Community & Preventive Medicine Scholarship
The SOMA Foundation is committed to encouraging students to look at those areas of healthcare which provide the most reward, both to their careers and to the world. Over the past 100 years, the greatest advances in human lifespan are due to the efforts of physicians and pharmacists working in the field of preventive medicine. To encourage students planning to work in the field of community medicine, the SOMA Foundation is offering a $1000 scholarship to a SOMA member who demonstrates commitment to community medicine both in his or her past experiences and future career plans. This scholarship is sponsored by Osteopathic Founders Foundation.
The Osteopathic Founders Foundation (OFF) was established January 12, 1943 as the Osteopathic Hospital Founders Association when 10 visionary osteopathic physicians came together to buy a hospital building at Ninth and Jackson in downtown Tulsa. After successfully completing the purchase in September 1943, a major campaign was begun to renovate and equip the building. On December 17, 1944, the Founders Association proudly opened the new Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital and successfully operated the facility until our sale of the then Tulsa Regional Medical Center in 1996. Subsequently, the name of the Founders Association was changed to the Osteopathic Founders Foundation to more accurately reflect our new mission while continuing to honor the heritage of our Founders.
Deadline: Closed
The Osteopathic Founders Foundation (OFF) was established January 12, 1943 as the Osteopathic Hospital Founders Association when 10 visionary osteopathic physicians came together to buy a hospital building at Ninth and Jackson in downtown Tulsa. After successfully completing the purchase in September 1943, a major campaign was begun to renovate and equip the building. On December 17, 1944, the Founders Association proudly opened the new Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital and successfully operated the facility until our sale of the then Tulsa Regional Medical Center in 1996. Subsequently, the name of the Founders Association was changed to the Osteopathic Founders Foundation to more accurately reflect our new mission while continuing to honor the heritage of our Founders.
Deadline: Closed
2017-2018 Recipient:
Nichole B. Shumway, OMS II, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Student Doctor Shumway was asked to reflect on what winning the Community and Preventive Medicine Scholarship meant to her:
"Through community and preventative medicine, I realized my potential for helping people beyond
setting of a clinic of hospital. Community medicine has captured my attention as a field that sustainably
serves those communities that need it most with its focus on social and preventative medicine. Any scale
of effort in community medicine can have a profound and long lasting impact. With this in mind, I have
also chosen to become an educator and an advocate in addition to becoming a physician. I hope to
continue to promote better health outcomes in communities through education and the advancement of
positive health policies. My most recent work as a health educator at a local jail has shown me that many
people welcome health education and are willing to be healthy if given the right environment and
resources. This scholarship allows me to continue my volunteer work in local community medicine, and
supports me in my pursuit of my MPH. Thank you to the Osteopathic Founders Foundation for believing
in my potential as a health promoter and advocate, as well as my vision for community health."
- Nichole B. Shumway, OMS II
"Through community and preventative medicine, I realized my potential for helping people beyond
setting of a clinic of hospital. Community medicine has captured my attention as a field that sustainably
serves those communities that need it most with its focus on social and preventative medicine. Any scale
of effort in community medicine can have a profound and long lasting impact. With this in mind, I have
also chosen to become an educator and an advocate in addition to becoming a physician. I hope to
continue to promote better health outcomes in communities through education and the advancement of
positive health policies. My most recent work as a health educator at a local jail has shown me that many
people welcome health education and are willing to be healthy if given the right environment and
resources. This scholarship allows me to continue my volunteer work in local community medicine, and
supports me in my pursuit of my MPH. Thank you to the Osteopathic Founders Foundation for believing
in my potential as a health promoter and advocate, as well as my vision for community health."
- Nichole B. Shumway, OMS II
| Community & Preventive Medicine Scholarship 2017 |
