2020 AIHC Awards

In recognition of a faculty member for oustanding mentorship of students and/or peers in interprofessional education and/or practice.

• Joy Doll. OTD, OTR/L, FNAP, Nebraska Health Information Initiative
  • Dr. Joy Doll is no stranger to the world of interprofessional education and collaborative practice. She has over 50 international and national professional presentations and is well known for her ability to collaborate and mentor younger faculty in the field of IPE.

    She is one of the co-founders of the AIHC mentoring program and is recognized for her collaborative approach to supporting professional development and connections through interprofessional work.

In recognition of an individual who demonstrates excellence in interprofessional teaching.

• Josette Rivera, MD, University of California San Francisco
  • ​​​​​​​Dr. Josette Rivera has been a leader in IPE at the University of California San Francisco as well as nationally and has tremendous skills as an interprofessional educator through direct teaching, innovative interprofessional curricular development and developing a campus-wide approach to assessing interprofessional competencies.

    Dr. Rivera has disseminated her interprofessional work widely at conferences and through publications and takes a scholarly view of opportunities to improve the approach to interprofessional education through rigorous evaluation of curricular  innovations.Her teaching is consistently rated highly by learners who comment on her ability to engage across the professions, help apply concepts to real word settings, and create a safe and welcoming space for learning.

    As a geriatrician, Dr. Rivera brings deep knowledge about the importance of interprofessional care to the classroom and clinical setting and has been a key contributor to the development and implementation of the interprofessional standardized patient exercise (ISPE) for students from different professions to apply interprofessional skills and receive feedback from faculty and peers on their interprofessional collaboration skills.

In recognition of a student who has demonstrated consistent engagemnt in an interprofessional collaborative practice within the clinic, classroom, and/or community.

• Jadesola (Jade) Giwa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Jadesola (Jade) Giwa is a natural leader and advocate for interprofessional practice at UNC-CH. She served as the inaugural chair of the Student Executive Committee (SEC) and laid the foundation for several interprofessional activities, including completion of the Rural Interprofessional Health Initiative.

    Under her leadership, SEC has a structure and framework that supports a rich and diverse community for interprofessional engagement where students gain knowledge, expand their networks, and adopt a more holistic view of care.  She has tackled the difficult challenge of culture change head on and has shifted the image of IPE from a requirement to must be checked off, to a community and culture that is sought out and desired by both current and prospective students.