{"id":24025,"date":"2025-02-12T12:22:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/?page_id=24025"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:21:08","slug":"excellence-in-community-engagement-advocacy-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/dom-awards\/dom-app-awards\/excellence-in-community-engagement-advocacy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellence in Community Engagement and Advocacy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The <strong>DoM APP Excellence in Community Engagement and Advocacy Award <\/strong>is intended to acknowledge the value of advancing meaningful partnerships and advocacy efforts that improve patient care and community well-being. APPs who have demonstrated sustained commitment to community engagement and advocacy within the past 3 years will be considered. <\/span><span>Nominees should have made meaningful contributions to initiatives <\/span><span>that address community needs and promote equitable healthcare access and outcomes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nominees with these admirable qualifications will be considered:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Demonstrated impact in building and sustaining community partnerships<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Advocacy efforts that promote access to care and improve patient outcomes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Engagement in outreach, education, or programming that benefits populations<br \/>\nserved<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Identification and response to social, structural, or systemic barriers affecting<br \/>\npatient health<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Empathy and cultural humility in working with patient communities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Professional and respectful collaboration with community partners, patients, and<br \/>\nhealthcare professionals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #0f7367;\" width=\"363\" height=\"52\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>2026 Nominations Are CLOSED<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Past Winners (ineligible for nomination)<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>2025 &#8211; <span>Lisa Mendelson, NP<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DoM APP Excellence in Community Engagement and Advocacy Award is intended to acknowledge the value of advancing meaningful partnerships and advocacy efforts that improve patient care and community well-being. APPs who have demonstrated sustained commitment to community engagement and advocacy within the past 3 years will be considered. Nominees should have made meaningful contributions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20392,"featured_media":0,"parent":22308,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24025"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25817,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24025\/revisions\/25817"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}