Mr. Harrington earned a bachelors of arts degree in education from Chicago State University. 
ROGAYAH JA'AFAR Associate ProfessorUniversiti Saing Malaysia School of Medical Sciences Department of Medical Education Kota Bahru, Kelantan, Malaysia Dr. Ja'afar brings an important international perspective to the overall program. As a member of the executive committee of the Network of Community Oriented Education Institutions for Health Sciences, she has worked to develop global models of community based education and to assist new network institutions to be more community oriented. She also spearheaded a partnership program between the medical school, the local government, and a rural community to improve the health and overall quality of life for its residents. It gained national and international attention, thus resulting in the adoption of partnership principles and approaches. Dr. Ja'afar earned a bachelor of medicine and surgery from the University of Cairo, and a master of health professional education from the University of New South Wales. 
ELIZABETH S. KINION Director, Center for NursingProfessor, College of Nursing The University of Akron Akron, Ohio "Service to the community" is part of The University of Akron's mission, and Dr. Kinion has been instrumental in developing satellite clinics in the greater Akron area through the College of Nursing Center for Nursing. The three clinics, located at the North American Indian Cultural Center, a shelter for homeless women and children, and a senior citizen high-rise apartment, increases access to health care and provides clinical education for over 100 graduate and undergraduate nursing students, medical students, and residents. Dr. Kinion's nursing education began at Montana State University. She attained her M.S.N. from Kent State University and Ed.D. from The University of Akron; and also participated in the post-master's certificate program, Innovative Professional Education in Primary Health Care, at The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing. 
CAROL L. MACNEE Associate ProfessorDepartment of Family Community Nursing College of Nursing East Tennessee State University Johnson City, Tennessee As co-director of the Johnson City Downtown Clinic (JCDC), a nurse-managed primary health clinic for homeless and indigent, Dr. Macnee views the clinic as a broadly based community partnership, providing interdisciplinary care and incorporating faculty practice, service learning, and clinical outcome research. The clinic is supported by six federal, state, and local grants and by local donations, providing over 8,000 client care visits and service learning educational experiences for more than 35 health professions students. While the JCDC represents a true university-community partnership, Dr. Macnee believes communities and universities must also effectively partner with the private health care industry and industry in general. Dr. Macnee attained both her B.S.N. and Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Michigan; she earned a Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the University of Georgia and her M.S.N. from the University of Virginia. 
FELICIA SHEILLA MAZWI Chief Professional NurseDepartment of Health Frere Nursing College East London, South Africa Ms. Mazwi is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Nursing Science Department at Frere Nursing College in South Africa; she is also a member of several academic committees. Active in the redirection of health professions education, Ms. Mazwi has been instrumental in the formation of trusting relationships between students and healthy individuals before they build therapeutic relationships with the sick. As a result, students are now assigned to communities before they work on hospital wards. Ms. Mazwi's influence continues with local health authorities as they explore expansion to other communities. With a background in primary education, her relationships with children, faculty, colleagues, and community members have all centered around brainstorming, participatory management, constructive criticisms, and information sharing. She completed the higher primary teacher's course and has earned diplomas in general nursing and midwifery as well as a B.A. in nursing and honors in nursing education. 
JAVETTE C. ORGAIN Assistant Professor of Clinical Family MedicineDepartment of Family Medicine University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago, Illinois Read & listen to Dr. Orgain's experience in applying her Fellowship training to her work in Africa. International travel prompted Dr. Orgain's approach to solutions for improving health care delivery to the underserved and underinsured in the global community. As a member of the coordinating committee for the project Water for Children Africa (WFCA), governed by the National Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Orgain oversaw the project's goal to increase access to clean, safe water by building or replacing wells/water pumps while instructing villagers on their maintenance. She also chaired the International Affairs Committee of NMA and served as U.S. program co-chair for the International Medical Exchange Conference held in South Africa in October 1997 which brought together ministers and/or deputy ministers of health from Zambia, Botswana, Angolo, Swaziland, Namibia, and South Africa, and officers and representatives from medical associations of 9 countries. Dr. Orgain's bachelor of science and medical degrees were attained from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she currently practices family medicine. She did her residency training in Family Practice at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chicago. 
ELBA R. SANCHEZ National Latina CoordinatorNational Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program Howard University Oakland, California Ms. Sanchez contributed to the creation and coordination of the Spanish for Spanish Speakers program at the University of California at Santa Cruz. This comprehensive academic program became an institution of Chicano Latino leadership within the Santa Cruz campus, offering rigorous beginning and intermediate year-long sequences. Currently, she is part of a grass-roots educational program, reaching out to diverse ethnic and multilingual communities across the United States, promoting good health habits and disease prevention, encouraging organ and tissue donation, and increasing the number of ethnic donors. As National Latina Coordinator, Ms. Sanchez extended her educational expertise into community clinics, youth centers, libraries, and streets. She earned both her Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies and Master of Arts in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. 
J. GILBERT SANCHEZ Director and Chief Executive OfficerTribal Environmental Watch Alliance Espanola, New Mexico As a private citizen and a Native American Tribal Official, day-to-day observations led Mr. Sanchez to question the cause of rare forms of cancer, inexplicable health problems, and premature deaths among Native Americans. He petitioned the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry to start environmental health monitoring to determine increased health impacts and risks from the food chain pathways of Native Americans. Mr. Sanchez is an earnest advocate for health impact issues and was successful in developing working partnerships with Department of Energy at-risk communities and grassroots organizations such as Citizens for Environmental Justice, Rural Alliance for Military Accountability, and Citizens for Rural Education and Economic Development. 
ANDREW SCHAMESS Medical DirectorLa Clinica del Pueblo Washington, D.C. While a medical resident, Dr. Schamess volunteered at La Clinica del Pueblo, a free clinic in Washington, D.C., founded and operated by refugees from Central America. He observed how clinic patients were neglected and denied admission at the hospital because they were poor, uninsured, and did not speak English. After earning his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Dr. Schamess returned to La Clinica del Pueblo as its medical director and immediately attempted to forge links between the clinic and other health care institutions. He helped create a training program for medical residents and nurse practitioner students, shaping La Clinica as a teaching facility and establishing a relationship between two culturally and socially disparate institutions. Dr. Schamess is the current Chair of the Non-Profit Clinic Consortium, an effort to coordinate and integrate services at the different clinics with the District of Columbia. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College, and he anticipates a master of public health in epidemiology and biostatistics from The George Washington University. Dr. Schamess completed his residency training in both Internal Medicine and Primary Care at The George Washington University; he also completed a Fellowship in Primary Care Medicine at The George Washington University. 
D. TECUMSEH WELCH Executive DirectorAmerican Indian Health & Services Santa Barbara, California Read & listen to Ms. Welch's experience in applying her Fellowship training to her work in California. Ms. Welch founded the American Indian Health & Services and has developed the organization to its current level of comprehensive outreach and referral services and comprehensive medical and dental services for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives residing in Santa Barbara. Ms. Welch is very active in addressing issues of inequity and lack of trust that have caused severe health problems among Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. The American Indian Health & Services is an Indian organization serving Indians by removing trust barriers and improving access to services that respect the individual rights and cultural protocols of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. Ms. Welch received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She earned a law degree from the Santa Barbara College of Law. About the International Center for Health Leadership Development The International Center for Health Leadership Development was established to foster the development of those who seek to create health partnerships. The Center conducts leadership development activities that help to better prepare leaders from communities, community health centers and health professions education to build linkages between communities and institutions. The Center's approach is to help individuals discover their leadership capabilities, and to help them see that leadership is, in many ways, a function of the relationship between leaders and followers. For further information about the Center or its activities, please call us at (312) 355-1087.
|
