Baltimore Albert Schweitzer Projects
To volunteer with one of the projects, simply enter your contact information in the form at the bottom of the page along with the Project Name from the table. When submitted the form will send your contact information to the fellow(s) associated with the project.
| Project Name | Description | Fellows (University) | Project Type |
| Baltimore Albert Schweitzer Fellowship | Baltimore Albert Schweitzer Fellowship | BASF Staff | Main Program |
| Hand in Hand Baltimore | Provides male juveniles at the Baltimore City Detention Center with GED tutoring, support, and health counseling. | Elizabeth Allan (UMSOM) | Youth |
| A Wellness Approach to Health | Implements a community gardening program and deliver workshops on cooking healthy, nutritious, and affordable food. | Raquel Bracho (UMSOL) | Health - Nutrition |
Comphrensive Cardiovascular Health Promotion Program for Hispanics | Carrys out a comprehensive cardiovascular health promotion program for Baltimore’s Hispanic residents. | Patrick Bringardner (JHSON) Worawan Limpitikul (JHSOM) | Health - Hispanic |
A Girl Scout Troop for the Daughters of Incarcerated Parents | Works with Girl Scouts of Central Maryland to expand programming and opportunities for middle school girls whose parents are incarcerated. | Nicole Cimino (UMSOM) | Youth - Self Esteem |
Healthy Mothers SupportEd | Provides mentoring, health education, and information about access to relevant resources to teenage mothers. | Alan Dunklow (UMSOL) | Health - Youth |
Men & Families Center Community Outreach and Health Literacy Education | Expand Charm City Clinic’s programming through community outreach, health literacy workshops, and skill-building PhotoVoice activities. | Mark Evans (JHSPH) | Health - Self Esteem |
Roots and Shoots | Promotes leadership and health by tutoring second through fifth-graders in ways that focus on the interconnectedness of people, animals, and the environment. | Yao Yao Guan (JHSOM) Meghan Laird (JHSON) | Youth |
Thriving Families: Helping Parents Make Healthy Decisions | Supports parents in making healthier decisions for themselves and their families by delivering workshops on nutrition, oral health, and exercise. | Jessica Humphrey (UMSOD) | Health - Family |
| Aging Wisely | Works with patients at Little Sisters of the Poor to assist with access to legal advance directives, quality of life workshops, and social service resources. | Heain Lee (UMSOL) | Health - Underserved Population |
| Access to Care Project | Works to strengthen the Baltimore City Health Department’s Needle Exchange Program (NEP), providing information about accessing health resources and assisting clients with health insurance applications. | Desiree Madah-Amiri (JHSON) Natanya Robinowitz (JHSPH) | Health - Underserved Population |
| JBS Public Health Ambassador Program | Works to expand the Junior Biomedical Scholars (JBS) mentorship program at Dunbar High School, delivering tutoring that focuses on science education. | Khadijah Mitchell (JHSOM) | Youth - Self Esteem |
| Implementation of Electronic Medical Records System in a Clinic for the Homeless | Works to implement an electronic medical records system that serves clients at the Baltimore Rescue Mission. | Michael Morris (UMSOM) | Health |
| Healthy Aging | Collaborates with area senior centers and adult day centers in West Baltimore to facilitate activities that improve seniors’ quality of life and well being, as well as provide medication review and general health monitoring. | Neha Patel (UMSOP) Maria Maunz (UMSOP) Hsiao-Ting Wang (UMSOP) | Health - Elderly |
| Knits for the Needy | Engages students, faculty, nursing home and hospital patients, and church parishioners in knitting projects—including winter hats and scarves that will be donated to people in need. | JaVon Townsend (UMSSW) | Underserved Population |
| CASE - Community Adolescent Sexuality Education | Carrys out Community Adolescent Sexuality Education (CASE) lessons for 7th- and 8th-grade middle schoolers. | Jesse Yang (JHSOM) | Youth - Sexuality |
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