The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has announced the recipients of its 2025 Functional Medicine for All Scholarship. This scholarship program aims to expand access to functional medicine training benefiting practitioners and patients worldwide. It is specifically intended for clinicians who are embarking on their certification journey and are dedicated to working with medically underserved communities.
Expanding access to functional medicine education facilitates the broad application of tools to improve the health outcomes of patients and ensures that root-cause, personalized care is available in underserved communities. Thanks to a grant from VoLo Foundation, IFM was able to increase the number of scholarships awarded through the Functional Medicine for All Scholarship in 2025. Some of those awards are earmarked for members of Integrated Medicine for the Underserved (IM4US) and DNPs of Color (DOC), who partner with IFM to reach clinicians who may otherwise be unable to access further education. IFM is committed to lowering the barrier of functional medicine training through scholarships and other initiatives so that we can bring functional medicine care into more communities around the globe.
The 2025 Functional Medicine for All Scholarship winners are:
- Andrea Chen, Pharmacist; Missouri
- Angela Johnson, Doctor of Chiropractic; California
- Aracelis Mezerene, Nurse Practitioner in Family Medicine; Florida
- Arjun Bhattarai, Physician Assistant in Family Medicine; New York
- Asya Mishory, MD/DO in Women’s Health; Israel
- Brian Amador, Nutrition Professional; Florida
- Brooklynne Palmer, MD/DO in Preventive Medicine; California
- Catherine Lok, MD/DO in Family/Integrative Medicine; North Carolina
- Celia McInotsh, Nurse Practitioner, Neurology/Psychiatry; New York
- Divyang Bhudhrani; Other Medical Professional; India
- Elena Colussi-Pelaez, MD/DO; California
- Ezra Kim, MD/DO in Family Medicine; California
- Fernanda Gonzalez Garcia Peña, MD/DO; Mexico
- Jordan Emont, MD/DO, Obstetrics and Gynecology; California
- Julie Dahl-Smith, MD/DO; Georgia
- Kang Ker Cheah, MD/DO, Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Malaysia
- Kayla Hickelheim, Registered Dietitian; Oklahoma
- Keiosha Townsend, Nurse Practitioner; Kentucky
- Kettlen Cristh Ataides Borda, MD/DO in Preventive Medicine; California
- Luis Garcia, MD/DO in Family Medicine; Pennsylvania
- Maria Pallavi Jane Pereira, MD/DO, Occupational Health Physician; India
- Maryam Janatifar, MD/DO; Iran
- Payal Godria, Obstetrics and Gynecology; India
- Sabrina Khan, General Dentist; New York
- Sharni Taylor, Physiotherapy; Australia
- Shelby Fathauer, Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care; Illinois
- Temeka Tunstall, Nurse Practitioner; Tennessee
- Theo Jones, Nurse Practitioner; Maryland
- Yolanda Rodriguez, Nurse Practitioner; Washington
For more information, visit www.ifm.org.
