Osteopathic Heritage Foundations

August 2005
April 2005
January 2005

August 2005

The Osteopathic Heritage Foundations approved more than $13 million in awards for eight organizations with programs in keeping with its funding priorities - supporting osteopathic medical research, strengthening the healthcare workforce, reducing the prevalence of overweight children and families, and increasing access to oral healthcare services.

Nearly $11.5 million was approved by the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation for a research facility and other osteopathic medical research and education efforts at Ohio University. In addition, five nursing education programs in central Ohio received support funds to recruit and train nursing students in bachelor's and associate's degree programs. And the Children's Hunger Alliance was selected to facilitate implementation of the Foundation-funded plan to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Franklin County.

The Osteopathic Heritage Foundation of Nelsonville approved $150,000 for start-up equipment for a dental safety net clinic in Vinton County.

To learn more about these funding awards, click on the appropriate link:

| top |

April 2005

The Osteopathic Heritage Foundations awarded nearly $825,000 in grants in five central and southeastern Ohio counties in April. Under the Foundations' Community Responsive Grantmaking Program, 22 programs intended to improve health and quality of life for the communities' underserved will receive one-year funding.

In addition, the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation of Nelsonville partnered with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio in a mini-grant program that awarded a total of $50,000 for 27 programs.

To learn more about the initiatives funded, click on the links below:

| top |

January 2005

Osteopathic Heritage Foundation provides $2 million to establish an endowment at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Osteopathic Medicine

With a $2 million award from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Osteopathic Medicine will establish an endowment to support primary care research, focusing initially on aging and osteopathic principles and practice.

The endowment is aimed at sustaining a program to develop leaders in clinical research among osteopathic physicians at the school and throughout the osteopathic profession. This includes increasing the number of medical students, residents, fellows and clinical faculty participating in research in primary care, aging and osteopathic-related topics, as well as preparing osteopathic physicians to assume leadership roles in primary care research.

The program's first endowed professor will be Thomas Cavalieri, DO, chairman of the school's Department of Internal Medicine and director of the geriatric fellowship program.

| top |