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                        JeffNEWS, October 25, 1994
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College of Allied Health Sciences Conducts Research Institute
for National Dental Hygiene Grant
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The College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS) conducted a Summer Research 
Institute at Jefferson as part of its three-year, $545,000 grant from the 
Bureau of Health Professions to develop, implement and evaluate a National 
Center for Dental Hygiene Research, the model of which can be used as a 
prototype for other allied health disciplines.

The Summer Research Institute, organized by the College's department of 
dental hygiene and the center for collaborative research, trained teams in 
collaborative research, research methods and grantsmanship. Teams are 
composed of two educators and two clinicians headed by a mentor who is a 
member of the grant's advisory panel.

This year, teams from the University of California San Francisco, the 
University of Minnesota, the University of Detroit Mercy, Old Dominion 
University and Thomas Jefferson University attended the program.

"Each team left the institute with a completed pilot study proposal to 
implement and will continue to receive technical assistance and support for 
building on their pilot study results," said principal investigator Jane L. 
Forrest, RDH, EdD, dental hygiene acting chairman.

In addition to validating a national research agenda for dental hygiene, 
which was accomplished, other expected outcomes of the grant include 
coordinating nationwide research efforts based on the priorities of the 
research agenda and establishing networks to support developing 
researchers.


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