An interdisciplinary team of Case Western Reserve University faculty members received a two-year, $60,000 Faith and Health Campus Grant from Interfaith America.
The collaborators on this award are:
- Justine Howe, associate professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences;
- Eileen Anderson, the Anne Templeton Zimmerman, MD Professor of Bioethics and director of education in bioethics and medical humanities at the School of Medicine; and
- Michele Tracy Berger, the Nord Family Professor and director of the Baker-Nord Institute for the Humanities.
With this grant, they will expand curricular offerings at the intersection of religion and health within the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine for undergraduate and graduate students; enhance campus partnerships with local religious organizations and spiritual leaders that provide health services; and support a new clinical rotation pathway for Medical Humanities and Bioethics MA and PhD students. CWRU was one of 15 campuses to receive the award.