Advancing Health and Health Care through Scholarship and Action

National Clinician Scholars Program at University of Pennsylvania

The National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) aims to offer unparalleled training for clinicians as change agents driving policy-relevant research and partnerships to improve health and health care. The goal of the program is to cultivate health equity, eliminate health disparities, invent new models of care, and achieve higher quality health care at lower cost by training nurse and physician researchers who work as leaders and collaborators embedded in communities, healthcare systems, government, foundations, and think tanks in the United States and around the world.

A group of students and mentors standing in the lobby of a restaurant
Penn NCSP 2024 cohort, Happy Hour at Renata's 

Updates on Bluesky

  • Thursday, May 22, 2025

    Our internal medicine scholars + director had a blast at #SGIM25 in sunny Hollywood, FL—leading workshops, learning from brilliant minds, & connecting w/future fellows & old friends (shoutout to our @ncspyale.bsky.social crew!). A perfect mix of sunshine & scholarship! ☀️📚 @societygim.bsky.social

  • Thursday, May 22, 2025

    Check out this awesome article by our graduating scholar, Eleanor! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

  • Tuesday, May 13, 2025

    Last week, our scholars teamed up with @ncspyale.bsky.social for our 2025 Policy Trip to Washington DC! They met with policymakers, journalists, legal advocates, and healthcare experts to discuss evidence-based healthcare policy. We are proud of our scholars for turning their research into action!

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News and Recent Publications

  • Panel on Abortion Access in the Military covered by CSPAN Friday, October 11, 2024

    At the Military Reporters & Editors Conference, scholar Catherine 'Cat' Clason shared her work highlighting the personal experiences of servicemembers trying to access abortion and discussed politicization of care for servicemembers.

  • NSCP 2025 National Meeting Saturday, November 1, 2025

    The NCSP National Meeting will be hosted by Penn in November 2025! Stay tuned for more details