DeRouen Grant Holds Kenyan Feedback Sessions
As part of the DeRouen Center’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 Grant (“Dynamics of HIV-infection, oral innate immunity and the development of oral diseases in children”, grant number R21TW012033), we held study feedback sessions at Ahero Read more about Kismu study feedback »
DeRouen Center Strengthens Global Partnerships at FDI World Dental Congress
The DeRouen Center participated in the FDI World Dental Congress 2025, held in Shanghai, China, in September. The event brought together oral health leaders, researchers, and policymakers from across the globe to advance collaborative solutions for improving oral health equity and integration worldwide. Read more about World Dental Congress »
Fudan University in Shanghai hosts oral health colleagues
Dr. Seminario and colleagues visited Shanghai Stomatological Hospital for meaningful discussions on future collaboration. They shared insights on advancing collaboration between UWSOD and Shanghai Stomatological Hospital in clinical care, education, public health, and scientific research. Read more about Collaborations at Fudan University »
Dr. Kwanchanok Tantasethi, new DeRouen Center Visiting Scholar
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. Read more about Dr. Kwanchanok Tantasethi »
Priyanka Prajapati Wins UW School of Dentistry SURF Award
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. Read more about Priyanka Prajapati »
IADR 2025 Symposium on Research Capacity
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.” Read more about IADR 2025 »
Junior scientists participated in the SEA NIH Training Grant
The 2025 NIH D43-sponsored workshop in Khon Kaen, Thailand marked the 10th International Workshop on Clinical Research Methods in Oral Health, continuing its mission to build oral health research capacity in Southeast Asia. Read more about SEA NIH Training Grant »
DeRouen Center’s Priyanka Prajapati Presents at AADR in New York
Priyanka Prajapati, an International Dentist DDS student at the University of Washington, recently attended the 2025 AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting in New York, NY, from March 12-15. Read more about Priyanka Prajapati at AADR »
UW’s Whasun Chung and Bhavna Chohan Travel to Kenya
In January 2025, Drs. Whasun Chung (Chair and Professor, Department of Oral Health Sciences) and Bhavna Chohan (Clinical Assistant Professor, Global Health) from the University of Washington traveled to Nairobi, Kenya. Read more about Chung and Chohan in Kenya »
Dr. Yan Wang Receives NIH Grant
Dr. Yan Wang, an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 grant to investigate the oral microbiome—the community of microorganisms residing in the mouth—of children living with HIV in Kenya. Read more about Dr. Yan Wang »