APTR Announces APTR-CDC Acceleration Grantees

APTR is pleased to announce the grantees of the Acceleration of Prevention and Population Health Education Project funded through the APTR-CDC Cooperative Agreement. The Acceleration Grant Program is intended to expand and improve public health and health professions education by disseminating effective methods of integrating complex topics into existing courses and curricula. This is the second round of funding.  Round II funding recognizes the challenges that faculty face in tackling misinformation when teaching about climate change, racism, migrant health, and firearm violence, and the need to develop student competency in these areas.  

The national response to the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of addressing these topics. Health professions educators are uniquely situated to bring clarity to research agendas, teaching curricula, and evaluation of policy and program outcomes necessary to create meaningful change around complex issues that impact health. 

For more information visit www.aptrweb.org/acceleration_projects 

Grant Recipients

Advancing Anti-Racism in a Maternal Child Health Curriculum

• University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center College of Population Health     
• Pamela Sedillo, MPA & Stephanie Chambers, MPH

Heat Related impact of Climate Change Amongst Incarcerated Individuals Within the United States

•  University of Massachusetts Medical School; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
• Jennifer Bradford, MD, MPH & Heather Alker, MD

Climate Justice: Acceleration of Prevention and Population Environmental Health Education 

• Morehouse School of Medicine; Department of Public Health Education
• Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD

Teaching Toolkit for Addressing the Health Needs of Migrant Populations             

• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler; Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management 
• Kimberly S. Elliott, PhD

Bridges to Health Equity - Trauma Informed Care for Migrant Health

• Morehouse School of Medicine; Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Robina Josiah Willock, PhD, MPH