• 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.

  • Videos Show Impact and Results

    • Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching

      Jo Williams, Spicewood Elementary’s secondary winner of the 2012 TMA Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching, recently was awarded a $500 grant.

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    • TMA's Minority Scholarship Program

      Rogelio Garcia, one of nine outstanding first-year medical school students who received a $5,000 scholarship in May through TMA’s 2012 Minority Scholarship Program, discusses what is inspiring him to pursue medicine as a way to create “Healthy Futures.”

      Hear His Story 

    • TMA's Hard Hats for Little Heads

      Connecting TMA and TMA Alliance members to other volunteers in their communities, TMA's Hard Hats for Little Heads is working to ensure the health and safety of children across the state.

      See the Program in Action 

    • Be Wise - Immunize

      Terri Andrews, Tarrant County Medical Society Alliance member, TMAF board member, and Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County president, explains how TMAF-funded programs, such as Be Wise - Immunize, are helping create a “Healthy Now.” 

      Hear Her Story 

  • More About Funded Programs

    • 2012-2013 Community Grants

      In 2012, the TMA Foundation Board of Trustees approved the following grants to projects of TMA county medical societies, county alliance and medical student chapters to improve the health of all Texans. 

      Read About These Programs 

    • 2012 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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    • 2012 TMA Minority Scholarship Recipients

       Meet the first-year Texas medical students awarded a scholarship in 2012!

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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. 

        Learn more  

    • 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