Platinum Level Sponsors
The National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-being and Resilience
In 2017, the National Academy of Medicine launched the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience, a network of more than 200 organizations committed to reversing trends in clinician burnout. The Collaborative has three goals:
- Raise the visibility of clinician anxiety, burnout, depression, stress, and suicide
- Improve baseline understanding of challenges to clinician well-being
- Advance evidence-based, multidisciplinary solutions to improve patient care by caring for the caregiver.
The Ohio State University Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social Work, Veterinary Medicine and the Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State University College of Dentistry
The College of Dentistry provides comprehensive patient care in an unparalleled learning environment with internationally recognized faculty and a supportive network of alumni and friends. In addition, our research programs provide students another dimension beyond classroom and clinical education. Students and faculty members are able to participate in both clinical and laboratory research in areas such as dental materials science, oral and maxillofacial pathology, hard tissue biology, microbiology, neuroscience, and immunology.
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
For more than 100 years, The Ohio State University College of Medicine has combined innovative medical education with cutting-edge research and science-based patient care. With 2,000-plus faculty members, the college includes 19 clinical departments, seven basic science departments and the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished and our impact on the changing face of medicine. Our leaders have charted a course for the future as we continually evolve to meet ever-changing demands in medicine.
The Ohio State University College of Nursing
The Ohio State University College of Nursing exists to transform healthcare and improve lives through top-tier teaching, research and innovation, grounded in evidence-based practice and a powerful belief in personal wellness.
Our academic programs offer comprehensive coursework and hands-on experience for future and current healthcare leaders. U.S. News & World Report highly ranks our online master’s (#4), university-wide online bachelor’s including RN to BSN (#1), traditional master’s in nursing (#6) and DNP (#8). Majors include both traditional nursing and programs in healthcare and wellness innovation, and certificates range from school nurse and primary care to nurse education and nurse coaching.
The college’s two research centers – the Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children and Youth and the Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care – seek innovative solutions to healthcare issues. We received approximately $10.7 million in research awards in FY2019, including $4.3 million in NIH funding. Our Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice (EBP) in Nursing and Healthcare promotes EBP worldwide and offers the first globally-recognized certificate of added qualification in EBP. Our college is a four-time recipient of the prestigious HEED Award for our commitment to diversity.
The Ohio State University College of Optometry
The mission and goals of the College of Optometry at The Ohio State University are:
- To educate excellent optometrists who reflect our diverse communities through our professional, residency, and continuing education programs.
- To conduct excellent research in vision science, through our graduate education and research programs.
- To provide excellent optometric care to the community, through our teaching clinics, externship sites, and residency programs.
The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy is home to world-class faculty, dedicated students and innovative researchers working toward improving medications and medication-related health outcomes.
Since 1885, our college has made enormous strides in meeting specific needs of both students and patients, exploring new frontiers in drug discovery and development, pharmaceutical sciences and translational clinical research. These labors have led to more than 40 patents in the past five years for treatments ranging from cancer to heart failure.
The Ohio State University College of Public Health
We are committed to seeking ways to eliminate the obstacles – from toxic exposures to racial health inequities to poor reproductive health care – that hold people back. We believe in creating a learning environment that inspires novel approaches to improving the health and well-being of those in our community, in the nation and throughout the world.
We are home to faculty who are leading the important – and sometimes difficult – conversations about a world full of both challenge and possibility. We are engaged in the international dialogues including those about tobacco control and vaping policy, infectious disease prevention and sexual health. We are finding ways to help parents understand how a child’s early life experiences contribute to health later on, to address the disproportionate burden of early death among babies born to African-American mothers and to shine a light on the risks of long-term brain damage for domestic violence survivors. We are at the forefront of managing the challenges posed by contaminated water and air. And we are addressing critical problems facing our health care system, including inequitable access to both prevention and treatment.
The Ohio State University College of Social Work
The Ohio State University College of Social Work consists of students and faculty who build stronger communities, celebrate difference, and promote social and economic justice. The College readily collaborates with the social work community to improve and resolve an extensive array of contemporary social problems — making it an integral and valuable resource to the State of Ohio and the nation. Through its Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW), Master’s of Social Work (MSW), and PhD degree programs, the College enables students to experience and explore the knowledge, values, and skills required for professional social work practice and research.
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Whether you're a clinician, researcher or prospective student, or you're seeking clinical services for your pet or farm animal, you will find an innovative and supportive environment at Ohio State's College of Veterinary Medicine.
Established in 1885, the College has graduated more than 9,100 veterinarians and our alumni practice in all 50 states and 40 countries. Within Ohio, our graduates make up 85 percent of the practicing veterinarians in the state. Encompassing four hospitals and a large animal practice, the Veterinary Health System provides care for more than 72,000 canine, feline, equine and farm animal patients each year.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is a proud part of one of America’s largest and most comprehensive universities. On the university’s main Columbus campus, more than 56,000 students are able to choose from 14 colleges, 175 undergraduate majors and 240 master’s, doctoral and professional degree programs. Ohio State is consistently ranked as Ohio’s best and one of the nation’s top-20 public universities.
The university’s research innovations have attained world-class status, particularly in critical areas such as global climate change, cancer, infectious disease, neurosciences, advanced materials and ag-bio products that feed and fuel the world.
Founded as a federal land-grant institution in 1870, the university has awarded more than 670,000 degrees since 1878. Its legacy extends to more than 465,000 living alumni.
Gold Level Sponsor
University of South Florida College of Nursing
The College of Nursing is an integral part of USF Health and the University of South Florida. We strive to live by our mission to prepare 21st-century nurses to address the health care needs of local and global communities through excellence in research, education, and clinical care.
Founded in 1973, the College of Nursing is one of 14 colleges that comprise the University of South Florida (USF). USF is situated in the vibrant and diverse Tampa Bay region, with campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee. Together these campuses serve more than 50,000 students and offer undergraduate, graduate, specialist and doctoral degrees. The students are a diverse group, coming from every state, every U.S. territory, and more than 141 countries around the world.
Bronze Level Sponsors
American Organization for Nursing Leadership
As the national professional organization of more than 10,000 nurse leaders, the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) is the voice of nursing leadership. Our mission is to shape health care through innovative and expert nursing leadership in education, advocacy and community.
Elsevier
Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics that helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. We do this by facilitating insights and critical decision-making for customers across the global research and health ecosystems.
Express Scripts (now part of Evernorthsm)
Evernorth combines powerful health services capabilities and offerings to create innovative and effective solutions. All to unlock new value and better anticipate and deliver what clients and customers need. See how we solve the problems others don’t, won’t, or can’t.
Additional Sponsors
Springer Publishing
Springer Publishing is an award-winning publisher of healthcare and behavioral sciences content, featuring books, apps, journals, and digital products. With an acute understanding of how educators teach, how practitioners work, and how students learn, our digital and print products are designed with optimal outcomes in mind: for the learner, the patient, and the client. We’ve been proudly helping to educate the healthcare and helping professions for over 70 years.
SmithGroup
Founded by architect Sheldon Smith in 1853, our “born on” date might suggest that we’re a traditional design and engineering firm, but we left old-fashioned mindsets at the curb decades ago. Today, SmithGroup is an award-winning, multi-national organization that employs research, data, advanced technologies and design thinking to help clients solve their greatest challenges.
Working across a network of 15 offices internationally, our team of 1,300 experts is committed to excellence in strategy, design and delivery—giving rise to new and innovative processes and methodologies that are redefining the way we work as teams. Our specialists—from artists and engineers, to nurses, workplace strategists and beyond—develop beautiful, sustainable, future-focused solutions for higher education institutions, healthcare providers, science and technology organizations, cultural institutions, urban environments, diverse workplaces, mixed-use and waterfront developments, and parks and open spaces. Our integrated practice offers depth in all disciplines serving the built and natural environment, including architecture, engineering (coastal, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing), landscape architecture, urban design and planning.