PATIENTS Professors Academy Advisory Board Recognized for Fundraising Efforts
June 03, 2024
![President Bruce Jarrell, DeJuan Patterson, Gail Graham, Hillary Edwards, and Dean Sarah LJ Michel at the awards ceremony.](/announcements/2024/catalyst-patients-elm.jpg)
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Foundation honored the advisory board of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy’s PATIENTS Professors Academy (PPA) with a Catalyst of Excellence Award on May 2 in recognition of its role in fundraising and supporting the PPA.
An annual summer event since 2022, the PPA is a free, five-week online program on community-engaged research to advance health equity held by the PATIENTS Program. PPA has weekly interactive components led by patient advisors, known as PATIENTS Professors, who co-teach with researchers. PATIENTS Professors share their expertise as individuals who have lived with medical conditions, while researchers share expertise designing research and engaging patents and communities.
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