Small Grants Program

Small Grants Program is sponsored by American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) Foundation. Designed to stimulate innovative education or research projects that benefit dental public health and the oral health of the public. Topics include improving access to oral health services, building the dental public health workforce, translating science into practice, and maintaining competency in dental public health.

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Gary Rozier Memorial Fund The American Association for Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) Foundation was established to support the future of dental public health education and science and to support the primary goals of the Association including: Promotion of effective efforts in disease prevention, health promotion and service delivery; Education of the public, health professionals and decision-makers regarding the importance of oral health to total well-being; and Expansion of the knowledge base of dental public health and fostering competency in its practice.

One exciting opportunity that the Foundation creates for its members is the AAPHD Foundation Small Grant Program. The Small Grant Program is designed to stimulate innovative education or research projects that benefit dental public health and the oral health of the public. The Foundation’s guiding principles and funding areas of interest identify a broad array of topics for which support can be provided.

These include, but are not limited to, studies or interventions designed to: Improve access to personal and population based oral health services Build and strengthen the dental public health workforce Translate science into practice Maintain competency in dental public health The Small Grant program provides a one year grant of up to $5,000 that serves to generate data that can be used to apply for larger grants that can move science, policy, and practice to the “next step” toward enhancing oral health.

Priority will be given to: Applications from individuals who are at an early stage of their dental public health careers. We are especially interested in applications from students in DPH Residency programs who are completing their required research projects and from members of AAPHD Student Chapters. Applications that seek to utilize and enhance partnership with existing programs, projects, and organizations.

Contribute to the Small Grants Program Applications for the 2026 Small Grants Program have now closed.

Title: Caregiver-Related Determinants of Dental Care Access for Older Adults with Dementia: A Mixed-Methods Study Rohit Balasundaram, BDS, MPH, PhD Title: Enhancing the Healthy Mouths Webpage to Advance Oral Health Education Across the Nation Hannah Archer & The UNC Adams School of Dentistry AAPHD Student Chapter University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry Title: Pediatric Nutritional Supplement Drink Consumption and Early Childhood Caries Boston University Henry M.

Goldman School of Dental Medicine Title: ‘THRIVE’: An oral health education pilot project in the Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Center (CATC) at Jacobi Medical Center Title: The Impact of Maternal Periodontal Disease and Its Treatment on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from PRAMS Title: “A System for Monitoring And Referrals for Timely Dental Care Treatment (SMART-DENT)”.

Eastman Institute for Oral Health Project Title: “Knowledge is Power: Increasing the Dental Public Health Residency Pipeline Among Underrepresented Minority Groups” Tiffany Wilson, DDS, MPH, Assistant Professor, Meharry Medical College Dental Public Health Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center, Jacobi site Mommy and Me Project of Monroe County, New York Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester Assessing Patient and Provider Perceptions About Teledentistry in the Emergency Department Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, A.

T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, A. T.

Still University Recruit a Smile: Research into the Veteran’s Population Amber Humphrey, Tunxis Community College Understanding Community Engagement in Low-income, Predominantly Black Communities to Promote Oral Health Patrick Smith, DMD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Caswell A.

Evans, DDS, MPH, Associate Dean of Prevention and Public Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Khatija Noorullah, MPH, Clinical Community Academic Manager and Clinical Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Janelle Wade, MPH, Extramural Education Program Coordinator, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Acceptability of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) by children aged 7-16 years and their caregivers in a Dental School Setting Mithila Patki, BDS, MHA, Resident Dental Public Health, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health Sciences, Maurice H.

Kornberg School of Dentistry Marisol Tellez, BDS, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health Sciences, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry Vinodh Bhoopathi, BDS,MPH, DScD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health Sciences, Maurice H.

Kornberg School of Dentistry Shannon Myers PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health Sciences, Maurice H.

Kornberg School of Dentistry Preschool-Based Fluoride Varnish and Tooth-Brushing Oral Health Promotion Program in Esteli, Nicaragua Nick Capezio, DMD candidate, Boston University Corinna Culler, RDH, DrPH, Director, School-Based Programs, Boston University Michelle Henshaw, DDS, MPH, Associate Dean Global & Population Health, Boston University AAPHD ASDOH San Cristobal, Dominican Republic Dental Public Health Outreach Primary Student Investigator: Vy Vy Vu, MPH, DMD (Class of 2017), AAPHD ASDOH Student Chapter President Primary Faculty Mentors: Heather Johnson, RDH, Med, and Yvette Thornton, RDH, BS, AAPHD ASDOH Student Chapter Advisors Primary Site Supervisor: Bruce White, DDS, AAPHD ASDOH Humanitarian Outreach Faculty Advisor Collaborative Site Supervisor: Ingrid Pimental, Clinical Director of Mission Medica Dominica, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic Improving Oral Health for Vulnerable Massachusetts Populations by Joining Forces with our Medical Allies Principle Investigator: Lisa Simon, BS, DMD Candidate Class of 2014, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Co-Investigators: Katherine Schiavoni, BS, MD/MPA Candidate Class of 2015, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School, Chiara Rivas-Morello, BA, DMD Candidate Class of 2014, Romesh Nalliah, BDS, Department of Global and Community Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine An Educational collaboration between Medicine and Dentistry Rocio Quinonez, DMD, MS, MPH Jeffrey Jackson, BS & Amanda Kerns, BS (Dental students) The University of North Carolina Schools of Dentistry and Medicine Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke on the Oral Health of Adolescents Living in Nevada Christina A.

Demopoulos, DDS, MPH UNLV School of Dental Medicine A survey of the attitudes and opinions of practicing dentists in Minnesota regarding dental therapy and new workforce models. Christine M. Blue, BSDH, MS Director and Assistant Professor, Division of Dental Hygiene, Univ.

of Minnesota School of Dentistry Building a Dental Public Health Workforce in the Indian Health Service Catherine Hollister, RDH, MSPH, PhD, Timothy L. Ricks, DMD, MPH, Nashville Area Dental Support Center, National Oral Health Conference Journal of Public Health Dentistry Central E-mail: [email protected]