The Mobility is Freedom-PhD Scholar Award annually powers research at top institutions with $50,000 scholarships to advance the science and treatment of people with limb loss and mobility impairments.
Administrative Barriers, Understanding Patient Burdens in Amputee Care Delivery
IMPACT: Policy and Guideline development to include multidisciplinary care in determining limb salvage vs amputation; Policy development to include multidisciplinary care in both the initial and subsequent amputations
MENTORS
Claudio Lucarelli, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Care Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Marissa King, PhD
Alice Y. Hung President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Guy David, PhD
Alan B. Miller Professor Professor of Health Care Management, Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Health Care Management Department
Michael Anne Kyle, RN, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Social Determinants of Health and Outcomes for Black Individuals with Lower Limb Amputations
IMPACT: Remove barriers to multidisciplinary care for persons with amputations. Develop health policy for public agencies and private insurers to include access to multidisciplinary care for people with limb loss.
MENTORS
Allen Heinemann
PhD, Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research
Professor, Department of PM&R, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern
Richard Epstein
PhD, MPH, Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research
Professor, Department of PM&R, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern
Lucy Bilaver
PhD, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Health Services & Outcomes Research
