By Local News | MyWabashValley.com
May 25, 2021 | 4:10 PM
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) Indiana State University has received a grant of more than $1.48 million from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to support primary care physician assistant training for rural and medically underserved areas of Indiana.
The grant will fund a five-year project called Preparing Physician Assistants for Rural Practice: Sycamore Physician Assistant Rural Care Program (SPARC). The grant project is the result of collaboration between ISU’s Office of Sponsored Programs, the Physician Assistant Studies program, and health professional programs including physical therapy, nursing, social work. Liz Metzger of Sponsored Programs and Nicole Heck of Physician Assistant Studies have been instrumental in securing the highly competitive federal grant.