Only 20 of the scholarships were awarded for 2025 to medical students from across the country, acknowledging the recipients’ strong potential for a career in academic medicine.
Abbey Fischer-Michel and Orion Battaglia, fourth-year medical students at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, have been awarded a 2025 STFM Foundation Student Scholarship from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine to participate in the 2025 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education.
This highly competitive scholarship is awarded to some of the best and brightest medical students from across the country. In addition to recognizing a strong commitment to academic family medicine through scholastic, volunteer and leadership pursuits, this award acknowledges the recipients’ strong potential for a career in academic medicine. Only 20 awards were given for 2025.
Afolake Mobolaji, M.D., MPH, chair of the 2025 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education, added, “All STFM Foundation recipients receive free registration to attend and present a poster at the 2025 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education, scheduled for Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas.”
Battaglia plans to present a poster at the conference titled “Rural COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake: Information Source, Perceived Severity and Vaccine Accessibility.”
Fischer-Michel plans to present a poster at the conference titled “Implementing Universal Depression and Anxiety Screening and Treatment at a Student-Run Free Clinic.”
“The 2025 Medical Student Education Steering Committee congratulates Orion Battaglia, Abbey Fischer-Michel and the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita,” added Mobolaji.
Info provided by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. STFM is a national community of academic leaders committed to developing a family medicine workforce prepared to serve as the foundation of America’s health care system. STFM members include physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, behavioral health specialists, researchers, nurses, health system executives, administrators, fellows, residents, students and others involved in the education of family physicians.
To learn more about the award: stfm.org/foundation/home
To learn more about the Conference on Medical Student Education: stfm.org/mse
To learn more about STFM: stfm.org
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