Comprised of professors from Western Washington University and health care professionals from the local community and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bellingham, The Critical Junctures Institute for Health Care Advancement and Learning (Critical Junctures Institute) is a unique blend of public and private, nonprofit interests focused on a common goal: new and better models of health-care training and research. The mission of the Critical Junctures Institute is to provide research and educational services that hold potential for transforming health care at multiple levels. One of the major goals of the Critical Junctures Institute is to provide students with learning experiences that illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of health care activities throughout the local community and the ways in which collaborative teams of researchers and practitioners can solve real-world problems. Graduates of the program will ideally seek to pursue interdisciplinary training in a health-related profession.

Benefits
Students selected to participate in the program under the sponsorship will receive tuition, food, housing and access to the library and recreational facilities. Students selected to participate in the summer program are provided a travel allowance. 

Eligibility
This program is seeking undergraduate students about to enter their final year of undergraduate study in either demographic or health-related fields. Some recent graduates will be considered if special circumstances apply. Graduates of the program will ideally seek to pursue interdisciplinary training in a health-related profession.

Insurance
You are responsible for your own health insurance coverage, which Western Washington University strongly recommends that you obtain. However, during the program, you will have access to the primary care medical services of the Student Health Center and coverage under an accident insurance policy which provides $2,500 in medical and hospital expense benefits.