ASDOH, SOMA students awarded national scholarships for commitment to primary care
Posted: February 11, 2015
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced that three students from A.T. Still University-School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) and three students from A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona were awarded National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarships for their commitment to primary care.
Congratulations to the following ATSU-ASDOH and ATSU-SOMA students: Katrina Alt, D3; Kristina Rodriguez, D1; Vy VY Vu, D2; Chuah Cha, OMS I; Blaire Heath, OMS II; and Jeanette Lovato, OMS II.
Since 1972, the NHSC has connected 45,000 primary health care practitioners to communities with limited access to primary care. Today, 9,200 NHSC members provide care to more than 9.7 million people in the U.S. The NHSC Scholarship application process is highly competitive, receiving 1,700 applications from over 430 schools nationwide. A.T. Still University ranked among the top 20 schools with NHSC scholarship awardees.