Rural Programs
and WWAMI

Jordan Baxter shares how scholarships are helping her improve access to medical care in her rural Montana community.

My community supported my dream of becoming a doctor. Now, donor-supported scholarships are helping train me to care for my hometown.

Thanks to the generosity of scholarship donors and his family’s support, Ian Engerbretson is on his way to becoming a rural physician in Idaho.

Learn how UW School of Medicine alumni have made the journey from Montana to medical school and back to care for their communities.

How scholarships are helping Kathryne Mitchell, a former firefighter and paramedic, pursue her dream of becoming a doctor and giving back to her Alaska community.

Joan “Mutt” Dickson, MD ’97, invites you to join her in supporting scholarships for Montana medical students at the UW School of Medicine.

Sarah Busch, a medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine, shares how scholarships are helping her become a doctor and fulfill her passion for public health.

See how the University of Washington’s new Health Sciences Education Building fosters active learning and collaboration.

From healing patients to publishing stories, Devin Gaskins dreams big. Here’s how scholarships are helping him succeed.

A conversation with Associate Dean for Admissions Dr. LeeAnna Muzquiz

Cecelia Villa’s family taught her the importance of education — and giving back.

Scholarships help students like Christina Gibbs look forward to a future full of service.

How creating opportunities for underrepresented students like Sam Regalado helps build healthcare equity.

A rural education program prepares Spencer Pecha to care for his Wyoming community.

When the virus that causes COVID-19 sparked a global pandemic, My-Linh Nguyen’s life — and the lives of many medical students across the country — was thrown into uncharted territory.

A medical-school student with a love for rural medicine finds her community in Spokane.

UW School of Medicine students Kiera Bulluck and William French are both from rural Montana, and this fact, perhaps more than anything else, has shaped them as people and as future doctors.

An early-career physician considers rural medicine and global health.

UW School of Medicine medical student Stephen Ellison is gives back to the people and communities who have shaped and supported him.

WISH training helps prepare doctors for all sorts of situations.

A family of medical professionals puts down roots in Spokane.

Now a second-year medical student at the UW School of Medicine through the Alaska WWAMI program, Stephen Ellison, MD, grew up in Klawock and plans to return home to practice medicine when he finishes his training.

Stephen Ellison’s ancestors have been part of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, for thousands of years. And Ellison, who left his hometown of Klawock to go to medical school, has no intention of breaking the chain.