(*This is a membership scholarship only.)
Scholarship Details
Offered annually, the Scholarship for Emerging Leaders is designed for women in the healthcare industry. Each scholarship is for one Women in Healthcare membership. WIH awards women the Emerging Leaders Scholarship annually.
The scholarship application period has closed. We are no longer accepting applications for 2023.
Eligibility Requirements
You may apply for the scholarship if you meet the following criteria:
- You are a student or professional focused in the healthcare industry.
- Membership cost creates financial hardship, no backing by current employer for membership fee.
- You are not a previous recipient of this scholarship.
- You meet the qualifications of a Women in Healthcare member.
Award
The Emerging Leaders Scholarship is for rising leaders who exhibit a passion for the healthcare industry, gender equity and want to be a part of a supportive community. The Women in Healthcare Advisory board will award scholarships to the top candidates that prove need, drive, and support the mission of the organization. Each application will be reviewed blindly and ranked by the selection committee based on these qualifiers. It is important to the Women in Healthcare community that the scholarship is awarded in a way that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. Each scholarship is for one Women in Healthcare membership.
The scholarship application period has closed. We are no longer accepting applications for 2023.
The recipients of our 2023 Emerging Leaders Scholarship were exceptional awardees joining our WIH community. Among the group is a collection of leaders who exhibit a passion for healthcare and advancing equity. We have awarded:
- Clinicians across the spectrum (i.e., doctors, medical assistants, nurse practitioners)
- Students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as doctorates in public health, health administration, architecture, and operations
- New mothers balancing careers and life changes
- Professionals tackling gender and racial disparities domestically and abroad.
Please join us in congratulating the 2023 awardees and welcoming them to our WIH community!
- Dodi Iannaco, Virtua Urgent Care
- Hymavathi Vennapusa, Hoefer Welker
- Kari Rosteck, Affiliated Engineers Inc
- Iemaan Rana, Medical Student, UIC College and UC Berkeley (UCB)
- Rosa Ahn-Horst, Psychiatry resident, Physician Scientist Training Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital
- TERREYNE ROPER
- Shayna Kamai
- Sara Heppe, PF&A Design
- Sandra Elzeni, Dedalus Global
- Wanda Bennett, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Whitney Ellington, NCPDP
- Vani Jain, Interior Design student, Pratt Institute
- Hillary Dang, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
- Brianna Duell, Systems Source, Inc.
- Jessica Lyon, MountainView Hospital
- Sarah Gardineer, Pearson Clinical
- Ida Scout Kegley
