Health Equity Scholars
Students participate in evidence-based practice and skills-building exercises to improve health outcomes in diverse populations through a lens of equity and inclusion. The program is open to the entire university community through a partnership with the Office of the Chief Wellness Officer, the College of Nursing, and the Office of Interprofessional Practice and Education, serving Ohio State’s seven health science colleges and the Wexner Medical Center.
Mission: To prepare students at The Ohio State University with advanced education and skills to guide the generation or implementation of evidence to improve health equity in our community.
Vision: To build a cadre of future diversity leaders who will have knowledge and skills to improve health outcomes in diverse populations.
Purpose: To provide interprofessional undergraduate and graduate students across Ohio State with an opportunity to expand upon their knowledge and skills to improve health outcomes in diverse populations through a lens of equity and inclusion.
“We are so impressed and inspired by the passion projects that the students and faculty mentors in this cohort are pursuing.”
Angela Alston, DNP, MPH, APRN-CNP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing and Chief Diversity Officer at Ohio State’s College of Nursing.
“The pandemic further exposed long-standing inequities in care and access that must be corrected, and these projects address several of those inequities from innovative and optimistic angles,” added Andrea Pfeifle, EdD, PT, FNAP, associate vice chancellor for interprofessional practice and education for Ohio State’s health science colleges and the Wexner Medical Center. “We cannot wait to see the impact that this cohort has on our community.”