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Prevention & Public Health: Our Mission
  • Welcome to The Division of Prevention and Public Health Sciences.
  • The following mission statements describe our intentions regarding the areas of Education, Service, and Research:
  • Education/Academic
    • Stewardship (advocacy, development, oversight, delivery) of the prevention curriculum
    • Ensuring the content and progression of the prevention curriculum is sound and appropriate
    • Ensuring the sequence of the prevention curriculum includes didactic and experiential components at each class level, first through fourth year, including International Dental Degree Program (IDDP) students, first and second year
    • Stewardship (advocacy, development, oversight, delivery) of the dental public health curriculum
    • Stewardship of service-learning initiatives
    • Ensuring the strength of the cultural diversity curriculum
  • Service
    • Management of the community-based extramural experiences for all first through fourth year and International Dental Degree Program (IDDP) students; particularly the 50 days of extramural experiences which are a rotation component of the Extramural Education course (DADM 325)
    • Development of new sites for extramural rotations necessary to assure students have options for a broad array of experiences
    • Satisfactory management and operation of all activities and commitments regarding extramural rotations
    • Developing and conducting service-learning opportunities (stewardship of service-learning initiatives in the College)
    • Developing and sustaining pertinent community-based partnerships and collaborations
    • Developing and sustaining partnerships with universities, organizations, and state and federal government agencies that are demonstrably linked to fulfilling the main mission of the division
    • Facilitating volunteer community-based opportunities for students and faculty
    • Conduct conferences, special guest lectures and seminars regarding prevention, public health sciences, and extramural community-based rotations
  • Research
    • Lead, collaborate and conduct research in oral health prevention and dental public health
    • Apply for grants
    • Collaborate with College, University, State, and community partners in efforts to secure grants and conduct research
    • Develop scholarly papers, abstracts, posters and presentations related to our main mission
  • *For information on dental treatment at the College of Dentistry clinics, please call the patient registration desk at (312) 996-7555.