OHSU Building Bridges program a success
Credit: OHSU News
Enrique Aguilar, student in the OHSU School of Dentistry, dental assistant program, right, assists first-year resident Aria Mirzazadeh Javaheri with dental work on a patient at the school in Portland. The Building Bridges to Healthcare Careers job education and training program helps Portland-area residents become dental assistants, nurse assistants, medical assistants or phlebotomists. Those who complete the program and earn certification in their new field will be given priority as applicants for job openings at Oregon Health & Science University. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)