In the News
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Improves Its Location In The Ranking Of The Best Universities In The World
July 14, 2021 - The Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) has risen in the global ranking of best universities in the world by the QS World University Ranking, going from the score of 701-750 to 651-700.
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Peruvian Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarte, Visits Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
July 14, 2021 - The President of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Dr. Enrique Castañeda Saldaña, greeted the Minister of Health, Dr. Oscar Ugarte Ubillúz, at the university facilities for Ministry of Health’s supervision of the vaccination process against COVID-19, where volunteers are participating in the Sinopharm/China National Pharmaceutical Group vaccine clinical trial.
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A new cleft palate device is created in Thailand
June 16, 2021 - Over the past 20 years, Thailand has been successful in expanding oral health research capacity through a series of NIH D43 and D71 grants. As a result of this expansion, an exciting new creation has emerged from Khon Kaen University. The Nasal Creator Device has been developed for cleft lip and palate patients.
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Khon Kaen University holds free dental clinic on Thailand’s National Dental Health Day
June 21, 2021 - In honor of Thailand’s National Dental Day on October 21st, Khon Kaen University held a dental clinic for any Thai citizen who needed dental care.
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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