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- An education that addresses the impact of economic, societal, political, and adverse environmental factors on
health status,
- Mentorship to trainees seeking applied/and or research careers in addressing health disparities, beginning in the
internship year.
- Eligibility for certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine, and
- A Master?s Degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Through the Hiatt Residency Program, dedicated young physicians receive the medical and non-clinical skills they need to
improve the health of some of the world?s most impoverished people.
The Schooner Foundation grant is a 10-year commitment from 2013-2022 of $500,000 per year, totalling $5 million for
general support to the Hiatt residency program. One of the Foundation?s longest grant commitments, this grant?s impact
extends far beyond the classroom, with 85% of the program graduates continuing to work in global health.
Impact And Successes
- 54 young physicians have completed a global health equity residency through the program.
- 85% of the alumni continue to work in global health and have gone on to:
- Develop an innovative nutritional support program within the Navajo Nation.
- Design a national postgraduate medical education curriculum in Botswana.
- Developing protocols for Ebola treatment units in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
- Improve non-communicable disease services in a rural district of Malawi.
- Train community health workers and medical officers in Chiapas, Mexico.
- Developing a private-public partnership in Nepal to improve community and facility-based care throughout
remote areas of the country.
- Coordinate a hepatitis-C treatment trial.
- Develop and implementing oncology treatment protocols in rural Rwanda.
- Build a graduate education program in Haiti, in collaboration with the Haiti Ministry of Health.
- Develop a nonprofit management elective for the GHE residents, in conjunction with the leadership of
Partners in Health.
Several alumni have gone on to found their own organizations that are now also Schooner grantees:
- Possible Health (Nepal), founded by Dr. Duncan Maru
- HEAL Initiative (Global), founded by Dr. Phuoc Le
- EqualHealth (Haiti), founded by Dr. Michelle Morse
- Partners in Health Cope (Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota), led by Dr. Sara Selig
The Foundation, together with Brigham and Women?s Hospital, is exploring hosting a convening to bring together all
graduates currently working in global health equity to share their work and lessons learned.
EqualHealth | Brookline, MA
Current Grant Commitment: $100,000 matching grant per year for 3 years, 2018-2020, $300,000 total
Total Granted to Date: $100,000 Matching Grant SF Grantee Since 2018
Annual Budget: $283K Founding Year: 2011
Leaders: Dr. Michelle Morse (Founding Co-director, Hiatt Residency Alum),
Relationship: Vin
Dr. Zadok Sacks (Founding Co-director)
EqualHealth strives to inspire, empower, and support the development of leaders among the next generation of Haitian
health professionals. Working with local partners to strengthen medical and nursing education, EqualHealth fosters the
development of a self-sustaining, equitable, collaborative and effective Haitian healthcare system run by qualified medical
professionals who provide world-class, evidence-based care.
The organization provides clinicians across the career continuum with the skills needed to be effective teachers and
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