Highlighting Thai trainees’ research projects in oral health
Several exciting oral health studies have resulted from expanded oral health research capacity in Thailand. Trainees from the initial NIH D43 training grants have now gone on to investigate important topics such as cleft palates, chemo-mechanical dental caries, and the association between breast feeding, bottle feeding, and dental caries in very young children. Read more about Thai trainees research projects »
Decreasing inequalities in global oral health: Let’s publish your thesis!
The Timothy A. DeRouen Center is among the 2021 recipients of the University of Washington (UW) Global Innovation Fund (GIF). GIF is an award given through the UW Office of Global Affairs. Read more about Global Innovation Fund »
Annals of Global Health highlights the relevance of increasing research training programs in oral health
In its November 2020 edition, Annals of Global Health published an opinion piece on creating oral health research capacity on low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This is a remarkable opportunity for expanding advocacy for decreasing inequalities in global health. Below are relevant highlights. Read more about Annals of Global Health »
DeRouen Center is awarded an Arcora Foundation grant
Arcora Foundation is Washington state’s largest foundation dedicated exclusively to improving oral health. A nationally recognized catalyst for change, Arcora ensures policymakers, advocates, and the public have the right information to make wise decisions that lead to better health. Read more about Arcora Foundation Grant »
Oral Health Care Case Working Training with World Relief
At the end of 2019, approximately 79.5 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide. Washington State is consistently among the top five states with the highest refugee populations, most from Burma, Bhutan, the Former Soviet Union, Iraq and Eritrea. Read more about World Relief training »
Children’s oral health on children’s and family quality of life in Peru Amazonian slum
Untreated dental caries in permanent teeth is the most prevalent disease, and dental caries of the primary teeth affect more than 530 million children. Oral diseases manifest as pain, impairment, and loss of function, and can affect individuals throughout their lifetime. Read more about Oral Health in the Peruvian Amazon »
Peru Education, Action, & Research (PEAR) Network at University of Washington
The Peru Education, Action, & Research (PEAR) Network is an informal network of UW faculty, graduate students, and community partners with research interests, projects, collaborators, and/or student programs in Peru. Read more about PEAR »
Thailand increases oral health research training capacity
Although oral diseases are largely preventable, they are among the most non-communicable diseases globally, and they disproportionately burden disadvantaged communities, specially within low- and middle-income nations. Read more about oral health research training »
Rewarding meeting between DeRouen Center interns and Dean Chiodo
At the end of 2019, the UW Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health interns took part in a breakfast meeting with Dr. Gary Chiodo, Dean of the University of Washington School of Dentistry. The interns shared snapshots of their work in furthering the DeRouen Center’s mission. Read more about DeRouen Center interns »
UW collaboration with UoN
Since 2015, the University of Washington (UW) DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health has developed a partnership with UW Global Health, University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya to set up the Children’s Healthy Oral Management Project (CHOMP). Read more about collaboration »