Duke Physician Assistant Program Awarded $2M HRSA Grant
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the Duke Physician Assistant Program a $2 million five-year grant for the project “Physician Assistant Leaders in Underserved Communities.”
The grant will provide $400,000 for scholarships to be awarded to 10 disadvantaged students each year, including students who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. It will also allow the creation of unique clinical opportunities through longitudinal placement in primary care settings in medically underserved communities.
Physician Assistant Students Hannah Lee and Meghan Horio Receive Chancellor's Service Fellowship
1st-year Physician Assistant students Hannah Lee and Meghan Horio are the recipients of the Chancellor's Service Fellowship, the first all-PA team to win the award.
Hannah Lee describes the award and tells us about the project they have planned.
Quincy Jones, Mara Sanchez, and Susan Hibbard Receive PAEA STAR Program Recognition
Quincy Jones, MSW, MHS, PA-C; Mara Sanchez, MMS, PA-C, RD; Susan Hibbard, PhD; and Joanne Rolls, MPAS, MEHP, PA-C, assistant professor at the University of Utah, have been recognized by PAEA's Support to Advance Research (STAR) Program for their proposal, LGBTQ Curricula in Physician Assistant Programs. Their study focuses on the amount and delivery of curricular content related to caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) populations.
Duke PA Program Students Doing Critical Work of Contact Tracing at Durham County Public Health Department
When Duke University School of Medicine students were pulled from clinical rotations on March 17 as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Megan Brown felt lost. As a second-year student in the Duke Physician Assistant Program, she was in the middle of a women’s health rotation, looking ahead to graduation and contemplating her future career as a physician assistant (PA).
Student Veteran Blog: Tiffany Tran
PA Class of 2020 Student Spotlight: Kailey Redding, MPH
Kailey Redding, MPH, Stead Society president for the Duke Physician Assistant Program Class of 2020, hopes to work at the intersection of public health and medicine.
Limitless: Roles for PAs Continue to Evolve
Note: This story was first published in the spring 2020 edition of the Duke Physician Assistant Program alumni magazine. It was written and reported in December 2019.
Meet Rachel Porter, Ph.D.
Rachel Porter, Ph.D., was recently promoted to a faculty position in the Duke Physician Assistant Program and will serve as the senior education strategist.
Kenny Railey, M.D., Named Medical Director of PA Program
Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Kenyon Railey, M.D., assumed the role of medical director of the Duke Physician Assistant Program, succeeding Maggie Gradison, M.D., MHS-CL, who held the position since 2007.