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Dental Student Aid Program

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Program to provide grants to the nation's schools of dentistry to expand the level of student aid support for students whose social background might lead them to select underserved areas for their professional practice.

Shannon Wiegand, Minority Medical Education Program, 1989

July 27, 2011 | Story

Growing up in Alaska, she knew no female physicians, no Native American physicians and no physicians of color. "You don't know what you can do until you're exposed to the possibility," she says.

Valerie Cordero, Minority Medical Education Program, 1996

July 27, 2011 | Story

Just being in a medically oriented academic environment with people from a wide variety of backgrounds was valuable, Cordero says. "For me, it was like Wow - there are some Native Americans who are doctors."

Kara King, Minority Medical Education Program, 2001

February 8, 2006 | Story

In the summer before her final medical school year, King joined the program staff as a resident adviser, staying in the dorm with students for the entire program.

Eniola Mudasiru, Minority Medical Education Program, 2001

April 17, 2006 | Story

Once she completes her residency in one of several internal medicine sub-specialties she is considering, Mudasiru would like to practice both here and in her native country.

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