🏘️🌎 It Takes A Village to Change the World. So This PT Built One.

Dr. Lisa VanHoose has three main beliefs...

1- Healthy women are needed for healthy families and communities.

2- Communities need healthcare providers who demonstrate cultural humility, empathy, and a commitment to holistic, high-quality care.

3- Research needs to be created, conducted, and communicated with community members to have the greatest impact.

But instead of stopping there... she created a community around these beliefs to help support them and the people that wanted to see them thrive.

Learn how these beliefs can be incorporated into your practice as a clinician.

The Ujima Institute was founded by Dr. Lisa VanHoose. As a physical therapist and researcher.

She believes that individual and societal wellness ​ requires village-like efforts.

So... she created the village!
Well, three villages actually.