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Caitlin
Phelps, MA
Director, Leadership University
cphelps@amsa.org
703-620-6600 x204
Caitlin has been with the AMSA
Foundation since 2004, beginning her tenure as the
manager of the federally funded National Primary
Care Week project, an interdisciplinary initiative
highlighting the need for primary care practitioners
and encouraging students to engage in community outreach
and service, especially in underserved areas of the
United States. The project afforded her the opportunity
to work closely with hundreds of health professions
students across the country on projects addressing
health literacy, careers in community health and
health disparities.
Since 2004, she has also coordinated
the NIH-funded Educational Development for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine Leadership Training Program,
an annual weeklong retreat for medical students interested
in developing or furthering their knowledge of complementary
and alternative medicine and their leadership skills. In
2006, Caitlin joined AMSA’s
Achieving Diversity in Medicine and Dentistry project,
which addresses cultural competence and health disparities
in both medical and dental education. As Contract Manager,
she works with schools implementing new curricula,
and also with medical and dental students on projects
educating and mentoring middle and high school students
from underrepresented populations in health career
opportunities.
Caitlin received her Masters degree
in applied anthropology, with a focus on community
health and development, from the University of Maryland
where she served as the H.E. Russell Fellow in Graduate
Study. Her undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology
and women’s studies is from Trinity College in
Hartford, Connecticut. Her interests include women's
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Angelia
Bowman, MS
Director, Center on the Future of Health Care
abowman@amsa.org
703-620-6600 x216
Angelia began her tenure with the
AMSA Foundation in 2003 when she came on board to
help direct the Achieving Diversity in Dentistry
and Medicine (ADDM) initiative, a project supported
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Health Resources and Services Administration. Through
her work on ADDM, Angelia has worked on a number
of issues related to dental and medical education
with specific emphasis on improving the quality of
cultural competency and ethnogeriatric training in
medical and dental schools, promoting leadership
opportunities for students, and the make-up of the
health workforce. In 2004, she joined AMSA’s
End-of-Life Care Education initiative, a project
that offers comprehensive training in end-of-life/palliative
care for medical students in order to increase the
number of doctors trained as effective and compassionate
palliative care practitioners.
Angelia holds a Master of Science
degree in sociology (with a specialization in gerontology)
from Illinois State University and a Bachelor of Arts
degree in sociology and English from Coe College. Strongly
committed to the belief that the future of health care
lies in people and communities working together to
better the health of the entire population, her other
research interests include studying how different communities
and social support networks define and respond to disease
(especially Alzheimer’s disease) and exploring
ways to break down generational barriers so that people
of all ages can learn from and be enriched by one another. In
her spare time, Angelia enjoys cooking for her family
and friends and traveling to the solitude of the mountains
in Wyoming and Montana. |
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Joan Hedgecock,
MSPH
Associate Director, AMSA Foundation
Director, Student Action Center on Public Health and
Medicine
joan_h@amsa.org
703-620-6600 x208
Joan has been with the AMSA Foundation
since 1984 when she began developing programming
on behalf of medical students. She has directed the
development and administration of various Federal
and private philanthropic procurements addressing
community and public health, humanism in medicine,
international health, healthcare management, end
of life care, and student well-being. Joan currently
serves as the Principal Investigator of an NIH grant
on complementary and alternative medicine. She has
also been involved in various research projects and
the publication of project-related articles for peer-reviewed
journals. In addition, she has helped plan student
conferences focusing on community health and health
disparities.
Prior to joining AMSA, Joan served
as a consultant on international health and community
health projects, involving family planning, community
health centers, evaluation, governing board training,
health service utilization, and much more. She has
also had experience as a rural health center administrator
in West Virginia.
Joan attended Connecticut College
where she received her Bachelors Degree in economics
and the University of North Carolina School of Public
Health where she received her Masters Degree in health
administration, with a focus on family planning. She
has been active in her community and currently volunteers
at a free clinic. She keeps physically fit by performing
chores around her farm and participating in aerobics
classes. |
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