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Bowen Center Releases 2024 Annual Report: Multiplying Impact
The Bowen Center's newly released 2024 Annual Report showcases a year of significant achievements in health workforce research and policy. Highlights include completing the Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce, assessing Indiana's...
Bowen Director Dr. Hannah Maxey featured in article on tax credits for preceptors
Indiana's Health Workforce Council is exploring an approach to strengthen rural health care training: a tax credit for health care providers who mentor students through clinical preceptorships. Bowen Center Director Dr. Hannah Maxey was recently quoted in IPB News...
Bowen Director Dr. Hannah Maxey receives faculty award for community engagement
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Hannah L. Maxey, Director of the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research & Policy, has been recognized by Indiana University's Department of Family Medicine in the IU School of Medicine with a faculty award for her...
Bowen Assistant Director shares experience in leadership program in new article
We're excited to share that Courtney Medlock, MPH, Assistant Director of Policy and Strategy at the Bowen Center, has been featured in a recent Indiana University School of Medicine article for her outstanding community engagement. The article, "Emerging Leaders...
Bowen in the News: All Indiana counties have a mental health workforce shortage. A new report provides solutions
The Bowen Center's Playbook for tackling Indiana's mental health workforce crisis is featured in a new article from WFYI Indianapolis. The opening paragraph of the story sums up the crisis in Indiana well: Over 1 million adults in Indiana have a mental health...
Mental Health Workforce: ICCMHC commits to support the Playbook
We are thrilled to announce that earlier this summer the Indiana Council of Community Mental Health Centers (ICCMHC) officially committed to supporting Bowen's Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce. This endorsement marks a...
Inside Indiana Business: IU unveils Playbook to address mental health workforce shortage
Bowen's Playbook to tackle the crisis in Indiana's mental health is gaining traction and getting attention around Indiana. Read this latest in this article from Inside Indiana Business: The Indiana University School of Medicine’s Bowen Center for Health Workforce...
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette: New report details shortage of mental health professionals in Indiana
Bowen's Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce is getting attention in the press across Indiana. Check out this article from the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette: Indiana has a shortage of mental health professionals, a situation a provider...
Christian Theological Seminary Highlighted in Mental Health Workforce Playbook
We're pleased to see Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) sharing their involvement in the Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce. CTS's unique model of integrating education, clinical experience, and community outreach was recognized...
Bowen Director Dr. Hannah Maxey presents the Playbook to the Indiana Commission to Combat Substance Use Disorder
Bowen Center Director Dr. Hannah Maxey presented August 1 the Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce to the Indiana Commission to Combat Substance Use Disorder. Indiana faces an enormous challenge of recruiting and retaining a...
4C Health Commits to the Indiana Behavioral Health Workforce Playbook
We are excited to announce that 4C Health, a leading Community Mental Health Center in North Central Indiana, has made a significant commitment to support the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research & Policy's "Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental &...
Bowen Director Dr. Hannah Maxey provides expert testimony on strengthening the community and home-based care workforce to the U.S. Senate
Bowen Director Dr. Hannah Maxey provided expert testimony to the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on March 9, 2023. Her presentation focused on strengthening the home and community-based care workforce, a critical component of support for aging...