ADEA Bulletin of Dental Education

ADEA Seeks Participation in Landmark Climate Study

ADEA Seeks Participation in Landmark Climate Study


Each U.S. and Canadian dental school dean and allied dental program director is urged to register for ADEA’s dental education-wide climate study. The groundbreaking study will gauge the perceptions of students, faculty, staff and administrators on matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion.



 JDE Study Finds Positive Impact From Climate Studies
U.S. and Canadian dental schools find that climate studies “positively affected the humanistic environment, curriculum and recruitment efforts” in their institutions, according to a study published in the Journal of Dental Education.    Read More...

Federal Grant Allows College to Increase Faculty Diversity

Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine was awarded a HRSA Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program grant to increase diversity in the dental workforce and provide equitable oral health care in underserved areas.

The Pacific Center for Equity in Oral Health Care Improves Access to Care
The newly re-named center at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry is building on its 30-year history of innovation to improve access to care for those with barriers impacting their oral health.

5 Questions With … Dr. Lynn Russell
The Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center COD shares what makes her excited to go to work every day.

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