Training | Health Equity & Disability Inclusion Leadership Applications

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY JUNE 30, 2023

PROGRAM
This interdisciplinary training program aims to increase the number of professionals with requisite knowledge and skills to address unique public health and healthcare issues affecting people with disabilities, across diverse communities. Toward this this aim, the project seeks to develop professionals’ capacity to engage diverse people with disabilities as partners in health equity efforts. As such, the curriculum integrates models and perspectives from diverse fields, including disability studies, public health, healthcare quality improvement, implementation science, and organizational change.

ELIGIBILITY & STIPEND OPPORTUNITY
Open to University of Hawaiʻi graduate students in public health, social work, or related fields. The program will accept up to six applicants and has funding to award $4500 stipends to two of the accepted applicants. Stipend awardees may apply the stipend toward the cost of tuition or toward other costs of attendance.

REQUIREMENTS
Successfully complete 3 Disability Studies courses during the program (7 credits). These courses are online, asynchronous and all course materials are provided.

• Enroll in DIS 682: Advancing Health Equity & Disability Inclusion, for Fall 2023;
• Enroll in DIS 687: Equity-Focused Quality Improvement for Spring 2024;
• Enroll in DIS 699: Directed Research (1 credit), for Spring 2024 or Summer 2024.

BENEFITS
Guest speakers, enrichment opportunities, professional networking, mentorship, registration for the Pacific Rim Conference on Disability and Diversity, and more!
Questions? Please contact Danielle Delise, MAS, MEd at ddelise@hawaii.edu.