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Lummi Nation solidifies partnership with UW medical school

Program connects medical students to Lummi clinic

From left, psychiatry student Jason Finkbonner, Dr. Dakotah Lane, and Dr. Zoe Taylor.
From left, psychiatry student Jason Finkbonner, Dr. Dakotah Lane, and Dr. Zoe Taylor are involved in a partnership between Lummi Nation and the University of Washington School of Medicine. The program will match university students with four-week clerkships at the Lummi Tribal Health Center. (Photo courtesy of the Lummi Tribal Health Center)
By Emma Gardner News Intern
Lummi Nation finalized a partnership with the University of Washington School of Medicine to provide training opportunities for UW medical students at the Lummi Tribal Health Center. The legal contract, which was created last October, puts into writing an already existing agreement between the Lummi Nation and UW.  “It’s an important need to have exposure of medical students to tribal health systems,” said Dr. Dakotah Lane, director of the Lummi Tribal Health Center.  The p

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