Claire Irvan (Courtesy of Claire Irvan)

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) 

Un programa de OHSU es el primero en el país que trae trabajadores comunitarios de salud, llamados entrenadores(as) de kinder, a las clínicas de atención primaria, y hace que Medicaid cubra sus servicios. Nueva financiación federal permitirá a investigadores(as) medir la eficacia del singular programa. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Un programa de OHSU es el primero en el país que trae trabajadores comunitarios de salud, llamados entrenadores(as) de kinder, a las clínicas de atención primaria, y hace que Medicaid cubra sus servicios. Nueva financiación federal permitirá a investigadores(as) medir la eficacia del singular programa. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Graduating medical students in OHSU’s Northwest Native American Center of Excellence participate in a Blanketing Ceremony. NNACoE is among six OHSU programs to receive federal funding this week to improve health and wellbeing in rural and remote communities across Oregon. (Courtesy of NNACoE)