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Baylor College of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) training program

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Overview:

  • Team:
  • Director: Albert C. Hergenroeder, MD
  • Co-Directors: Connie Weimann, PhD
  • Collaborators: Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, FAAN; Christine Markham, Sarah Norendorf, PhD; and Shelley Gonzales, MSW.
  • Funding source: Five year, $2.3 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
  • Overview: The grant supports the goal of preparing diverse leaders in adolescent and young adult health through didactic, experiential, and research-based interdisciplinary education and training in core health disciplines of medicine, nursing, nutrition, psychology, social work, and public health. The grant provides a fellowship and stipend for family or psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner students.

 Read about the first and second Cizik School of Nursing students who participated in the LEAH program.

Associated Cizik Faculty