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Wednesday, June 27, 2001 |
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HRSA
Grants Totaling $23 Million Will Increase
Number of Health Professionals Serving in Needy Areas
|
The
Health Resources and Services Administration today announced
three sets of grants worth more than $23 million to increase
the number of primary care physicians, dentists and physician
assistants providing health care in medically underserved
areas.
They
are:
- 88
grants totaling about $16.5 million to increase the number
of primary care physicians providing care or teaching medicine;
- 15
grants worth nearly $2.9 million to increase the number
of general and pediatric dentists providing dental services;
and
- 22
grants totaling almost $3.7 million to increase the number
of physician assistants providing health care.
“All
of these grants aim toward a single goal -- to give more Americans
access to quality health care,” Health and Human Services
Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said.
The
primary care physician grants are made under three different
programs -- predoctoral
training, residency training and faculty development training
-- to allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, public or
private nonprofit hospitals or other training institutions
for projects in family medicine, general internal medicine
and general pediatrics.
The dental grants go to institutions
in eight states and the District of Columbia.
Funds help dental schools and other residency and advanced
education programs plan, develop or operate dental care programs,
increase training opportunities and provide financial assistance
to residents.
The
grants for physician assistants go to universities in 18 states
to train students to become PAs and PA program instructors.
As part of these programs, institutions encourage graduates
to provide care in medically underserved communities.
The
fiscal year 2001 grants announced today are administered by
HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration.
HRSA is committed to improving the nation’s health
by increasing American’s access to quality health care.
The lists of grant recipients are attached below.
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN GRANTS
Predoctoral Training in Primary Care
|
|
School
|
City and State
|
Award
|
|
University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
|
Little
Rock, Ark.
|
$169,247
|
|
Loma
Linda University
|
Loma
Linda, Calif.
|
131,760
|
|
Regents
of the University of California
|
Los
Angeles, Calif.
|
212,872
|
|
University
of Colorado Health Science Center
|
Denver,
Colo.
|
205,200
|
|
University
of Connecticut Health Center
|
Farmington,
Conn.
|
207,481
|
|
Georgetown
University
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
162,000
|
|
Medical
College of Georgia
|
Augusta,
Ga.
|
210,409
|
|
University
of Hawaii
|
Honolulu,
Hawaii
|
134,843
|
|
Rush-Presbyterian
St. Luke’s Medical Center
|
Chicago,
Ill.
|
145,800
|
|
University
of Louisville Research Foundation
|
Louisville,
Ky.
|
108,639
|
|
University
of New England
|
Biddeford,
Maine
|
225,060
|
|
University
of Massachusetts Medical Center
|
Worcester,
Mass.
|
189,000
|
|
Mayo
Clinic & Foundation
|
Rochester,
Minn.
|
194,541
|
|
St.
Louis University
|
St.
Louis, Mo.
|
216,000
|
|
East
Carolina University
|
Greenville,
N.C.
|
175,477
|
|
University
of New Mexico
|
Albuquerque,
N.M.
|
123,866
|
|
Research
Foundation of State University of New York
|
Albany,
N.Y.
|
199,800
|
|
Mt.
Sinai School of Medicine
|
New
York, N.Y.
|
324,000
|
|
Case
Western University
|
Cleveland,
Ohio
|
196,244
|
|
Case
Western University
|
Cleveland,
Ohio
|
129,600
|
|
Northeastern
Ohio University
|
Rootstown,
Ohio
|
108,000
|
|
University
of Oklahoma Health Science Center
|
Oklahoma
City
|
102,600
|
|
Oregon
Health Science Center University
|
Portland,
Ore.
|
187,669
|
|
Pennsylvania
State University
|
Hershey,
Pa.
|
233,052
|
|
Brown
University
|
Providence,
R.I.
|
122,000
|
|
University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
|
Dallas,
Texas
|
80,520
|
|
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
|
San Antonio, Texas
|
353,901
|
|
University
of Utah
|
Salt
Lake City
|
120,809
|
|
Virginia
Commonwealth University
|
Richmond,
Va.
|
146,064
|
|
University
of Vermont
|
Burlington,
Vt.
|
108,000
|
|
Marshall
University Research Corp.
|
Huntington,
W.Va.
|
98,199
|
|
West
Virginia University Research Corp.
|
Morgantown,
W.Va.
|
189,000
|
|
Board
of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
|
Madison,
Wis.
|
334,800
|
Total:
|
$5,846,453
|
|
PRIMARY
CARE PHYSICIAN GRANTS
Residency Training in Primary Care
|
|
School
|
City
and State
|
Award
|
|
University
of South Alabama
|
Mobile,
Ala.
|
$140,400
|
|
Kern
Medical Center
|
Bakersfield,
Calif.
|
167,292
|
|
Regents
of the University of California
|
Davis,
Calif.
|
162,000
|
|
Regents
of the University of California
|
Los
Angeles, Calif.
|
173,615
|
|
Alameda
County Medical Center
|
Oakland,
Calif.
|
199,447
|
| Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation |
Colorado Springs,
Colo. |
151,200 |
|
Poudre Valley Hospital
|
Fort Collins, Colo.
|
136,080
|
|
Georgetown
University
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
168,480
|
|
University
of Florida
|
Gainesville,
Fla.
|
151,200
|
|
Family
Practice Residency of Idaho
|
Boise,
Idaho
|
200,516
|
|
West
Suburban Hospital Medical Center
|
Oak
Park, Ill.
|
168,401
|
|
St.
Vincent Hospital & Health Services, Inc.
|
Indianapolis,
Ind.
|
118,169
|
|
Salina
Health Ed Foundation
|
Salina,
Kan.
|
145,014
|
|
Boston
Medical Center
|
Boston,
Mass.
|
170,489
|
|
Mayo
Foundation
|
Rochester,
Minn.
|
147,147
|
|
University
of North Carolina
|
Chapel
Hill, N.C.
|
170,391
|
|
Health
Sciences Foundation
|
Wilmington,
N.C.
|
126,751
|
|
Wake
Forest University
|
Winston-Salem,
N.C.
|
199,885
|
|
University
of New Mexico
|
Albuquerque,
N.M.
|
184,527
|
|
Memorial
Medical Center
|
Las
Cruces, N.M.
|
184,378
|
|
University
of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood
Johnson Med. School
|
New
Brunswick, N.J.
|
172,797
|
|
Wyckoff
Heights Medical Center
|
Brooklyn,
N.Y.
|
204,523
|
|
Montefiore
Medical Center
|
New
York, N.Y.
|
205,914
|
|
The
Ohio State University Research Foundation
|
Columbus,
Ohio
|
191,908
|
|
University
of Oklahoma Health Science Center
|
Oklahoma
City
|
157,096
|
|
Univ.
of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret
|
Pittsburgh,
Pa.
|
188,843
|
|
East
Tennessee State University
|
Johnson
City, Tenn.
|
158,465
|
|
University
of Texas Southwestern
|
Dallas,
Texas
|
160,868
|
|
University
of Texas Medical Branch
|
Galveston,
Texas
|
268,307
|
|
Baylor
College of Medicine
|
Houston,
Texas
|
179,005
|
|
Univ.
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | | |
