Amplify Foundation's Guiding Principles

Amplify Foundation's

Guiding Principles

NURTURE HUMAN CONNECTION

Programs will aim to create opportunities for healing human connection where they did not previously exist

INSPIRE INGENUITY

Amplify staff will maintain a constant curiosity to find novel technological solutions to previously intractable roadblocks

CREATE SYSTEMIC CHANGE:

Programs will aim to fundamentally and lastingly affect the systems in which they exist for the better

RESPECT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

Programs will be conceived with respect for the cultural diversity of the participants

DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS:

Programs will be developed so that proof of effectiveness is both observable and measurable

SEEK OUT EXPERTISE:

Programs will be developed with guidance from experts in their respective fields on both merit and achievability

MAINTAIN SIMPLICITY/ADAPTABILITY:

Programs will launch in their simplest possible version to leave room for inevitable adaptability and iteration.

PRODUCE MINIMAL DISTURBANCE:

Programs must always create the least possible disturbance for partner organizations and their facilitators

ACHIEVE SCALABILITY:

Programs will be initially developed with a mind towards seamless future expansion and scalability

HONOR PHILANTHROPIC SPIRIT:

Programs will be developed with conservative budgeting that maximizes programmatic value for our donors

Mission + Vision

Testimonials

YO-YO MA
CELLIST AND ARTIST CITIZEN

It is my pleasure to express my strongest support forthe R01 research collaboration between Stanford University... and the Amplify Foundation to evaluate the positive effects that virtual bedside concerts can have on patients dealing with pain and anxiety in trauma care settings.

Dr. Michelle Williams, PhD, RN
Office of Research Patient Care Services - Stanford Health Care

The inclusive complementary approach to addressing factors that affect important health outcomes among diverse post-surgical trauma patients, such as pain, anxiety, and alienation from social support, as proposed by Stanford Medicine and the Amplify Foundation is a promising, nurse-led intervention aligned with the research lenses of the National Institute of Nursing Research Scientific Strategy. In particular, this potentially highly impactful intervention focuses on health equity, prevention and health promotion, and systems of care by centering a tailored approach to the intervention… The Office of Research at Stanford Health Care wholeheartedly supports this grant proposal and will work with you and your team to bring this study to our patients.

JILL SONKE, RESEARCH DIRECTOR
CENTER FOR ARTS IN MEDICINE - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

My previous interactions in providing early research direction to Co-Investigator Andrew Janss leads me to believe that this collaboration between the esteemed research team at Stanford University... and the Amplify Foundation will effectively and carefully elucidate important questions about new modalities of music delivery, equitable distribution of care, and the feasibility of providingnurses with a new patient care tool.

Our Team

EXECUTIVE TEAM & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Andrew Bradford Janss

President and Director

Research Team

(Alphabetical)

Dr. Aubrey Florom-Smith

Nurse Scientist

Office of Research, Stanford Health Care

Dr. Augustine Kang

Senior Research Scientist

Brown University School of Public Health

Dr. Bryant Lin

Director of Medical Humanities and Arts

Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics

Dr. Randall Stafford

Professor of Medicine

Stanford School of Medicine

Our Mission