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Thanks to an anonymous donor, the Department of Family Medicine is well on its way to establishing an endowed chair in medical humanities in honor of Johanna Shapiro, PhD.
The donor has offered to give $1 million in matching funds once the department raises $1 million to complete the funding required for an endowed chair.
For the last 15 years, Dr. Shapiro has directed the Program in Medical Humanities and the Arts (PMHA), developing curriculum, teaching, conducting research and supervising medical student humanities research. The program has garnered both national and international recognition.
The purpose of the program is to help foster compassion and empathy in medical students, residents, and faculty. Literature and the arts are used to help them gain a deeper understanding of patients’ experiences of illness. As a result of the medical humanities programming, their perspectives change and broaden, helping them develop as empathetic healers.
Examples of UC Irvine's medical humanities program in action include:
To make a donation, visit http://www.uadv.uci.edu/Chair-ProposedJohannaShapiroChairInMedicalHumanities.
You can also call Linda Haghi, director of Community Relations at 714.456.7396 or email FamilyMD@uci.edu for more information.