Dental faculty loan repayment - by educating residents and students across multiple disciplines, ohsu school of dentistry strengthens the regional workforce while ensuring access to specialized dental…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Oregon Health & Science University $113,196 on September 1, 2026, under the Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry program (CFDA 93.059) to support a dental faculty loan repayment initiative at OHSU School of Dentistry. The award funds a loan repayment program designed to recruit and retain dental faculty members, thereby strengthening predoctoral and residency training capacity and ensuring access to specialized oral healthcare for medically complex, vulnerable, and underserved populations throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. The program addresses regional challenges in faculty recruitment and retention while supporting training across multiple dental disciplines. Performance occurs in Oregon with a project period ending August 31, 2031. The assistance type is a project grant.

Dental faculty loan repayment - by educating residents and students across multiple disciplines, ohsu school of dentistry strengthens the regional workforce while ensuring access to specialized dental care for vulnerable populations. However, the school of dentistry training programs have continued to face challenges in recruiting and retaining faculty members. Expanding and sustaining the faculty workforce through an incentivizing loan repayment program remains critical to recruiting and retaining dental faculty, in order to meet growing regional patient needs, maintain the quality and capacity of the predoctoral and residency training programs, and ensure continued access to specialized oral healthcare for medically complex, vulnerable, and underserved populations throughout oregon and southwest washington.