The OAFP Foundation

 

Now in its 17th year, the OAFP Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of the Academy, supports five key programs  – the Laurel G. Case Award for Rural Experiences, the Mary Gonzales Lundy Award, the Tar Wars anti-tobacco education program, the Medical Ethics Lecture Fund, and the Locum Tenens Fund. 

Email us to apply for scholarships.

 

Laurel G. Case Award for Rural Experiences

Provides a one-time award to spend one or two weeks living and working with a rural family physician, in honor of the founding father of Oregon family medicine, Dr. Laurel G. Case. Open to OHSU students who have completed their first year of medical school and have shown an interest and understanding of family medicine.

 

2012 Laurel G. Case Award Winners:

Kevin Carroll	Linda Lin
Gabriel Edwards	Ashley McClary
Leah Fletchall	Dinko Plasto
Liska Havel	Bristol Schmitz
Ben Holland	Kate Schousen
Emily Johnson	Isaac Siegfried
Matthew Kalisz	Ari Tallen
Divneet Kaur	Joseph Volpi
Stephanie Laudert

 

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Mary Gonzales Lundy Award

In honor of Mary Gonzales Lundy upon her retirement after 21 years as executive director of the OAFP, this award provides a scholarship to a fourth year OHSU medical student who is committed to family medicine as his/her specialty of choice and who matches in a family medicine residency.

2012 Lundy Award Recipient: Britt Severson

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Medical Ethics Lectureship Fund

This fund provides for a lecturer to speak at the Annual Spring CME Weekend Conference as well as other local and regional lecture opportunities.

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Tar Wars Anti-Tobacco Education Program

The OAFP Foundation sends family physicians and OHSU medical students to fourth and fifth grade classrooms throughout the state to teach them about the harmful effects of tobacco use.

The OAFP Foundation supports the program by providing the educational materials free of charge to the presenters and classrooms as well as sponsoring a yearly poster contest complete with prizes.

2012 Tar Wars Poster Contest Winners:

1st Place: Lucy Bloomer, Jefferson Elementary, Corvallis     Presenter:  Troy Garrett, MD

Runners Up:

Cameron Montagne, Jefferson Elementary, Corvallis             Presenter:  Troy Garrett, MD

Nathaniel Hartman, Jefferson Elementary, Corvallis              Presenter:  Troy Garrett, MD

Elaissa Martinez Cronques, Trost Elementary, Canby            Presenters: Nancy Nguyen, Anita Baghaee,

OHSU medical students

Olivia Schmidt, Heppner Elementary, Heppner                       Presenter:  Betsy Anderson, MD

 

Email us to bring Tar Wars to your school, or to help provide underwriting for this valuable program.