Congratulations to Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN recently awarded the Netter Center for Community Partnerships Course Development Grant for her proposal “Increasing activity in children: Dance for health.” Dr. Lipman, the Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Professor for Nutrition, Professor of Nursing of Children – Clinician Educator, coordinates the first clinical course, Pediatric Physical Assessment and Clinical Decision Making, for graduate students and developed and maintains the only registry of pediatric type 1 diabetes in Philadelphia.

The purpose of the proposal is to increase children’s activity through the coordination of dance classes led by the Sayre High School Dance Team. The project will actively engage the community in each component of planning and implementation in order to create community-driven programming.