Oxley Foundation Awards $30 Million to Support Tulsa School of Community Medicine
Oxley Foundation Awards $30 Million to Support Tulsa School of Community Medicine
The University of Tulsa and the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa have received a $30 million gift from the Oxley Foundation toward development of the proposed Tulsa School of Community Medicine, NewsOn6.com reports.
The gift includes $15 million for staff and operating expenses and a $15 million endowment challenge grant. Scheduled to begin in the fall of 2015, the four-year community medical education program aims to address a shortage of physicians in Oklahoma as well as the state's low health status and poor performance of its health systems.
To be housed at the Hartford Building, the new school will build on the concept of the OU School of Community Medicine which was established at OU-Tulsa in February 2008 with a $50 million gift from the George Kaiser Family Foundation. Five years ago, the two universities established a partnership to offer a master of health sciences in physician assistant studies through the OU School of Community Medicine.
"The future Tulsa School of Community Medicine, and the partnership from which it was born, will make our community healthier, stronger, and a more attractive place for medical professionals to learn and live," said Oxley Foundation trustee R.H. Harbaugh. "This is a historic day for all Tulsans, and we are so pleased to be a part of it."
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