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
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Exciting to see Drs. Perry (NCSP 1st yr) and Abernathy (NCSP alum) on Capitol Hill for the ACOG Congressional Leadership Conference! They met w/ policymakers to advocate for Medicaid support and improved access to rural obstetric care—critical issues in ensuring equitable maternal health care.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Current scholar Joniqua teamed up w/incoming scholar Desire’ at this month’s AAP Advocacy Conference to sharpen their advocacy skills w/other pediatricians & meet PA congressional reps on Capitol Hill, stressing the urgent need to fund Medicaid. Inspiring to see this duo in action! #AdvocacyInAction
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Excited to share Madeline’s article State Reproductive Rights Policies & Unintended Pregnancy in The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Findings link stricter state policies to higher unintended pregnancy—state culture & sociopolitical environments matter. 🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pmf2.12043
News and Recent Publications
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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.
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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