GALVESTON — A University of Texas Medical Branch faculty member has received a $50,000 grant from the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health.
Kay Sandor, an associate professor in the UTMB School of Nursing, received a 2005 John F. Templeton Spirituality and Medicine Curricular Award, which recognizes developments in spirituality and medicine curriculum. The award is given over four years.
The grant helps fund a spirituality course for UTMB students. It also funds research about spiritual development and spiritual well-being.
“This important interdisciplinary topic, Spirituality and Clinical Care, has been a required course offering for UTMB students for eight years,” Sandor said. “The grant allows the course directors to expand and redesign the course, conduct research related to the impact of the course and develop a new interdisciplinary elective for graduate level students.”
The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, established in 2001, focuses on educational and clinical issues related to spirituality and health. It was established in May 2001.
Announcement of the award was made last month at the annual meeting of the American Association of Medical Colleges, in Washington, D.C.
