Social Mission in Health Professions Education

Awards

JOSIAH MACY JR FOUNDATION

In 2016 the Macy Foundation created a new awards program to recognize excellence for social mission in health professions education. The award was developed in collaboration with the Beyond Flexner Alliance and is presented at the Beyond Flexner Conference.

2018 Awardees

2018 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Loretta C. Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, FAAN, FAANP

For an internationally known nursing leader whose studies on the nurse's expanded scope of practice in public health nursing led to the creation of the world’s first nurse practitioner training program at the University of Colorado in 1965. Her work has revolutionized the delivery of health services and the role of nursing in clinical care. Educator, mentor, researcher, and advocate, she has made the world a better place. 
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2018 INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

Neal A. Demby, DMD, MPH, D-ABSCD

For visionary leadership in creating hospital sponsored dental residency programs in which residents are placed full-time at one of 340 affiliated health centers in 26 U.S. states and the Caribbean. The program currently supports 490 residents/year, the great majority of which continue to serve underserved populations upon graduation.
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2018 PROGRAM EXCELLENCE AWARD

​Residency Program in Social MedicineMontefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 

Since 1970, the Residency Program in Social Medicine has graduated 813 family physicians, internists, and pediatricians, two-thirds of whom practice in community health centers and underserved areas, and all of whom seek social justice in transforming our health system. View Video

2018 INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 

For its dedication to a social mission, pursuit of health equity, unwavering commitment to the residents of central and southern Illinois, and continued success in educating caring, compassionate, socially responsible leaders in medicine and health sciences.
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2016 Awardees

2016 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

H. Jack Geiger, MD 

Dr. Geiger received this award for a lifetime of work in health, poverty, and civil rights including marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and still fighting the moral injustices that confront us daily. Dr. Geiger is a founding member of Physicians for Human Rights, Physicians for Social Responsibility (Nobel 1985), and is considered the Father of Community Health Centers in America.
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2016 INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARD


Thomas F. Curtin, MD

Dr. Curtin received this award for visionary leadership in building an alliance between Community Health Centers and A.T. Still University resulting in the development of two health center purposed dental schools and one health center purposed medical school ultimately resulting in the education of thousands of clinicians skilled in the treatment of disadvantaged populations.

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2016 PROGRAM EXCELLENCE AWARD

Putting Families First: An Interprofessional Family Health (IFH) Experience – University of Florida

Putting Families First received this award for steadfast excellence over 19 years delivering all University of Florida dental, medical, nursing, pharmacy, public health and veterinary students an interdisciplinary, collaborative, community-based course that advances the core values of social mission in health professions education.

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2016 INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

Morehouse School of Medicine

The Morehouse School of Medicine received this award for their vision of health equity, their commitment to community, and their success in educating a growing cadre of diverse leaders in medicine and the health sciences.

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