An Alliance for Global Oral Health
ADDRESSING GLOBAL INEQUALITIES
About this working group
As four dental schools across four continents partnering for global oral health, we are committed to building understanding of and action on addressing Global inequalities.
Collaboration, excellence and transformation will shape our partnership.
WORKING GROUP MISSION
Building a community | Addressing inequalities | Shaping policy and action.
Building a community of present and future educators, researchers, clinical academics and practitioners that seek to understand and address inequalities through the DentAlliance partnership to shape policy and action.
GOAL 1 BUILDING AN EXTERNAL PRESENCE THROUGH WIDER RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR WEBSITE.
DentAlliance Webinars
Global Oral Health Inequalities (GOHIRN) Webinars and Symposia
IADR Symposia
GOAL 2 TO CONSIDER THE TOPIC OF INEQUALITIES IN THE UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL CURRICULUM.
Student photographic project on inequalities
Mapping of curricula
Gaining student views on curricula
Staff engagement to reflect on programmes and learning
Co-producing of creative innovation in education
GOAL 3 TO DESCRIBE CURRENT PROVISION OF ORAL HEALTHCARE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE/PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ACROSS COUNTRIES.
Conceptualisation and definitions of disability adopted across the four countries
Access to oral healthcare for and oral health status of disabled people /people with disabilities in Australia, the UK, Singapore and the USA
GOAL 4 DENTALLIANCE RESEARCH MAPPING.
Mapping research activities (people, projects, papers) and policy impact in relation to inequalities
Partnership creativity in research grants, research projects and solutions
UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES
Ensure equitable access to meetings through using recordings (to be available externally/internally as appropriate).
Voice of students and people with disability included in the process and informing action etc.
Partnership working and learning across all 4 institutions; and IADR/GOHIRN.
Co-production of solutions where possible, being transparent about limitations when not.
PROFESSOR JENNIFER GALLAGHER
King's College London
(Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WONG MUN LOKE
National University of Singapore
(Vice Dean Academic Affairs)
DR ANKUR SINGH
University of Melbourne
(Coordinator M.Sc. (Epidemiology) and Epidemiology 1
Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics)
DR. JANE A. WEINTRAUB
University of North Carolina
(Rozier Douglass Distinguished Professor)
DR ROISIN MCGRATH
University of Melbourne
(Director of the Bachelor of Oral Health Programme)
DR SASHA SCAMBLER
King's College London
(Reader in Sociology, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GAO XIAOLI
National University of Singapore (Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry & Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health)
ZACHARY A. BRIAN
University of North Carolina (Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Dentistry in Service to Community)