In the News
DeRouen Center Team Travels to Kenya for D71 Grant
May 23, 2022 - In February 2022, the University of Washington (UW) Timothy A. DeRouen Center team travelled to Kenya as part of our National Institute of Health’s D71 Grant entitled “TABASAMU: A multidisciplinary collaboration on building up research capacity in oral health and HIV/AIDS.”
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Children and adolescents living with HIV have poorer oral health-related quality of life
May 23, 2022 - Children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV) have a higher risk of oral tissue diseases than those without HIV. Increasing awareness regarding the need to integrate oral health within medical care among pediatric HIV populations is crucial.
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The challenges of oral health in the United States
April 21, 2022 - A 2021 report by the U.S. National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services entitled “Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges” examines the current state of oral health in the United States, and the progress that has been made over the past twenty years.
Read more about the challenges of oral health in the US


Refugee displacement and public health systems
April 21, 2022 - The war currently raging in Ukraine has created one of the largest refugee crises in modern history, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center.
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Past Events
Feasibility of integrating oral health in the primary care of HIV-positive pediatric patients in a low-resource setting
Fogarty Fellow: Catherine Lutalo Mwesigwa
University of Washington + Makerere University
Funded by Fogarty International Center – NIH – 2020
The Association Between Levels of Salivary Antimicrobial Peptides and the Presence of Periodontal Disease in HIV-infected Adolescents
Fogarty Fellow: Ashley Karczewski
Indiana University + University of Nairobi
Funded by Fogarty International Center – NIH – 2019
Global Oral Health Awareness Fundraiser Breakfast at UW Botanic Gardens
UW Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health
Aug 29th, 2019
Integrating oral health into the pediatric HIV care continuum: Baseline data of oral and systemic inflammation
UW Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health + UW Global Health
Awarded by SunStar Preventive Award Kick Off Clinical Trial February 2019
2017 Sunstar Preventative Dentistry Award
UW Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health
Awarded September 18, 2017
InterACTION Labs: Piloting an interdisciplinary health program with an informal settlement in the Peruvian Amazon
UW Landscape Architecture + UW Environment + UW Dentistry
Awarded by UW Population Health Initiative 2017
6th International Workshop on Clinical Research Methods in Oral Health
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Funded by Fogarty International Center – NIH – 2016
Calibration on Pediatric Oral Manifestations of HIV in Kenya
University of Nairobi – University of Washington