Projects & Collaborations

Advancing disability-inclusive health professions education through funded initiatives, research, and collaboration.

ADHCE members and partners have contributed to grant-funded projects and national collaborations designed to strengthen the health care workforce, advance disability education, and improve health outcomes for people with disabilities.

Featured Projects

ACL-Funded PATH-PWIDD

A national collaboration focused on strengthening the health care workforce and addressing health disparities among people with IDD.

Golisano Institute

A $225,000 funded educational initiative focused on acute-care nursing knowledge, skills, and competencies related to IDD.

NIH / NICHD

Fellowship-supported research integrating neonatal neuroimaging, disability advocacy, and curriculum development.

Administration for Community Living Funded Program

PATH-PWIDD

Partnering to Transform Health Outcomes with Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Program Purpose: Strengthen the health care workforce and address health disparities among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The PATH-PWIDD program brought together a national group of university and community partners working across health professions education, disability health, research, and practice.

Core Partners

Rush University

College of Nursing

PI: Sarah Ailey, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC, CNE, CDDN

St. John Fisher College

Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing

PI: Dianne Cooney-Miner, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN

University of Illinois Chicago

HealthMatters Program

PIs: Beth Marks, PhD, RN, FAAN and Jasmina Sisirak, PhD, MPH

University of Minnesota

Institute on Community Integration

PIs: Brian Abery, PhD and Renáta Tichá, PhD

Villanova University

M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing

PI: Suzanne Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

Educational resources connected with this work include interprofessional learning activities, inclusive educational approaches, communication resources, evaluation tools, and materials addressing education, practice, and policy.

Explore IDD Health Equity Resources

Nursing Education

Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing

The Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing at St. John Fisher College received funding from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to create and pilot a new educational program focused on enhancing the knowledge, skills, and competencies of acute-care nurses working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

$225,000

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation grant supporting development and pilot implementation of the educational program.

ADHCE connection: ADHCE leader Sarah Ailey, PhD, RN, served as a consultant on the grant.

Read About the Golisano Institute Grant

Research & Fellowship

NIH / NICHD Fellowship

The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a fellowship grant to Peppar Cyr, MPhil at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.

Research Project
Individual Motor Outcome Prediction in Preterm Children Using Neonatal Neuroimaging

In addition to the research project, the fellowship included training in disability advocacy and curriculum development.

Collaboration Is Central to Our Work

These projects demonstrate the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in strengthening disability education, advancing research, and improving health care for people with disabilities.

ADHCE brings together people with disabilities, health professions educators, clinicians, researchers, students, advocates, and community partners to advance disability-inclusive health professions education.

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Contacts

General Inquiries: adhce.org@gmail.com
Membership Dues / Donations: Andrew Symons

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About the Alliance

The Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education, Inc. (ADHCE), is a '501(c)(3) Public Charity' organization of healthcare educators and professionals who are working to integrate disability-related content and experiences into healthcare education and training programs.

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