Application requirements
Applicants who want to be considered for the Sadler Fellowship in addition to the Emerging Physician Leader Award must:
- Identify an institutional advisor who agrees to serve as a project advisor during the fellowship year
- Obtain a letter of support from a medical student dean (or associate/assistant dean) or residency/fellowship director (or associate/assistant director)
- Answer an additional question in the award application (question #4)
- Review and agree to the Sadler Fellowship application requirements and fellowship expectations outlined in this document.
Support provided by Health Care Without Harm
Fellows will:
- Have an advisory team from Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth for mentorship throughout the fellowship year.
- Receive a comprehensive, individualized orientation to Health Care Without Harm, Practice Greenhealth, the Physician Network and the three-pillar approach to climate-smart health care and climate resilience through a written orientation document and meeting with Dr. Collins within the first 4-6 weeks of the fellowship year
- Get access to exclusive resources online, including sustainability tools and resources ordinarily available only to Practice Greenhealth partners and marketing and communications resources from Health Care Without Harm.
- Be connected to their facility’s Practice Greenhealth Sustainability Strategy Manager (SSM) if applicable, and have an orientation call with the SSM within the first 4-6 weeks of the fellowship year. If a fellow is not from a Practice Greenhealth partner facility they will receive an orientation to Practice Greenhealth from a Practice Greenhealth staff person.
- Be provided with a list of key resources and readings related to climate-smart health care.
- Receive support from Dr. Collins and meet with her throughout the fellowship year as needed for project and other support
- Be supported by the Health Care Without Harm communications team in writing an article or op-ed for local press or a media site to help raise the visibility for, and amplify messaging around, the need for health care to focus on climate, health, and equity
- Be alerted to relevant advocacy and educational opportunities, along with relevant new research, publications, resources, initiatives and news.
Expected engagement
During the fellowship year the fellows will be expected to:
- Identify as a 2025-2026 Blair and Georgia Sadler Fellow at Health Care Without Harm by including in title and email signature, on LinkedIn, in Powerpoints, in publications and in bio/CV to raise visibility of the fellowship
- Make significant project progress and submit a six-month interim project report by 1/15/26 and a final report by 7/15/26 as per the grant terms
- Write an article or op-ed for local press or a media site to help raise the visibility for, and amplify messaging around, the need for health care to focus on climate and equity in their institutions and communities, with support from the Health Care Without Harm communications team.
- Present your project and/or provide project updates during Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth team calls depending on the project focus and status
Encouraged engagement
Fellows are encouraged, but not required to:
- Subscribe to relevant Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth newsletters
- Participate in Health Care Without Harm and Physician Network virtual events (journal club, discussion sessions, grand rounds sessions, and webinars) as available
- Gain an understanding of climate-smart health care and the three-pillar approach to health care engagement: mitigation, resilience and leadership
- Acquire knowledge of the climate footprint of the health care sector and opportunities to reduce health care’s overall impact
- Become familiar with the key climate-smart health care resources available through Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm
- Encourage physicians and medical students to join the Health Care Without Harm Physician Network with a focus on recruiting physicians and medical students who identify as people of color, and those from rural and safety net hospitals, and from under-represented facilities, schools and geographical regions
- Be encouraged to submit an article for publication, depending on available funding, project topic and findings, to journals or media outlets and/or present your work at conferences during the fellowship year including CleanMed