The American Medical Association announced at its ChangeMedEd conference on Sept. 18 the recipients of the second annual Accelerating Change in Medical Education Innovation Grant Program.
The total $370,000 in funding is spread among 15 medical schools and institutions, awarded in either $30,000 or $10,000 grants. Each institution was selected for its innovative use of technology to address gaps in areas such as medical training, population health and student well-being.
Here are the 15 recipients of the innovation grants, beginning with the $30,000 awards:
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York City)
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (Tampa, Fla.)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Bethesda, Md.)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Little Rock)
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School (Boston)
- University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (Richmond)
- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.)
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (New Brunswick, N.J.)
$10,000 grants:
- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore)
- University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (Richmond)
- Rayos Contra Cancer (San Francisco)
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