• TMAF Funded Programs

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      Turning Good Ideas Into Better Health

      TMAF funded projects are selected on their ability to target urgent health needs affecting a large segment of the state's residents with results that can be measured. Projects often involve public-private partnerships, which maximize the effectiveness of programs and enable efforts to be tailored to meet local needs. 

      Funded initiatives focus on the public health and science priorities of TMA: health promotion and disease prevention; targeted public health issues; science-based clinical decision making; public health advocacy and resources; scientific information; and border health. Proposals come from TMA, its component societies, or are submitted jointly for projects done in cooperation with outside organizations. Click on “Read More” in this section to learn about the five major TMA programs supported by the foundation. For recent program accomplishments, see the Impact and Results section below.

  • Impact and Results

    • Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching

      Three Texas teachers received the 2011 TMA Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching, and were recognized at TexMed, TMA’s annual meeting, in Houston.

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    • TMA's Minority Scholarship Program

      Nine outstanding students received scholarships in May thanks to incredible support from individuals and institutions, which once again funded nine $5,000 scholarships to first-year, minority medical school students.

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    • TMA's Hard Hats for Little Heads

      For the seventh year, General & Laparoendoscopic Surgeons of Central Texas, along with LaGrange Breakfast Lion’s Club, collaborated to ensure the health and safety for first-graders at Sacred Heart School.

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    • TMA's Be Wise — Immunize

      Apply for a Local Impact Grant to jumpstart your immunization event. Grant proposals are due March 1, and again on Oct. 1. This new program aims to increase vaccinations given through Be Wise — Immunize. Grants of $500 to $1,500 are available to county medical societies, physician practices, TMA Alliance chapters, medical student chapters, and TMA member-physician practices/clinics.

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  • More About Funded Programs

    • 2011 Ernest and Sarah Butler Excellence in Science Teaching Awards Recipients

      Read about how this year’s winners are impacting the next generation to be curious, productive citizens of tomorrow!

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    • 2011 TMA Minority Scholarship Recipients

       Meet the first-year Texas medical students awarded a scholarship in 2011!

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    • POEP Launches Tobacco Cessation Podcast

       Each year, the foundation helps support TMA’s Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) which educates primary care physicians in the early detection and prevention of cancer. Now in its’ 24th year, POEP has established a new program that is providing a systematic approach for physicians to counsel their patients, review and monitor compliance and make affordable treatments available to those fighting their addiction to tobacco. It includes a new tool—a free podcast aimed at helping patients to quit smoking and educating physicians about reimbursement for tobacco cessation services. 

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    • Community Grants Through the Years

      Since 1998, preventing disease and injury has been the focus of the foundation’s community grant programs. Each year, TMAF invites TMA’s county medical societies (CMS) and alliance and medical student chapters to apply for a grant in support of their local health improvement initiatives.

      See All Community Grants Made