Our Mission
Urban Health Project educates, inspires, and challenges medical students through their service to
marginalized populations in Greater Cincinnati to produce more socially responsible physicians who have
a greater understanding of factors that impact health.
Our Vision
Urban Health Project strives to improve healthcare by molding future physicians who will have a
personal understanding of the factors that impact health and use this knowledge to provide better care to
all populations, especially the underserved.
Summary of Urban Health Project
This year marks the 24th year of Urban Health Project, one of the few student-run non-profit organizations
in the nation.
Medical students who have completed their first year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati
apply to spend an 8-week summer internship with the Urban Health Project. These selected
physicians-in-training are each matched with an existent non-profit community organization in the Greater
Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas. Their responsibilities range from direct patient care to the more
social aspects of healthcare. Student interns earn a modest stipend for their work.
This program connects future physicians with underserved people in the community. Urban Health Project
gives a new generation of physicians the opportunity to personally observe the many barriers to healthcare
and challenges them to incorporate this awareness into their future practice.
Awards and Nominations
- 2002 Pedro Zamora Youth Services Award, AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati
- 2003 Just Community Award, University of Cincinnati
- 2006 Health Care Heroes Community Outreach Nominee, Cincinnati Business Courier
- 2006 Spirit of Service Award, University of Cincinnati
Our Board Members
- Ms. Connie Barker, RN/MSN, Director of Quality of St. Luke's Hospital
- James Boex, MD, Associate Director for UC MHA program
- Sr. Agnes Coveney, Director of Mission Effectiveness of Good Samaritan Hospital
- Dr. Denise Gibson, Assistant Dean of Academic Support of the University of
Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Dr. Clare Herlihy, past Co-Director
- Rod Huber, Director of Family Services, Catholic Charities SouthWestern Ohio
- Karen Kent, Associate Professor for Xavier Health Services Administration program
- Dr. Thomas Kunkel, UHP alumni, Anesthesiologist
- Laura Leighton, Xavier Univserity, Masters in Health Services Administration Candidate
- Rhonda Lewis, Operations Manager, Project Connect
- Sz-Min, past Co-Director and 4th year UC medical student
- Erin Moushey, past Co-Director and 4th year UC medical student
- Ms. Beth O'Connor, RN, Director of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Project at
the Barrett Cancer Center
- Mr. Edward Osofsky, President of the Bethesda Foundation, Inc.
- Eric Peters, Administrative Resident, TriHealth Corporation
- Lauren Simendinger, past Co-Director and 3rd year UC medical student
- Jessica Sisto, past Co-Director and 3rd year UC medical student
- Sally Wessendorf, Coordinator, Women’s Health Services
- Dr. Laura Wexler, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions of the
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Mr. Mike Zenz, Senior Director of Development of the University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine
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