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Participants
Program participants appreciate the opportunity to come up with their own arrangements. They enjoy the experience working with their American partners and find the program most helpful to their professional career growth, in contributing to their employer, and their community.
One of our first participants, Ms. Matějková, stated in her final report: "The whole project and my stay at the John Marshall Law School I consider an amazing, enriching and energizing experience and the three months I have spent in the United States I consider an extra three months of my life."
Six aspiring young leaders applied to our program in 2011 submitting high quality proposals: four focused on healthcare, one on education and one on the environment; only one with focus on women health was selected.
In 2010 we nominated six applicants; four from the Czech and two from the Slovak Republic. For the first time we nominated two applicants in the environmental field. Three participants were in healthcare and one in education. Three participants exceeded a notional budget of $15,000 per participant and were asked to contribute either their own resources or their employer's. All three agreed and contributed a total of nearly $10,000, a clear sign to us of their intent.
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2013 Participants
Jitka Bacova, works as a clinical pharmacist. She wants to gain experience in this type of work in the United States, among others, in an Intensive Care Unit and overall in the healthcare system, gain an insight into the education of American Clinical Pharmacy Specialists, and to use the acquired knowledge in the Czech Republic. Read her program proposal and learn about her accomplishments.
Lenka Slachtova, Charles University, focuses on research of inherited metabolic disorders manifested mostly during childhood and adolescence. She will work with professor C. S. Raman, University of Maryland, take an advanced training course of protein structure research, learn new methods and establish them in her home lab. With this internship she intends to strength the cooperation between the home and host institutions. Read her program proposal and learn about her accomplishments.
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2012 Participants
Martin Glogar works in the Office for International Studies (OIS) at Masaryk University (MU), which coordinates and carries out most of the MU international outreach activities. His program objective is to gain knowledge and practical experience to make him more effective in improving OIS performance. His program partners include The Institute of International Education (IIE), Teachers College of Columbia University (Teachers College), and the City University of New York (CUNY). Mainly due to family reasons, Martin had to postpone his program until the Fall of 2013. Read his program proposal and learn about his accomplishments.
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2011 Participants
Ivana Chapcaková, is our only 2011 participant. Her program combines courses in Global Health Leadership at New York University and internships with Africare, an NGO, and Naturopathic Medicine for Global Health, a nonprofit health care organization promoting Naturopathic Medicine as a feasible and cost effective healthcare alternative. Her overall objective is to gain knowledge and practical experience to enable her to integrate a nonprofit enterprise into the health system in Slovakia. Read her program proposal and learn about her accomplishments.
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2010 Participants
Adriana Baňárová, MD, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, to study diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms of patients with internal diseases, and to transfer new ideas into Slovak emergency medical facilities partnering with Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. Read her program proposal and learn about her accomplishments.
Veronica Chobotová, PhD, Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, to study agent-based modeling and the principles of social simulation, and apply them to cooperation and innovation diffusion in sustainable use of natural resources, working with Arizona State University, Center for Institutional Diversity. Read her program proposal and learn about her accomplishments.
Martina Fojtiková, Revírní Bratrská Pokladna (Health Insurance) Slezská Ostrava, to identify approaches and measures of preventive health care, disease management and health promotion aimed at policy holders applicable to the Czech healthcare system, working with the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and Kaiser Permanente a major US health insurance provider. Read her program proposal and learn about her accomplishments.
Zuzana Kaparová, MA, Personal Assistant to the Minister of Environment, Prague, to learn the working of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States, to exchange experiences with competent authorities, and to develop her leadership skills for future career in environmental protection. Read her program proposal and learn about her accomplishments.
Ondřej Sochor, MD, School of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, to work with the team of Cardiovision 2020 and the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine Mayo, Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Through this project develop links with Cardioangiology Department at St. Ann University Hospital, Brno. The objective is to learn from his American partners at Cardiovision 2020 and Mayo Clinic on how to improve prevention of cardio diseases. Read his program proposal and learn about his accomplishments.
Zdenek Vrbka, MA, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, to study experiences with fostering cooperation between academia and industry; to improve his teaching skills in software quality and testing and teaching skills in general, working with Loyola University, Graduate School of Business and the Department of Computer Science, Chicago. Read his program proposal and learn about his accomplishments.
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2009 Participants
Martin Pešl, MD, is our only 2009 participant. He worked with the University of Minnesota/Mayo Clinic to obtain insight into the management and coordination of a stem cell research facility, and learn advanced transferable techniques in the research and applied clinical practice. His objective was to establish links between the University Stem Cell Institute and the International Centre of Clinical Research - Cardiology of St. Anne's University Hospital of Masaryk University, Brno. Read his program proposal and learn about his accomplishments.
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2008 Participants
Jiří Hnilica, PhD, associate professor at Prague University of Economics, participated in executive training sessions at Harvard University on participant-centered learning with emphasis on case study teaching, course development, and participant-centered learning methods combined with a three months internship at the University of Denver. Read his program proposal and learn about his accomplishments.
Július Hodosy, MD, PhD, Faculty Hospital, Comenius University in Bratislava, studied guidelines and techniques for emergency medicine partnering with Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. The objective was to improve emergency medicine services at the Faculty Hospital. Read his program proposal and learn about his accomplishments.
Richard Salzman, MD, PhD, St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno, established a link between the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a center of excellence in head and neck cancer and Clinic of Otorinolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery of St. Anne's Faculty Hospital at Masaryk University. Read his program proposal and learn about his accomplishments.
Naděžda Špidurová Matějková, Masaryk University in Brno, learned and acquired experience about professional legal education and development of new study programs, combining executive training at Northwestern and University of Illinois combined with internship at John Marshall School of Law, University of Chicago. Read her program proposal and learn about her accomplishments.
All four participants completed their programs by December 2008. They are expected to stay involved with our Fund, share their program experiences with their peers and the general public, advise others interested in the program, and otherwise promote future activities of the Fund.
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