Contact Information The American Institute of Dental Public Health Contact: Annaliese Cothron, Director of Operations 850-723-3423 Cothron@AIDPH.orgFor Immediate Release 10/22/2019 Photos released as public access with credit to AIDPH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MEET WITH DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESIDENTS San Antonio, TX: On Thursday, … [Read more...]
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MEET WITH DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESIDENTS
Mentorship in Public Health
Mentorship in public health is critically important to developing future leaders in academia, clinical workforce, and administration. Despite its importance, finding and developing a mentoring relationship can often be difficult. Dr. Karl Haden, President and CEO of the Academy for Academic Leadership and Dr. Caswell Evans, Associate Dean for … [Read more...]
Dentistry in the News: Articles You Should Know About
DENTAL NEWS Anti-inflammatory plant-based diet helps reduce gingivitishttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/w-apd040219.phpAbstract/full text link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcpe.13094 Dentists underdiagnose when faced with time pressure, research … [Read more...]
Public Health Internships on Academic Leadership and Federal Service
AIDPH has exciting learning opportunities available for dental public health practitioners and residents. If you are interested in developing skills as an academic leader, AIDPH has the Academic Leadership for Residents (ALR) Program. ALR is a collaboration with the AAL Group, a well-respected academic leadership training organization in health … [Read more...]
Fostering Radical, Multi-Sector Collaboration
Dr. Baker Harrell, Founder and Executive Director of It's Time Texas, joined me on this week's episode of Anecdotal Evidence to discuss his concept of radical collaboration. In its short four-year existence, It's Time Texas has impacted more than one million Texans in 550 communities by leveraging strategic partnerships. Baker shared his ideas for … [Read more...]
Evidence-Based Practices in Public Health
I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Dr. Robert Weyant, Associate Dean at University of Pittsburgh and editor of the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, and Dr. Michael Mackert, Director of the Center for Health Communication at University of Texas, Austin, for their thoughts on evidence-based practice. Evidence-based practice is the core of … [Read more...]
AIDPH Colloquium 2020 and Oral Health Policy
I am excited to share news about our upcoming colloquium. Each year, AIDPH hosts a colloquium on a cutting-edge topic in dental public health. Previous colloquia focused on interprofessional and value-based care, dental informatics, and precision public health.The topic area of this year’s colloquium is social determinants of oral health in all … [Read more...]
Internship Highlight: AIDPH’s Federal Service Internship
Each year, AIDPH sponsors a one-week service learning program in Washington, DC where advanced education dental students visit federal health agencies and discuss the role of government in public health. FSI participants meet national leaders while attending site visits with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), National … [Read more...]