Read feature stories about students, staff and faculty from across the WWAMI region.
A new $487,022 investment could create more opportunities for Alaska WWAMI medical students and graduates to complete residency training in the state. The funding, which goes through the State of Alaska Department of Health, is a federal pass-through of Rural Health Transformation Program funding included in the One Big Beautiful Bill. The award will support […]
WWAMI TRUST students from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming gathered in Coeur d’Alene recently for a retreat designed to strengthen their connection to rural medicine and, perhaps just as importantly, to one another. The retreat (Aug. 18-21, 2026) brought together TRUST students, leaders, and physicians from across the five-state WWAMI region for presentations, workshops, […]
For Bhargavi Pochi, a second-year Alaska WWAMI student, an eight-week summer experience in Nepal offered a chance to explore global health while contributing to a community-based health project with real impact. As part of her Triple I experience through the Global Health Immersion Program (GHIP), Pochi traveled to Dhulikhel, Nepal, where she worked with Dhulikhel […]
In 2024, we introduced you to Sydney “Syd” Sattler, then a PhD candidate in the Abitua Lab in UW’s Department of Genome Sciences, as the first UW recipient of the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation PhD Fellowship. At the time, she was just beginning to chase a question about how immune cells decide what to […]
Future rural physicians stepped beyond the classroom and into conversations about leadership, advocacy and community health during the Montana WWAMI TRUST Student Leadership Retreat, held June 24–27 in Bozeman. The annual retreat brought together second- and third-year TRUST students for several days of learning, mentorship and reflection as they prepare to serve rural and underserved […]
For more than two decades, Cindy Stergar has strengthened Montana’s healthcare system by helping to build the primary care workforce, expanding access to medical services and championing physician education. Now, after retiring as CEO of the Montana Primary Care Association, she leaves Montana with a stronger physician workforce and a lasting influence on the next […]
For Serena Brewer, D.O., becoming director of the WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE) program is an opportunity to help expand the model of medical education she has experienced firsthand, both as a physician and as a longtime preceptor. Dr. Brewer, who also serves as a Montana WWAMI Assistant Clinical Dean, took over as WRITE […]
For Dr. Megan Marstaeller (E19), returning home to Montana isn’t just the next step in her career. It’s the fulfillment of a goal that first took shape during her medical school training. After completing her pediatric residency this summer through the Pediatric Residency of Idaho (PRI), Dr. Marstaeller returned to Montana to begin practicing at […]
University of Washington School of Medicine students are afforded the increasingly rare opportunity to have an experiential summer experience between the first and second year of medical school as part of their pre-clerkship experiences. For two months, Wyoming WWAMI students can engage in research, pursue a global health experience, or experience a clinical rotation in […]
Last month, Wyoming WWAMI welcomed our new E-26 class of first year students to Laramie! The new cohort officially began their medical education journey on Monday July 13th with orientation activities and events to get to know each other and meet faculty, staff, and leadership from both the University of Washington and the University of […]
