Dental Education / Dental Career
EDUCATIONAL
Master's Program in Global Public Health: www.nyu.edu/mph/u6v
New York University's Masters Program in Global Public Health is a collaborative effort of five of NYU's premier professional schools including the College of Dentistry. This innovative program, leading to the M.P.H. degree or to the combined D.D.S./M.P.H. degrees, is multidisciplinary in every way with a curriculum that offers a unique preparation for a career in global health. The program seeks students who have completed an advanced degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, public service, social work, education, and other fields. Please browse our website for details on curriculum, faculty, and the NYU community. www.nyu.edu/mph/u6v
American Dental Education Association: Links to all US and Canadian dental schools, Fellowships, grants, scholarships, more: http://www.adea.org/
ADEA provides the "academic dental career network" to the dental education community. The ADCN matches individuals interested in dental and allied dental faculty positions with academic dental institutions seeking to fill vacant positions. The site is designed to assist both job seekers and academic institutions. To search vacancy listings or include your CV for consideration go to: www.adea.org/adcn. |
http://www.dentalpipeline.org/ The Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education Program is working with 15 accredited U.S. Dental Schools to increase access to oral health services for underserved populations; and to increase access to dental education for underrepresented minority and low-income students.
www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/dsa/flrp/ If you are Repaying health professions student loans, from a disadvantaged background, Faculty at an accredited health professions school, a citizen, national or permanent legal resident of the U.S., you may be eligible to receive up to $20,000 a year toward repayment of your student loans from the Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP). Check out this site.
University of Michigan School of Dentistry hosts a summer program for economically, socially, or educationally disadvantaged students to prepare for dental school. You can find details at www.dent.umich.edu/mac and click on college students. The program is completely funded and students participate in a DAT prep course as well as academic advising, interview prep and lab time.
Pierre Fauchard Academy: http://www.fauchard.org/
Careers in dental professions, Fact sheets on becoming a dentist, dental assistant, dental hygienist, dental laboratory technician: http://www.ada.org/public/education/careers/index.asp
Careers in Public Health http://www.whatispublichealth.org/careers/index.html