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.
Updates on Bluesky
-
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!
-
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Alumnus Ashish Thakrar and colleagues asked, "what happens when hospitals search patients w/substance use disorders?" Most searches found no illicit substances & were linked to higher odds of patients leaving AMA, raising questions about stigma and trust in care. 🔗 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2831665
-
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) can help prevent firearm-related harm — but what’s a clinician’s ethical role? This powerful piece written by 2nd yr @vivekashok.bsky.social lays out a clear, compassionate path forward. Definitely a must-read! https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2832777
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