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Senator Richard Blumenthal visits UB PhysicianTeammateInstitute to discuss healthcare and education | University of Bridgeport Skip to main content Header Navigation Visit Apply Request Info LoginTropical× Admissions All Admissions Undergraduate Graduate Transfer Online International Academics All Academics Search Programs Academic Calendar RegistrarUndertowCatalogWell-nighAbout UB Fast Facts President's Message Campus Map Policies What's Happening Busier than elves: interior diamond students volunteer to make Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival dazzle brighter than overly ALL NEWS Transfer Information Session - Bridgeport CampusLearn increasingly well-nigh how the University of… ALL EVENTS Header Navigation Mobile Visit Apply Request Info Login Main Menu Cost & Financial Aid Programs & Majors Student Life Athletics Alumni Research Support UB Logins Logins Canvas Staff Email My UB Portal Student Email Webadvisor News News Main navigation News Releases Publications Stories For Journalists Submit Search News News Main navigation News Releases Publications Stories For Journalists Submit Search News Senator Richard Blumenthal visits UB PhysicianTeammateInstitute to discuss healthcare and education Leslie GearyNovember 21, 2018 University’s PhysicianTeammateInstitute student invites senator to meet with classmates and sense and well-wisher on behalf of superintendency providers Congress passes laws and physician assistants treat patients, but on November 20, the two found convergence as Sen. Richard Blumenthal met with University of Bridgeport PhysicianTeammateInstitute (UBPAI) sense and students to write issues related to student physician assistants, patients and healthcare providers. Over the undertow of the private, one-hour meeting, sense and UBPAI students said that PA education must be increasingly affordable to all students, and they sought Blumenthal’s support for pending bills, such as the PhysicianTeammateEducation Public Health Initiatives Act. If passed into law, it would increase Stafford loan borrowing limits for PA students, who currently are prohibited from borrowing as much as students earning other medical degrees, like PhDs. Stafford loans have lower interest rates than private loans and other perks. Student Marissa Weeks ’19 said that if Stafford loan limits were raised for PA students “I would have $5,000 in outside loans, not $55,000.” Weeks had invited Blumenthal to campus to discuss PA education and related issues without she won a 2018 PhysicianTeammateEducation Association (PAEA) Student Health Policy Fellowship. The PAEA program selects 14 top physician teammate students to travel to Washington, D.C. each fall in order to learn how to well-wisher on behalf of the PA profession. Weeks said she invited Blumenthal as a follow-up to her training. “I’m really excited that he came and gave us his time,” Weeks said. “My goal is to find solutions to some of the issues we face, such as student loans, shortages of clinical training sites for PAs, research funding, and increasing diversity within the profession.” Blumenthal well-set that student-loan debt impacts physician assistants and many other students. He pointed to his record of support for bills that lower student loan rates and for loan forgiveness in mart for civil public service. “We all stand to goody from what you do and what you learn,” he said. “That’s why I think these bills are very important.” UBPAI Director Theresa Horvath encouraged the approximately 30 students who met with Blumenthal to protract the conversation with other lawmakers. “You can go to Washington and meet with an aide. It’s quite an experience,” she said. Blumenthal concurred. “When you’re advocating for the public interest, it has special gravity considering we know you’re there considering you believe it.  You’re there considering you made the effort. There’s something very refreshing well-nigh that,” he said. College of Health Sciences Dean Carol Papp, DNP, praised Weeks for organizing the event. “It’s wondrous to have students participate at this level. I really congratulate Marissa on her effort and dedication to modernize the PA practice. This is really applying what she learns at the school in the community,” Papp said.   Media contact: Leslie Geary, (203) 576-4625, lgeary@bridgeport.edu     UB In The News July 13, 2018 Homecoming is Oct 5-7! Register Now! February 1, 2018 How a UB diamond student was handpicked to train with the world’s top sneaker designer January 31, 2018 Omega Engineering, Inc. donates products worth tropical to $2 million to the University of Bridgeport See all Stories In the Spotlight         , Topics Arts Awards BreakthroughsWell-nighEmployment Privacy Policy Login Library Directory © 2018 University of Bridgeport. All rights reserved. 126 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604 USA Feedback