The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded Barry University’s Physician Assistant program $1.5 million in grants. Money from the two grants will be used to support expansion of the program into the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). The five-year project will be led by Barry faculty member Dr. Doreen C. Parkhurst, associate dean and director of the Physician Assistant (PA) program.
The PA program’s expansion into the USVI responds directly to the health care and educational needs of its residents, the objectives of Healthy People 2010 and the recommendations made in the HRSA State Health Workforce Profile for the Virgin Islands Profile. The project received full funding through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
