The PA History Society is sad to announce the death of Judith Willis, PA, DFAAPA. Willis passed away on October 12, 2022.
Judith Willis was the first female president of the AAPA (1984-1985). Willis always believed in the importance of research to the profession, accepting the position of Director of Research at the AAPA in 1988. In this role, Willis was responsible for developing the new Research Division and all research activities on the PA profession and practice including: pharmaceutical research, federal grants and contracts, market research, and publication of results.
To visit Judith Willis’s obituary, please click here.
For more information on Judith Willis and her accomplishments, please visit her biography. The Society was fortunate to record an interview with Willis in 2017, which can be viewed here.