DAISY Foundation Awards
The Commissioned Officers Foundation provides financial support for quarterly DAISY Awards for the Nurse Category, in the Office of the Surgeon General.
SUMMER 2023 Awards
- PHS DAISY Nurse Leader Award: CAPT Vickie Caldwell, HHS, Indian Health Service, Wewoka, OK
- PHS DAISY Award for Nurses Advancing Health Equity: LCDR Jackeline Rodriguez, HHS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Boston, MA
- PHS DAISY Award for Nurses Advancing Health Equity: LCDR Hollis Reed, DHS, ICE Health Service Corps, Charlotte, NC
Seed Grants
Community Health Workers Address Opioid Crisis in Washington State
by Ileana María Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPH, CNC, Executive Director,Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees (CHWCMR) Opioid-related mortality in the United States has increased at an alarming rate during the last two decades because of both suicide and unintentional [...]
Smile Maker Nears Finish Line with Seed Grant
by John McElligott, MPH, CPH Smile Maker, which received $8,500 from the COF Barclay-Giel Seed Grants Program, is a program of the Florida Keys Area Health Education Center. They will deliver dental care to children through a mobile dental clinic. [...]