Physician Assistant Students Receive PA Foundation Scholarships

May 11, 2009

ATLANTA — Quentin Farmer and Dannyelle Wilcox of Mercer University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences have both been announced as winners of 2009 Physician Assistant (PA) Foundation Scholarship Program.

Out of more than 325 applicants nationwide from 63 Physician Assistant programs, Farmer and Wilcox were two of only 56 scholarship recipients. Selection of students for the PA Foundation scholarships is based upon the student's academic record, financial need, professional and community service, issues in healthcare and a final statement that talks about their clinical interests and how they would like to impact healthcare in their first years as a practicing PA.

Farmer currently resides in Peachtree City, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree from North Georgia College and State University, and is expected to graduate in 2010 from Mercer with a master in medical sciences degree.

Wilcox currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Valdosta State University, and is expected to graduate in 2010 from Mercer with a master of medical sciences degree.

As the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) the Physician Assistant Foundation's mission is to foster knowledge and philanthropy that enhance the delivery of quality health care. The PA Foundation has a variety of programs that support domestic and global community outreach projects. The PA Foundation provides support for PAs and PA students launching, supporting and maintaining innovative community programs to improve health and human conditions in underserved areas, and for initiatives that focus on service, education, and/or research. In addition, the Foundation supports PA students through its annual scholarship program, and PA doctoral candidates who are making a contribution to research on the influence of PAs in medical care.