FR. MICHAEL ROZIER, SJ, PhD
NATHANIEL BLANTON HIBNER, PhD
DARREN M. HENSON, PhD, STL
MEGAN McANINCH-JONES, MSc, MBA, and ADRIENNE WEBB
KARLA KEPPEL, MA, MISSION PROJECT COORDINATOR, CHA AND PAULO G. PONTEMAYOR, MPH, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, CHA
SR. MARY HADDAD, RSM
Last summer, the CHA Board of Trustees approved a new vision statement: We will empower bold change to elevate human flourishing.
ABIGAIL McCLEERY, MPH, RDN, DipACLM, LISA McDOWELL, MS, RDN, DipACLM, and KELLY WILSON, RDN, DipACLM
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan, creates groundbreaking programs that connect the medical facility with the community.
ROBIN ROENKER
Recognizing that whole-patient care hinges on the availability of services for both body and mind, many Catholic health care systems have directed renewed focus to their mental and behavioral health delivery — particularly since COVID-19.
ERIN ARCHER, RN
What if we had a set of interventions that could reduce rates of depression, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heavy drinking and unemployment? They might already exist. Many clinical researchers argue that these tools are already being developed and used, and that some answers to these conditions lie in the prevention and treatment of trauma in our patients, workplaces and communities.
SARAH A. NEELEY, PhD, STEPHEN MURRAY, MPS, MTS, and ANDY NAVARRO, MHCM, JD
As a Catholic health ministry, we are called to the sacred work of caring for those who are acutely sick, seriously injured or facing a significant life transition. These realities challenge, shape and potentially transform the spirituality of those receiving and providing care.
KELLY BILODEAU
When the patient arrived for her first palliative care appointment to address her chronic pain, she was hurting, angry and guarded, a mood that lingered through the first part of her session.
CHRISTINA GEBEL, MPH
The U.S. has a problem with maternal mortality, and it is not getting better. The trend has been even more alarming in recent years. According to CDC data, in 2021, the maternal mortality rate was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, which was up from 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019.
TREVOR BONAT, MA, MS
I felt a profound sense of awe wash over me as I stood on the prime meridian at the Royal Observatory in the London borough of Greenwich while on a college trip for my daughter, Jane.
WILLIAM J. COX and JOHN O. MUDD
Health care systems in the United States have leadership structures comprised of boards and management. Most Catholic health care systems are unique in that they include another layer of leadership called a "public juridic person" or, in common parlance, the "sponsors."