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Light The Way
Light the Way: Honoring Healthcare Healers
December 3, 2024 – January 1, 2025
A Virtual Giving Campaign Supporting Mental Health in Medicine
Join Sharp Index this holiday season for Light the Way, a month-long virtual event celebrating the dedication and resilience of healthcare workers while raising vital support for mental health in medicine. We invite individuals, leaders, and organizations to uplift the stories of healthcare heroes and create a ripple effect of positive change.
Sharp Index Awards Leaders: Jonathan DePierro, PhD
Jonathan Depierro, PhD, is a builder. His extensive experience in disaster psychiatry and traumatic stress, particularly with 9/11 first responders, empowered him to establish a pioneering center in April 2020 to bolster the resilience and behavioral health of over 45,000 health system employees during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.
If I Betray These Words Book Club - Student Pharmacist Perspective
About the Blog
This blog offers healthcare students early exposure to critical issues like moral injury, burnout, and navigating healthcare systems. Authored by Monika Baranek, PharmD Candidate 2025, it reflects on insights from Dr. Wendy Dean’s If I Betray These Words and emphasizes the importance of understanding these challenges to become better, more compassionate clinicians.
About the Author
Monika Baranek is a final-year Doctor of Pharmacy student at Roseman University. She is passionate about policy, advocacy, mental health, and improving healthcare safety through interdisciplinary collaboration and patient education.
If I Betray These Words”
Wendy Dean MD is a pioneer for the idea of moral injury in healthcare. Donate and get a copy of her book "If I Betray These Words."
