{"id":72,"date":"2023-01-12T21:10:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.dental.uw.edu\/dchi\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:34:30","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.dental.uw.edu\/dchi\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Press<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>August 12, 2025: TheScientist article on grant-writing tips<\/li>\n<li>November 15, 2024: Alaska Beacon article on dental therapy programs in Alaska<\/li>\n<li>September 16, 2021: The Hill opinion article on adding dental benefits to Medicare<\/li>\n<li>August 3, 2020: Seattle Times opinion article on dental benefits for vulnerable citizens<\/li>\n<li>November 2019: Interdisciplinary Assocation of Population Health Sciences (IAPHS) blog on interdisciplinary research in population health and health disparities<\/li>\n<li>April 16, 2019: Community Catalyst guest blog on an educator&#8217;s perspective on dental therapy<\/li>\n<li>August 14, 2017:\u00a0Alaska Dispatch News article on dental therapists<\/li>\n<li>August 12, 2017:\u00a0Native News Online article\u00a0on dental therapists in Alaska<\/li>\n<li>August 11, 2017:\u00a0Dr. Bicuspid article\u00a0on dental therapists in Alaska<\/li>\n<li>August 11, 2017:\u00a0Reason.com blog\u00a0on dental therapist study<\/li>\n<li>August 11, 2017:\u00a0University of Washington School of Dentistry article\u00a0on dental therapist study<\/li>\n<li>March 1, 2017: Washington Post opinion article on health plans and consequences for teeth<\/li>\n<li>June 23, 2015: Donald Chi presents\u00a0Webinar on Oral Health Considerations for Children with Special Healthcare Needs for the National Association of County &amp; City Health Officials (NACCHO)<\/li>\n<li>May 20, 2015: Published Research on Children and Adults with Autism by Mr. Sy Nakao (D2) and Colleagues\u00a0Featured on HRSA Website<\/li>\n<li>June 7, 2014:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/dchi\/files\/Nemours%20Video%20DChi%20with%20credits.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"link\">Recorded Remarks about Research Program at AcademyHealth Child Health Services Research Interest Group Meeting (San Diego, CA)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 8, 2014:\u00a0Portland Business Journal article on ED dental visits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)<\/li>\n<li>2018: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Pediatric Dentist of the Year<\/li>\n<li>2017: Hip\u00f3lito Unanue Institute Foundation Award, Best Dental Health Sciences Research Paper<\/li>\n<li>2017: American Journal of Public Health, Editor&#8217;s Choice Award, Best Reviewer<\/li>\n<li>2017: International Association for Dental Research, Distinguished Scientist Award, Young Investigator Award<\/li>\n<li>2016-2017:\u00a0Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University<\/li>\n<li>2016: Jerome B. Miller \u201cFor the Kids\u201d Award from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry<\/li>\n<li>2015: Evidence-Based Dentistry Mid-Career Faculty Award from the American Dental Association and American Association for Dental Research<\/li>\n<li>2014: Nemours Child Health Services Research Award from AcademyHealth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press August 12, 2025: TheScientist article on grant-writing tips November 15, 2024: Alaska Beacon article on dental therapy programs in Alaska September 16, 2021: The Hill opinion article on adding dental benefits to Medicare August 3, 2020: Seattle Times opinion article on dental benefits for vulnerable citizens November 2019: Interdisciplinary Assocation of Population Health Sciences (IAPHS) blog on interdisciplinary research in population health and health disparities April 16, 2019: Community Catalyst guest blog on an educator&#8217;s perspective on dental therapy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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