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Advancing Public Health

Southwestern Medical Foundation inspires a higher standard in care and intervention by supporting efforts to advance public health, access and equity.

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Advancing Brain Treatment

Taking Action To Support Better Treatment of Mental Health In Youth

The Kozmetsky Family Foundation ensures better treatment of mental health in youth through a gift to the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute.
Nurse treating patient showing covid-19 emergency fund impact.
Advancing Public Health

Inspiring a Higher Standard in Public Health: COVID-19 Emergency Fund Impact

The COVID-19 Emergency Fund provided essential resources to our health care workers through the direct action of our community.
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Advancing Public Health

2022 Schweitzer Fellows: Easing the Burden of Homelessness

The intersection between health care and service to community has always been a defining aspect of Pooja Kumar's life. Today, as an Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Pooja is working with the Patient Navigator Program (PNP) at UT Southwestern to provide homeless individuals with resources and support.

Schweitzer Impact Series Feature Image - Ruchika Mahapatra
Advancing Public Health

2022 Schweitzer Fellows: Removing Barriers to Health Education

As an Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Ruchika Mahapatra aims to remove barriers to health education. She is designing a curriculum at UT Southwestern's Paul Quinn College that provides health education workshops and individualized coaching on health care navigation, enhancing services provided by the school's clinic.

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Advancing Public Health

Innovators Build New Vision For The Future Of Public Health

Community leaders, builders and innovators support new Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern.
Ho Din Award Winners Now Johns Hopkins Residents
Advancing Public Health

Ho Din Winners Now Drive Impact as Johns Hopkins Residents

In anticipation of the announcement of the 2022 Ho Din Award recipient, Southwestern Medical Foundation re-connected with Drs. Houshmand and Gaur to get an update on where they are in their careers and how the Ho Din Award and UT Southwestern Medical School helped shape them as physicians and residents at Johns Hopkins.
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April 13, 2022

A Lifetime Of Giving: Dallas Family Donates To Life-Saving Patient Care

Advancing Public Health

Phyllis and Ron Steinhart share a true joy of giving, priding themselves on supporting philanthropic causes fueled by their passions and evident in their donations to Dallas-based charity, Southwestern Medical Foundation.

December 30, 2021

Forward Together to Inspire Progress in Medicine

Advancing Brain Treatment

The momentum we see today at UT Southwestern comes as no surprise, thanks to the community visionaries who have sown countless seeds of progress by investing in state-of-the-art facilities, key research initiatives, and healers at the center of innovation. Together, there are no limits as to what we can accomplish.

November 30, 2021

Forward Together in Support of Emerging Medical Discoveries

Advancing Public Health

In 2015, Saryn and Jonathan Dietz became founding members of The Cary Council, a group of young leaders working with Southwestern Medical Foundation to advance early-stage research at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Today, they continue supporting medical progress by sustaining a family legacy of generosity.

November 10, 2021

Forward Together in Support of Future Medical Leaders

Advancing Public Health

The opportunities made possible by the Priddy Award have helped many up-and-coming innovators like Noah Mathai to continue pursuing their passion with a reinvigorated sense of hope and motivation. Seeing the impact that the Priddy Award had on their son motivated Thomas and Libby Mathai to establish the Thomas and Libby Mathai Scholarship for Women in STEM Fund.

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