SSH Fund | SSH

The SSH Fund fuels programs that advance the field, honor visionary leaders, and invest in the future of simulation.

Welcome to the SSH Fund

The SSH Fund, the member supported philanthropic arm of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, supports these initiatives as identified by the SSH membership: Research Grants, SimVentor Awards, the Beverlee Anderson Scholarships, and the Chad Epps Lecture Endowment.

Welcome to the SSH Fund

"Welcome to the home of the SSH Fund. We are delighted you're here to learn more and contribute to your annual donation, supporting the field of healthcare simulation. The Fund was established to facilitate transformative advances in the field - a goal we can only achieve together.

For over 20 years, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) has served as my professional community, providing opportunities for my personal growth as a researcher and educator. Contributions to the SSH Fund will help ensure that the next generation of healthcare simulation leaders have access to the same valuable opportunities that I have been fortunate enough to experience.

Please read the 2023 SSH Fund Annual Report, and I invite you to join with me in elevating the field of healthcare simulation."

Barry Issenberg, MD
SSH Development Committee Chair
2025-26 SSH Immediate Past-President

Research Awards

Society Research Awards fund both Early Career researchers and now, Experienced or Multi-Institutional researchers. Supporting simulation research through your gift enables researchers to answer important research questions, contribute to knowledge advancement, improve education and training, enhance patient safety, drive evidence-based practices, foster collaboration, address societal challenges, and leave a lasting positive impact on the field of simulation.

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Simventors Awards

The annual SimVentors Showcase at IMSH highlights the innovative technology development that takes place in member healthcare simulation programs and among emerging companies. New product ideas, improvements on old ideas, new virtual environment offerings, serious game technology, and DIY task trainers and models. Through the SSH Fund, cash prizes will be awarded to the winners at IMSH 2025 in Orlando.

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Beverlee Anderson Scholarships

Established in memory of the first Executive Director of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, the Beverlee Anderson Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to healthcare simulationists who would otherwise be unable to attend the annual International Meeting onSimulation in Healthcare (IMSH). By supporting the SSH Fund, you help enable a greater diversity of individuals to participate in this transformative event.

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Chad Epps Keynote Lecture Endowment

When Chad passed unexpectedly in 2020, the healthcare simulation community was stunned and saddened. Chad’s lovely wife, Deborah reached out to several members of the Society with a suggestion that funds be raised to benefit an organization that had meant so much to Chad. A task force was formed, and the Chad Epps Endowment was started.

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President's Circle

Corporate ($10,000+)

Individual ($1,000+)

Doug Beighle

Kristen Brown

Jennifer Calzada

Dayna Downing

Jeffrey Groom

Tara and Barry Issenberg

Pamela Jeffries

Paul and Erin Phrampus

Dawn Schocken

Russell Metcalfe Smith

Jayne Smitten

Michael Spooner

Linda Wilson

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