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Joanne Kagle leads a small fund focusing on grassroots, front-line healthcare projects serving the most vulnerable. We currently foster collaborations and leadership training among medical professionals at UCSF and Partners in Health, with special emphasis on nursing and diabetes care. Current projects include, a nursing center for excellence in Rwanda, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) youth campaign in Navajo Nation and San Francisco, T2D shared medical appts. in Chiapas, Mexico, Type 1 Diabetes training at Bearskin Meadows teen diabetes camp, a mental health initiative (Possible Health, Nepal), and midwife leadership training with IDSP Pakistan (Skoll Entrepreneur Quratulain Bakhteari).
Joanne serves on the board of Partners in Health, the UCSF Diabetes Leadership Council, and is a member of Legacy Venture (a philanthropic venture community). She is a former board member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Charles Armstrong School for the dyslexic learner.