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More Minority Students Enroll and Graduate as Dental Assistants for Underserved People in Northern Manhattan

April 1, 2006 | Program Result

The Dental Assistant Training Program at the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery has provided disadvantaged, minority residents of northern Manhattan with tuition-free training to become qualified dental assistants.

Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education

November 19, 2012 | Program Result

RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program helped dental schools increase access to dental care for underserved populations through expanded community-based education and recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income students.

Summer Medical and Dental Education Program

August 19, 2011 | Program Result

The Summer Medical and Dental Education Program helps undergraduates from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds compete for medical and dental school admission. This is a look at the program and its results as it passes the 20-year mark.

Promoting the Dental Mentorship Council's Mentoring Model

August 22, 2012 | Program Result

The Dental Mentorship Council expanded its program to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in dentistry by pairing practicing professionals with prospective dental students.

NJ Summer Medical and Dental Education Program Gives a Boost to Minority and Disadvantaged Students Seeking Medical and Dental School Admission

January 31, 2006 | Program Result

The New Jersey Medical School conducts a free, six-week intensive summer academic enrichment program to help minority and disadvantaged college students compete successfully for admission to medical and dental school.

Alliances Between Academic Health Centers and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Address Disparities

October 22, 2010 | Program Result

The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions fostered formal relationships between historically Black colleges and universities and health professions schools with few minority students.

Dental Pipeline Program Graduate Combines Her Two Interests

October 8, 2009 | Program Result

Like many Latino children, Esther Lopez, D.D.S., M.P.H., served as her parents' primary translator at their many doctor visits.

Dental Pipeline Program Graduate Becomes a Public Health Dentist

October 8, 2009 | Program Result

Leah Tate, DDS, grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and was an undergraduate biology major at Spelman College.

Initiative Drills Home the Importance of Academic Dentistry

March 1, 2001 | Program Result

The American Association of Dental Schools, now the American Dental Education Association worked with the nation's dental schools and leaders in the profession to strengthen the status of dentistry as a science-based profession.

Program Results Topic Summary: Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions

December 20, 2007 | Program Result

This report highlights some of the many initiatives RWJF has supported to widen the pipeline for minorities entering health professions, including Pipeline, Profession and Practice and Jobs to Careers.

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