In 2024, SHM launched the SHM Global & Rural Health Foundation in service of its mission to promote high-value care and optimal outcomes for acutely ill patients.
U.S.- and hospital-based clinicians and practice administrators can apply for either a travel or equipment grant to support these efforts, both in rural community hospitals in underserved regions of the U.S. and in missions serving remote villages around the world.
SHM recognized this year’s grant recipients at Converge 2026. The Travel Grant Awardees include:
- Malika Madhava, MD, MSc, DTMG, CTROPMED—Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Ghana
- Jessica Chambers, MD, MPH, FACP, FHM—AMPATH Global Health elective in Eldoret, Kenya
- Philip Angelides, MD, MSc, CTROPMED—CU-Coatepeque partnership in Guatemala
- Joshua Black, MD—Central Ohio Jamaica Medical Outreach in Falmouth, Jamaica
- Max Fraden, MD—Somalilander American Health Association in Somaliland
- Philicia Duncan, MD—Central Ohio Jamaica Medical Outreach in Falmouth, Jamaica
- Liliya Klimkiv, MD—UC Davis Health in Gambia
The Equipment Grant Awardees, along with the equipment they will be purchasing with this year’s grant, include:
- Angeline Sawaya, MD—Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) units, Guatemala
- Zena Salim, MD, MSc—POCUS and procedure simulators, Rwanda
- Andrea Matho, MD—POCUS components, Uganda
- Simbiat Olayiwola, MD—POCUS units, McLeod Health critical access project in rural South Carolina
- Sara Schwanke Khilji, MD, MPH, FACP—POCUS units, Botswana
Learn more about SHM’s Global and Rural Health Foundation.