The University of Washington’s Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health convened a symposium at the 2025 International Association of Dental and Craniofacial Research (IADR) conference in Barcelona, titled “Creating Research Capacity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”

Priyanka Prajapati, a student in the University of Washington’s International Dentist DDS Program and a DeRouen Center Research Assistant, has been selected as a 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) awardee.

Dr. Kwanchanok Tantasethi, a pediatric dentist serving with the Royal Thai Air Force at Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital in Bangkok, is spending the summer of 2025 as a Visiting Scientist at the University of Washington’s Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health.