6/11/13 Student Committee Meeting at 8pm EST

  1. Introduction – Sarah Usher
  2. Current Opportunities
  • Systemic Review for the Eunice K. Shriver Center in Boston
  • Needed: 4 students over the summer (July - Aug 2013)

YOU MAY BE LISTED AS AN AUTHOR!!

  • Contact: Christine Clifford:

Alexandra Bonardi:

  • Letters to the Editor Campaign: Dehumanizing Language
  • Needed: Students to review language in medical literature articles and write short letters to the editor challenging it

THIS COUNTS AS AN ORIGINAL PUBLICATION TO ADD TO YOUR CV!!

  • Contact: Dr. Clarissa Kripke:
  • Univ. California San Francisco
  • Transcribe AADMD Webinars
  • Healthy Communities – Special Olympics
  • Engage communities internationally, medical & dental professionals.
  • Needed: Students to transcribe & translate AAADMD webinars in preparation for translation into other languages (you will not be translating) THIS IS GREAT EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SHARING THE AADMD WORK WITH OTHERS ACROSS THE WORLD!
  • Languages: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, French, Arabic
  • Contact: John Hood:
  • Paid Dental Research Opportunity! – Info Blast…
  • Funded by the CDC
  • Needed: Students and other researchers: Opportunity to apply both clinical and academic knowledge
  • Learn about research and systematic review processes.
  • Conduct title and abstract review of literature to determine inclusion or exclusion in systematic review of interventions to reduce oral health disparities between the I/DD and the general population.
  • Short term project (July/August 2013), 20-28 hours needed.
  • Training provided & Small stipend available
  • Contact: Christine Clifford,
    EK Shriver Center/UMass Medical School
  1. Build membership
  • CGI commitment
  • 2 years we will have AADMD Student/Resident Chapters in ¼ (approx. 50) of the dental and medical schools in the US
  • Networking at conferences: Who is interested? Suggestions?
  • Send Info Blast (Sarah Usher)
  • We must get students involved through poster presentations and seek out non-profit exhibit opportunities at conferences. (Cynthia Wong)
  • American (& Nat’l) Association of Dental Research – Conference (NancyVertel)
  • Membership – Dr. Holder update
  • Membership is a possibility,still under consideration.
  • American Public Health Association
  • Annual Meeting & Expo – Nov. 2-6, 2013 Boston, MA
  • AMSA
  • Do we have a contact? Michelle C.
  • Empowering Future Physicians Conference – Oct. 2013
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Stratford, NJ
  • Morehouse School of Medicine - Atlanta, GA
  • Annual Conference – March 6-9, 2014 New Orleans, LA
  • American Dental Association
  • Recruit advisors for chapters
  • Drs. Frances & Schafer (ASDOH-Mesa,AZ) – coordinate
  • Charge to have a booth – yes.
  • ADEA
  • Annual Session – March 15-18, 2014 San Antonio, TX
  • ASDA
  • National Leadership Conference - Nov. 15-17, 2013 Chicago, Ill
  • Annual Session Feb/March 2014 – Anaheim, CA
  • Special Olympics (SO) College
  • Currently have 65 of their own chapters on various campuses
  • Sarah Usher contact Haylie
  • “Mutual Growth” partnership
  • SO College program will market our student chapters to undergraduate students
  • SO College wants a way to keep graduates engaged
  • Participate in local AADMD student chapter meetings
  • Dr. Holder – mutual college campus groups.
  • Special Hope Foundation – UCEDD
  • Partnering with AADMD for grants - UCCED (one in each state)
  • Keep student/residency webpage updated
  • AbraCarociarticle posting – not yet received
  • Updates for student page: John Hood - completed
  • Reach out to local coordinators from Healthy Athletes
  • Form a chapter at their affiliated institution (volunteers, pcp, dentists)
  • Abra (AZ clinical director) and Darci (Special Olympics)
  • Project is to have the Day for Special Smiles event started at 10-20 schools over summer 2013.
  • Michelle email Dr. Holder
  • Correspondence is in development (Michelle C.)
  • Anticipating response from email sent to all clinical directors, etc.
  • Dr. Pearlman: dental – Past contact with little response
  • AADMD Facebook:
  • Please, send Facebook message once enter page so we can send you an invite and please, tell the other students/residents to do the same + please, “like”
  • Photos from chapters
  • Chapter member photo for Facebook posting
  • Chapter &/or individual “tagging”
  • AADMD “Linked-In”:
  • Suggestions for “Insights” tab
  • Lynn – University of Pittsburg
  1. Student/Resident Webpage
  • Link is still the same for student /resident web page
  • On website now under “membership”
  • Anyone want to add or change anything, please email Sarah Usher at
  • Individual pages for chapter photos, info, etc.
  1. AADMD Student Chapter Updates
  • Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health AND School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Selected new 2013-14 officers
  • First meeting in July (commencement of classes)
  • Initiate planning for annual Day for Special Smiles event
  • Discuss how to increase member participation (meetings)
  • Harvard School of Dental Medicine –SydneeChavis*

-Attendance at Special Olympics – Vermont

-Meeting with new board members – June 11, 2013

-Dinner this Fall with ID/DD community (use Special Olympics Grant)

  • Funding – SO standard grant $300/year
  • Request: intent for use, receipts, contact info

-Potential interactive meeting with MD and patient in future

  • University of Louisville School of Dentistry – Dr. LinelHolwager & Shane Vaughn (NO NEW UPDATES)

-Working on paperwork to get recognized by university

-Membership drive in the future after gets approved by campus

-On June 1st we will participate in Special Smiles in Richmond, KY.

  • 15 students participated.
  • During the event we will hold our first official AADMD student chapter meeting, so expect to hear good things from us!
  • University of Rochester – Drs. DeLucia and Sulks (Dr. Cynthia Wong -> pediatric dentistry residents)*

-Dr. Jhertner involved with special needs patients. Presentation July 2013.

-May 15th 5:30pm next student meeting

-June 8th Nazareth College, Track and Field events, 9-11am Special Smiles event

-June 15th Special Olympics Games in NY

  • Data collection with tablets, real time.
  • University of British Columbia (Nancy Vertel) (NO NEW UPDATES)

-Train the Trainer – Special Olympics – Special Smiles, Long Beach, CA - Nancy

-Speak w/ dean about incorporating more hours of didactic sessions or practical instruction on the management of special needs patient in the undergraduate curriculum. Making headway.

-American Academy of Dental Research - Conference

-Transition to 1st year pediatric resident Shan Sun.

  • 1st year pediatric resident
  • research project with special needs
  • Georgetown University (Ms. Marisa Brown, Dr. Kim Bullock (advisor), and Christine Kim (student leader)
  • STFM provided a grant to create a unified curriculum from 3 different projects done at residency programs. Through collaboration with AADMD the FRIEND project was created. Thisproject was presented to 35 educators by curriculum developers: Deb Dreyfus, Sweetie Jain, Kim Bullock, Marisa Brown, Laurie Woodard at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Spring Conference in Baltimore, MD in May 2013.
  • The FRIEND Project is on the AADMD website:
  • College of Oral Health Sciences University of Technology in Jamaica (LaurianLue Yen) (not in attendance)

-Dental Program is fairly new (3 classes)

-Many people have been interested in being apart of AADMD, due to “Brush UP Jamaica” project the AADMD chapter is not functioning at its full potential

-Goal: Have a Day for Special Smiles event in October 2013

-International Voluntary Project August 2013

  • International dental students participating
  • Provide free treatment
  • Not specific for ID/DD, but welcomed
  • All-inclusive resort included
  • INFO: LaurainLue Yen:
  • We will be sending an updated brochure for printing and distribution.
  • AADMD information may be incorporated into a lecture by a Special Olympics Dentist form Jamaica: Dr.______
  • Laurian will present the AADMD Student/Resident Informational PowerPoint.
  • University of Pittsburgh (Greg Sencak) (not in attendance)

- List Serve/Roster: YES!

-Medical and dental student in chapter

-Summer is in full swing, no summer events (conflicting schedules)

-Planning for fall term

  • Hosting more guest lecturers
  • Expand involvement in providing medical and dental screenings at Special Olympics events
  • Baylor College of Medicine

-Dr. Peacock: potential faculty advisor

-Found medical student leader – John Berens

-Meeting in July to discuss how to build local AADMD chapter (Michelle)

-Interested in potentially forming a chapter as part of their med-peds interest group vs. a stand-alone chapter

  • University of Arizona College of Medicine (Dr. Lynne Tomasa)

-Hannah Loebl student leader

-Sarah contacted Hannah for updates and to offer support

  • University of the Pacific in CA (Michael Suh– Dr. Allen Wong)*

-List Serve/Roster: YES!

-Introduced AADMD to 20 students

-Need ASB approval to present to entire school (Summer qtr)

-Contact with nurse from local high school assist with ID/DD students

-DFSS – get in contact with AbraCaroci

-California Dental Association

  • Present posters
  • Cynthia Wong

-Dr. Wong clinical director for Special Smiles can help involvement with Special Olympics

  • Participation possible?
  • Special Olympics N. California – view website
  1. Future:
  • UCLA (Dr. Holder)
  • Possible advisor known by Dr. Fischer
  • University of Southern California (Dr. Holder)
  • 1 faculty advisor – Mungo
  • Need students
  • Georgetown School of Medicine
  • 2 faculty advisors
  • need students
  • Myanmar (Burma) SE Asia - International student chapter possible (Dr. Holder)
  • Medical College of Wisconsin - Preliminary application for student chapter received.
  • Dr. Fischer
  • Past activity with special needs activities
  • More student webinars
  • Home Visit Project (Abe - Harvard)
  • Suggestions? Interests? Participants?
  • Sarah Usher – send out Info Blast
  1. Next student committee meeting: July 9th at 8pm EST (second Tuesday of every month)