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Scholarships and Fellowships

Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship

Established by the Helene Fuld Health Trust, the Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship is an innovative palliative care program through the Emory School of Nursing's Center for Nursing Excellence. This award aims to develop nurse leaders who can make an impact in palliative care, a rapidly growing area of health care as more Americans are facing life-threatening, chronic illnesses.

The Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship prepares nursing students to work collaboratively with physicians, social workers, physical therapists, and chaplains to provide specialized holistic palliative care — a unique care model that provides patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress often associated with serious illnesses — with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life for patients and their families.

This fellowship offers program support and scholarships to selected students, allowing them to gain immersive experience in palliative care practice, research, and policy by working closely with the Emory Palliative Care Center.

The Growing Need for Holistic Palliative Care

“Having a serious chronic illness is rarely one person's experience. As the aging population in the U.S. continues to rise with an increasing need for caregiver support, research about patient and family caregiver experiences will continue to inform nursing and other fields in health sciences.”

Mi-Kyung Song

PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Director, Center for Nursing Excellence in Palliative Care

Our Stories

Requirements

Qualifications

Must be an Accelerated MN Pathway to MSN student who has demonstrated a special commitment to scholarship, leadership, and social responsibility as a component of professional nursing practice.
Reasonably return to school with only financial support from this fellowship program.
Have a GPA of 3.5 or above (the average GPA of previous recipients is a 3.71).

Recipients of the Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship are expected to:

MUST have definitive plans to work in a palliative care environment.
Remain committed to leadership activities related to palliative care.
Share their experiences with others in the School of Nursing.
Complete a MSN degree at Emory University.
Demonstrate to the profession and the broader public a fine example of nursing leadership and engagement in palliative care.

Applications

Applications are not accepted for this award. All students are automatically reviewed for this fellowship during the admission review process and will be notified individually if they are chosen to receive the award.

Spotlights

Meet the Fuld Palliative Care Fellows

“I discovered my passion for medicine when caring for the adult population — both professionally and personally. At Emory, I studied Alzheimer’s Disease at the Brain Health Center, and in my personal life, I cared for my grandmother with Alzheimer’s and her primary caregiver, my mom. My grandmother’s diagnosis and transitions weren’t easy on my family, and it highlighted how the mental health of the patient and the patient’s family can be interrelated with physical disease processes. I aspire to be a Nurse Practitioner providing palliative care to chronically ill adults and their families — like I did with my grandmother. I also seek to educate providers on how to navigate these life-threatening diagnosis conversations and care transitions.”

Lauren Widman

MN Pathway to MSN Student

Ayriana Stoneback

MN 25, DNP Student

Contact Us

We are here to help if you have questions or need additional information about the Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship.

Contact: Mi-Kyung Song, Director, Center for Nursing Excellence in Palliative Care 404.727.3134 mi-kyung.song@emory.edu

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