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NIDA Mentored Outreach Awardees

The PA Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the NIDA Mentored Outreach Award in SUD Treatment Dissemination for the 2022 cohort: Arianna Campbell, PA-C, and Emily Thatcher, MPAS, PA-C.

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Denver Health – 2020 IMPACT Grantee

“This project allowed us to bridge the gap between education and practice in a way we have never been able to before. . . .Being able to get patients excited about cooking and healthy meals felt invaluable.”

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New Telemedicine Resources

New online resources for PA students! Learn about the nuances of working with pain patients through telemedicine, with an emphasis on mental health and preventing prescription opioid misuse. Featuring videos, a podcast episode, a “choose your own adventure” telemedicine simulation, and more!

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All of Us Research Program

The Foundation is partnering with the NIH All of Us Research Program to raise awareness about the importance of participation in research. Join us in helping researchers better understand the factors that affect our health.

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The PA Foundation

Since 1977, the PA Foundation has worked to promote better health for PAs, students, their patients, and the communities they serve.

Our Vision and Mission

A group of physician associates/physician assistants

2021 Breitman-Dorn Research Fellow

The Breitman-Dorn Research Fellowship provides support to doctoral candidates contributing to research on the PA profession. Our 2021 Breitman-Dorn Research Fellow is Morgan Luck, MS, PA-C, whose research supports advocacy for PA candidates and students from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

PA Foundation Women in Philanthropy

The mission of Women in Philanthropy (WIP) is to match the values and life experiences of diverse women across generations who are invested in the PA profession and healthcare with the mission of the PA Foundation. Learn more and view our lead mentors and members.

Vital Minds

The Vital Minds podcast explores topics of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and more. Each episode explores nuances of the featured subject and provides tips and resources PAs can put into practice to benefit patients.

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What We Do

As the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of PAs, the PA Foundation provides support to PAs and PA students through grants for PA-led health projects, scholarships for future PA leaders, and patient education tools. Our programs, guided by our mission, help PAs and PA students make an impact – with their patients, in their communities, and for their profession, locally and worldwide.

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$2.3M

Scholarship funding awarded to PA students

People reached through our mental health and SUD programs since 2018

$1.5M

Programmatic support over the last decade

Partners for Health Improvement