Community Health

Guided by an Expert Working Group, this program launched in 2021 to address healthcare access or health outcomes for populations or communities where access and outcomes are not up to the highest standards, with an ultimate goal of improving health outcomes for all people living with arthritis.

Community Health Expert Working Group

• Andrew Chan, MD, PhD (Chair) - Genentech, Inc
• Irene Blanco, MD, MS - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 
• Ashira Blazer, MD, MSCI - University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Sharon Dowell, MD - NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital 
• Candace Feldman, MD, MPH, ScD - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Mileka Gilbert, MD, PhD - Medical University of South Carolina
• Grant Hughes, MD - University of Washington School of Medicine
• Elaine Husni, MD, MPH - Cleveland Clinic
• Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH - University of California, San Francisco

2024 Awardee

American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society® (AOFAS), 3-year workforce development

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2023 Awardees

• Brigham & Women’s Hospital, MA, Candace Feldman, 2-year planning grant
• University of Washington, WA, James Jarvis, 2-year planning grant

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2022 Awardees

• Atrium Health Foundation, NC, Sheetal Vora, Research initiative, pediatric (two-year)
• Baylor College of Medicine, TX, Angela Chun, Curriculum Development, pediatrics (one-year)
• Boston University, MA, Maureen Dubreuil, Research Initiative, adult (two-year)
• Boston University, MA, Eugene Kissin, Curriculum Development, adult (one-year)
• Brigham & Women’s Hospital, MA, Candace Feldman, Siobhan Case, Curriculum Development, adult (one-year)
• Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Daphne Lew, Alfred Kim, Research initiative, adult (one-year)

2021 Awardees

• Duke University, NC, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, Curriculum Development, combined adult-pediatric (one-year)
• Indiana University, IN, Olivia Kwan, Research Initiative, pediatrics (two-year)
• Indiana University, IN, Martha Rodriguez, Curriculum Development, pediatrics (one-year)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, Alfredo Rivadeneira, Research Initiative, adult (two-year)
• University of California Los Angeles, CA, John FitzGerald, Research Initiative, adult (two-year)
• University of California San Francisco, CA, William Soulsby, Research Initiative, pediatrics (two-year)