Dental Medicine Faculty Gets Special Recognition
From left, Katherine Bridges, Dental Executive Director at Florida Department of Health, and Elias Moron
Elías Morón, received a recognition from Katherine Bridges, Dental Executive Director at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), on July 25, 2023, during the FDOH Statewide Dental Performance Meeting “Entering a New Era in Dentistry” in Jacksonville, Florida.
Morón presented “An Interprofessional School-Based Initiative to Increase Access to Oral Health Care in Underserved Florida Counties.”
In light of the unmet oral health care needs for children in rural counties, the FDOH and Nova Southeastern University’s College of Dental Medicine developed and implemented an interprofessional school-based oral health initiative to provide an educational training program for school-based nurses working in public elementary schools located in Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas.
This interprofessional school-based oral health initiative is funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and administered by the FDOH. Richard Singer, Associate Professor at the Department of Oral Science and Translational Research, is the Principal Investigator of this oral health initiative.
Moron, D.D.S., M.P.H., M.H.L. is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Oral Science and Translational Research at the NSU College of Dental Medicine.
Richard Singer, D.M.D., M.S., Ph.D. is an Executive Director for Master of Science Program, Associate Professor in Department of Oral Science and Translational research.
Posted 09/10/23