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BOSTON SCHWEITZER FELLOWS PROGRAM
ABOUT US
Founded in 1992, the Boston Schweitzer Fellows Program is the oldest of eleven Schweitzer program sites across the U.S.
Since
the program’s inception, Schweitzer Fellows in Boston—competitively
chosen from health-focused graduate student applicants in a variety of
fields—have worked tirelessly to address health disparities and the
social determinants of health throughout the greater Boston and
Worcester areas.
To read more about what being a Schweitzer Fellow in Boston entails and to find out how to apply, please visit our application page. Click here
to download an informational one-pager about the Boston Schweitzer
Fellows program, which is funded entirely by charitable donations and
grants. Make a gift, make a difference!
OUR IMPACT
Since
1992, more than 430 Schweitzer Fellows have provided over 85,000 hours
of service to Boston and Worcester’s most vulnerable communities.
Partnering with area community-based organizations,
these Fellows have addressed a wide variety of unmet health needs by
creating and carrying out yearlong projects with direct service at their
core. Examples include the following initiatives:
• Establishing a long-term community-based effort to reduce
morbidity and mortality related to chronic kidney disease in Boston’s
Asian and Pacific Islander populations
• Developing a homelessness prevention program for at-risk individuals with mental illness
• Launching a free health clinic that delivers culturally competent care to Worcester’s African immigrants
• Increasing community participation in social and service networks for LGBT elders
• Creating a curriculum for adults with developmental disabilities who have been diagnosed with diabetes
• Addressing the obesity epidemic by providing nutritional counseling and physical activity programs for underserved children
Please see Fellows and Projects for a complete listing of Fellows’ service projects, which are made possible by our generous sponsors.
When Fellows’ initial year of service ends, they carry their commitment
to meeting the health needs of underserved people forward as members of
the Schweitzer Fellows for Life alumni network, now more than 2,000 strong.
BOSTON SCHWEITZER FELLOWS IN THE NEWS
June 16, 2010 The Spring 2010 issue of Tufts Nutrition, the magazine of the Friedman
School of Nutrition Science and Policy, has an in-depth piece on the battle
against childhood obesity (the article begins on page 20) that features Tufts-
Schweitzer Fellow Dawn Undurraga, who established Jumbo’s Kitchen,
partnering with DotWell to create, test, refine, implement, and evaluate a
ten-week after-school nutrition and cooking curriculum for three elementary
schools in Dorchester.
June 04, 2010 Active Citizen Spotlights Tufts-Schweitzer Fellows
April 22, 2010 Schweitzer Fellow From Northeastern U. Sets Out to Address Social
Determinants of Health in Her Community
OUR FELLOWS SPEAK
“The
fellows, monthly presenters, staff and Schweitzer himself were and
consistent reminder of why I want to go in to medicine. I enter the
discipline of medicine knowing that I want to act not only as a provider
of individual acute care and treatment, but as an advocate for
community health and social justice at the most fundamental levels.” – Schweitzer Fellow Jesse Roberts, Boston
“My
experience as a Schweitzer Fellow has been absolutely priceless …
finding a group of my peers who are so dedicated both to their careers
and to community service was incredibly inspiring and uplifting for me.
I am so grateful to have been a part of their lives, a part of the
Schweitzer Fellowship, and to be able to continue as a Fellow for Life.”
–Schweitzer Fellow Emily Morrison, Boston
CONTACT US
Devon Reber, Program Director
Boston Schweitzer Fellows Program
330 Brookline Ave. (BR) (Mailing Address)
109 Brookline Ave. (Office Location)
Boston, MA 02215
T: (617) 667-1526
F: (617) 667-7989
dreber@bidmc.harvard.edu
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