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NAM Fellowship in Osteopathic Medicine

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The overall purpose of the NAM Fellowship in Osteopathic Medicine is to enable talented, early-career health science scholars to participate actively in health- and medicine-related work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) and to further their careers as future leaders in their field. This program is supported through an endowment from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), and the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF). The NAM Fellowship in Osteopathic Medicine is part of the NAM Fellowships for Health Science Scholars program. 

Fellows

Current Fellow

2024-2026 NAM Fellow in Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Jaqua is an emergency medicine physician and an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Science Education at A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA). She served as a former member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Board of Directors and recently completed her service as Chair of the Council of Review Committee Residents. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees with the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association. 

Dr. Jaqua’s research and scholarly activity focus on innovative medical education practices and trainee wellness. As an educator, she serves as a didactic course director and teaches advanced clinical and procedural skills.  She also facilitates case-based, small-group discussions and participates in case writing and curriculum development. Dr. Jaqua is dedicated to fostering psychologically safe learning and working environments, creating a culture of inquiry and collaboration, and supporting targeted interventions to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion. She has presented and published on a variety of topics, such as the continuum of medical education, medical school curricular interventions, and trainee well-being. She has several projects in progress, including a second iteration of a student-driven mindfulness curricular intervention and an investigation of food insecurity among osteopathic medical students at ATSU-SOMA. 

Dr. Jaqua received her BA from the University of Michigan, her DO from ATSU-SOMA, and her MPH from A.T. Still University’s College of Graduate Health Studies. She completed her emergency medicine training at Mercy Health—St. Vincent Medical Center.  She is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

Past Fellows

2022-2024 NAM Fellow in Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Haring is a pain physician in rural Georgia and a DrPH student at Johns Hopkins, where he studies policies aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality associated with opioid overdose. He has a passion for health communication, and has been interviewed on CNN, the NBC TODAY Show, National Public Radio, the New York Times, and several other outlets on topics surrounding injury research and policy.

Dr. Haring worked as a counselor and administrator in a Southwest Florida addiction treatment facility in the mid-2000s, where he learned firsthand the dangers of unsafe opioid prescribing. He left to study osteopathic medicine and later entered an MPH program, where he studied injury policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. He trained in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Epidemiology Elective student training program at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in Atlanta and continued working in injury policy and health care quality and safety as a fellow at the Harvard Center for Surgery and Public Health. He subsequently worked as a visiting fellow in Lugano, Switzerland, where he helped develop a WHO-affiliated center for health care quality and communication, before returning to Johns Hopkins on a CDC grant to help develop evidence-based guidelines for Federal, state, and community interventions to stem the tide of opioid overdose.

Dr. Haring received his DO from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Bradenton. He completed a medical residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, followed by a clinical fellowship in pain medicine at the same institution.

2020-2022 NAM Fellow in Osteopathic Medicine
2018-2020 NAM Fellow in Osteopathic Medicine
2016-2018 NAM Fellow in Osteopathic Medicine

Fellowship Description 

The NAM Fellowship in Osteopathic Medicine will be awarded for a two-year period. During this time, the fellow is expected to continue to work at their main academic post, while being assigned to a board of the National Academies. The boards are:

  • Children, Youth, and Families,
  • Food and Nutrition,
  • Global Health,
  • Health Care Services,
  • Health Sciences Policy, and
  • Population Health and Public Health Practice.

The fellowship requires a 10- to 20-percent commitment of time for two years, and includes attendance at a one-week orientation to health policy, the Fall NAM Annual Meeting, and the meetings of the assigned board. Domestic travel expenses are covered for participation in approved fellowship activities. Additionally, the fellow will participate actively in the work of an appropriate study committee or roundtable, including contributing to its reports or other products. Studies that would enable the fellow to contribute to the value of integrating medicine and public health will be identified.

This experience will introduce the NAM Fellow in Osteopathic Medicine to a variety of experts and perspectives, including legislators, government officials, industry leaders, executives of voluntary health organizations, scientists, and other health professionals. Each fellow will be assigned to an NAM member who will serve as a senior mentor during the two years of the fellowship.

A flexible research grant of $25,000 will be awarded to each NAM Fellow in Osteopathic Medicine, which will be administered through the appropriate department in the fellow’s home institution to advance the fellow’s professional and academic career. This grant is not intended for use as a salary offset for the fellow, and no indirect costs are allowed.

Timeline

Fellowships will be awarded in even years.

March 2026

Call for nominations opens

June 2026

Nomination packets are due at 3:00pm ET

July 2026

Awardee is notified

September 2026

Fellow orientation week at the NAM is held

October 2026

Fellow is introduced to the Membership at the NAM Annual Meeting

Program Administration

Inquiries about the NAM Fellowship in Osteopathic Medicine should be directed to:

Yumi Phillips
Senior Program Officer

Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs
National Academy of Medicine
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Phone: (202) 334-1506
Email: [email protected]

The NAM Fellowship in Osteopathic Medicine is supported through an endowment from the American Osteopathic Association, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, and the American Osteopathic Foundation.