Scholarship

In partnership with PainEDU, 10 scholarships will be awarded to cover the cost of registration for the PAINWeek 2012 National Conference. One grand prize winner will receive a stipend for the cost of conference travel and accommodations, up to $1,000.

Official rules, and more information are available here.

To submit an essay, or for questions, please contact scholarship@painedu.org.

2011 Scholarship Recipients

Last year’s winner was Karel Schram. Ms. Schram is a physician assistant who works at the Hackley Community Care Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Muskegon, Michigan. Ms. Schram’s essay “Pain is a Pain!” stood out above all of the others to the members of the essay review committee. She wrote about watching patients and loved ones who were under-treated for pain, and how that inspired her to become a patient advocate. She called out for the need for more education about balancing pain relief and risk. Ms. Schram will be honored as part of the welcome ceremony at PAINWeek. Click here read Ms. Schram’s essay.

The 9 additional scholarship recipients were:

• James Adam Dailey, MD, Intern: Pitt Country Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC
• Cathy Haberle, RN, BS, CHPN: Grand View Hospital, Sellersville, PA
• Reginald Hall, MD: Federal Medical Center, Butner, NC
• Kelly Lynn Kluesner, RN: Greenwood Ambulatory Surgery Center, Greenwood Village, CO
• Noel S. Lee, 3rd year medical student: UCSD Medical Center and VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
• Karen Marlowe, PharmD, BCPS, CPE: Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, Mobile, AL
• Vineeta Risbood, PharmD, BCPS: Kaiser Permanente of Ohio, Cleveland, OH
• Pamela Ronning, MPA, BSN, RN: Hackley Community Care Center, Muskegon, MI
• Julie Rossow, RN: Madrid Home Communities, Madrid, IA