Service, outreach, & educational programs
Many ATSU grant projects aim to advance the use of innovative health professions teaching methods or care delivery strategies to improve outcomes for students, patients, faculty, and practicing providers. A sampling of such projects includes:
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services awarded $1.8 million over 3 years to Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM). The funding supports the launch and operation of a statewide Graduate Medical Education (GME) Technical Assistance Center offering expertise and strategic guidance to strengthen and expand Missouri’s GME community.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) physician assistant (PA) program three multiyear grants:
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- $3 million in scholarships for Recruiting, Retaining, and Placing Disadvantaged Students as Primary Care PAs in Underserved Communities.
- $1.4 million for Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE)—funding Primary Care Physician Assistants as Change Leaders: Improving Access to Quality Behavioral and Mental Health for the Nation's Rural and Underserved.
- $1.4 million for PCTE Addressing Rural Health Disparities: Transformative Primary Care PA Education and Preceptor Development.
- Delta Dental of Arizona awarded $401,826 over 10 years to Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) for the Smiles Across Pinal County Sealant Program. This initiative provides sealants, fluoride varnish, oral health education, and dental referrals to thousands of children from low-income families in the Apache Junction Unified School District.
- HHS - HRSA has awarded 36 years of continuous funding to ATSU-KCOM to advance statewide Area Health Education Center (AHEC) activity focused on transforming the state's primary care workforce and improving access to care.
- St. Louis City Senior Fund awarded Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) $1.7+ million for Improving Quality of Life: Oral Care for STL Older Adults (OCOA) to support comprehensive dental care, transportation assistance, and patient navigation support to low-income seniors.
- Vitalyst Health Foundation awarded ATSU-ASHS Audiology $256,242 over 6 years for the Maricopa County Hearing Screening & Assistance Project to expand availability of affordable hearing services to low-income, uninsured, and underserved populations
- The ATSU Interdisciplinary Research Committee awarded $30,000 to ATSU-MOSDOH for Student-Doctor Translators at its St. Louis Dental Education and Oral Health Center.
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