Rural Programs and WWAMI
Help prepare students from rural and underserved areas to best serve their communities in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.
Give Today Visit Site >Support Students and Faculty
You can shape the future of healthcare by helping us train the next generation of physicians and researchers and by investing in our faculty at the UW School of Medicine.
Medical student scholarships
Your gift to scholarships not only supports aspiring physicians, but also improves the health of our families and communities.
Scholarships put medical school in reach for a more diverse group of students. And starting a career with less debt means more physicians can practice general medicine in rural areas and underserved urban communities — meeting a growing need throughout our region.
Education and training programs
Provide UW School of Medicine students, residents and fellows with hands-on training and innovative learning opportunities in our rich, multi-site educational environment, preparing them to provide exceptional patient care.
Service Learning
Strengthen advocacy programs that address inequities in healthcare and provide opportunities for students to collaborate with community partners on clinical and health education.
Give Today Visit Site >Office of Healthcare Equity Medical Student Program
Support emerging, innovative programs that advance equity in medical education.
Give Today Visit Site >Graduate Medical Education
Support our top-ranked residency and clinical fellowship programs that train the next generation of excellent physicians.
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Make a gift to advance the work of the division or department of your choice.
Invest in the future
Your transformational gift in the form of an endowment — to support a program or faculty fellowship, professorship or chair — impacts the future of research, care and education at the UW School of Medicine, and improves the health our community for years to come.
Your impact in action
Read how students are already making a difference in their communities and how your giving can shape the future of healthcare.
A Mother’s Pain, A Daughter’s Mission
How a family’s gift is expanding access to better pain care for rural communities.
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Hardship Shaped Me into a Stronger Healer
For Amphone Rasasombath, medical school was a high-wire act. Donor-supported scholarships — and her determination — powered her success.
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Reducing Barriers to Medical Education
Two recent legacy gifts, totaling $8.5 million, to MD scholarships open pathways for more students.
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Why I Want to Be a Hometown Doctor
Jordan Baxter shares how scholarships are helping her improve access to medical care in her rural Montana community.
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Community Drives My Dream
My community supported my dream of becoming a doctor. Now, donor-supported scholarships are helping train me to care for my hometown.
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Juggling Medical School and Four Young Kids
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.
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To Improve Hospital Safety, Look to the Skies
Through a donor-supported education program, UW Medicine trainees learn how integrating flight safety protocols could help enhance patient care.
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Studying Medicine to Serve My Community
Arianna Lee, a recent graduate of the University of Washington School of Medicine, knows scholarships are an investment in her future — and the future of diverse healthcare providers.
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Envisioning a Better Future for Residents and Fellows
Byron Joyner, MD, created the Vision Fund in Graduate Medical Education to support diversity, equity and inclusion in residencies and fellowships.
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Training the Future of Montana Medicine
Learn how UW School of Medicine alumni have made the journey from Montana to medical school and back to care for their communities.
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