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Where Future Physicians First Find Their Footing
How the Joan C. Edwards Health Professions Pipeline Program helps high school students discover medicine and begin believing they belong As a new school year begins, students at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s newly-named John Hay High School, (formerly...
Bridges Before Pipelines: The Philosophy Behind the Edwards Scholarship
The Edwards Scholarship was created to remove financial barriers to a medical education. Along the way, it has done something even larger. It has demonstrated what is possible when schools, universities, philanthropists, mentors, and families commit to students long before they submit a college application.
H3P Club Induction Ceremony for 2026-27 School Year
The next class in the Joan C. Edwards Health Profession Pipeline Program (H3P) were installed last month for the 2026-27 school year in the organization’s annual induction ceremony. H3P is a student-governed group in Cleveland School of Science and Medicine (CSSM)...
Finding the Right Environment to Grow
When people look at accomplished scientists, it's easy to assume their path was clear from the beginning. For theoretical physicist Cyril Creque-Sarbinowski, however, the turning point wasn't simply a decision to pursue physics. It was finding an educational...
The White Coat Ceremony: The Beginning of a Life in Medicine
Joan C. Edwards Scholars Oluwapelumi Obasa and Manal Alkabani formally began their medical education at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine during the university’s White Coat Ceremony on July 12 at Severance Music Center. The White Coat Ceremony is a...
H3P Club Induction Ceremony for 2026-27 School Year
The next class in the Joan C. Edwards Health Profession Pipeline Program (H3P) were installed last month for the 2026-27 school year in the organization’s annual induction ceremony. H3P is a student-governed group in Cleveland School of Science and Medicine (CSSM)...
JCECF Hosts Gathering of Edwards Scholars
On May 28, 2026, the Joan C. Edwards Foundation hosted a gathering of Edwards Scholars for a workshop focused on shared experiences in their educational and career journeys. The workshop was aimed at cataloging these experiences to help prepare future scholars for...
Joan C. Edwards Charitable Foundation Awards Two Full-Ride Scholarships
Cleveland Metropolitan School District graduates Morgen Rosario and Tasneema Shaik to pursue medical studies at Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND (May 5, 2026) – The Joan C. Edwards Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s...
Match Day for Edwards Scholar Jessica Pham
The Joan C. Edwards Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce that 2016 Edwards Scholar Jessica Pham, M.D., has matched with University Hospitals of Cleveland Medical Center’s Department of Neurology, where she is a 2026-27 Resident. A recent graduate of Case...
The Edwards Project: Our First Episode Capturing the Stories Behind the Pathway
The Edwards Project is an initiative from the Joan C. Edwards Charitable Foundation designed to capture the full story behind our mission through the voices of the people, programs, and partnerships that make it possible. For...