PA Foundation Announces First Cohort Of Mental Health Outreach Fellows

The PA (Physician Assistant) Foundation recently announced the 16 recipients of its Mental Health Outreach Fellowship. The fellows will become Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) instructors, conducting outreach and training that will teach people how to respond to signs of mental illness and addiction disorder. The MHFA instructor training will take place from March 26-28 in Alexandria, Virginia.

The 16 new recipients include:

Laura Allen, Colorado
Meoshe Beckworth, Tennessee
Sean Diesel, New Mexico
Christopher Dietrich, Alaska
Jennifer Forbes, Utah
Melissa Gentry, Iowa
James "Rick" Kilgore, Alabama
Melodie Kolmetz, New York
Hwal Lee, Virginia
Lloyd Merino, New Mexico
Madeleine Nguyen . . .