Following a rigorous competitive selection process, Cynthia Chude has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Mobility is Freedom-PhD Scholar Award. Mobility is Freedom awards an annual $50,000 scholarship to advance the science and treatment of people with limb loss and mobility impairments.

Wharton PhD student Cynthia Chude was presented with an award and a check for $50,000 to support her three-year research project. Chude, an Associate LDI Fellow has won the 2025 Mobility is Freedom-PhD Scholar Award. Presenting the symbolic check to Chude and Penn (right) is Thomas Fise, Vice President of the Mobility is Freedom Foundation. At left is one of Chude’s Penn mentors, LDI Senior Fellow Michael Anne Kyle, PhD, RN. (Photo: Hoag Levins

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Mobility is Freedom Fund is proud to spotlight Cynthia Chude—a dedicated MD/PhD candidate and LDI Associate Fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Care Management and Economics Department of the Wharton School of Business.  This remarkable achievement highlights her contributions to health care research and education.

In a powerful testament to the impact of interdisciplinary scholarship and patient-centered innovation, Cynthia Chude’s work exemplifies the kind of forward-thinking research that drives meaningful change for underserved communities and individuals facing mobility challenges.Mobility is Freedom continues to be the leading source of funding for PhD-level students who are pursuing the enrichment of the lives of people with limb loss and mobility issues.

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