Loan repayment award recipients named

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Health Center Association congratulated the licensed health professionals from Rhode Island’s community health centers who will receive loan repayment from the Rhode Island Health Professional Loan Repayment Program administered by the R.I. Department of Health.

The awards assist eligible health professionals who make a two-year commitment to practice in medically underserved communities with repaying their student loans. Ten licensed healthcare professionals from community health centers were among the 13 health care professionals selected by the Department of Health as 2014 award recipients.

The licensed recipients are: Adebola Adelaiye, LaShun Carroll, Danielle Cummings, Julie Dick, Erica Fullerton, Melissa Graswald, Milton Liu, Sharon Philbin, Jessica Salak, and Marko Stevanovic.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Foundation, and the Rhode Island Health Center Association contributed $25,000 each to the fund. In addition Delta Dental of Rhode Island and Landmark Hospital each contributed $50,000.

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