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VA Dental Research Fellowship Program
History and Purpose
From 1982 to 1992, the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) funded fellowships
in Geriatric Dentistry to prepare dentists for future academic leadership in geriatric
oral health care. Dentists gained experience in diagnosing and treating a wide range
of oral diseases in older veterans. Recognizing the need to expand the number of
dentists skilled in research, OAA changed the program in 1990 by starting the VA
Dental Research Fellowship Program. Graduates are expected to be role models in
leading, developing, conducting, and evaluating innovative dental research, education,
and clinical care.
Program Overview
The VA Dental Research Fellowship Program provides two years of post residency
dental research, education, and clinical learning opportunities to eligible dentists.
Fellows spend approximately 75 percent of their time in biomedical, clinical, and
health services research and education and 25 percent in clinical care and teaching
activities. Mentors of national stature provide guidance to fellows in rich learning
environments. Fellows receive stipends based on previously completed accredited
residency training plus experience in nationally recognized fellowships sponsored
by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research or similar agencies
and on index rates approved at the affiliated dental school and the respective VA
facility.
Fellowship Requirements
Eligible dentists must have successfully completed their specialty or general
practice residency. They must be board certified or board eligible by the beginning
of the fellowship if the board certification process is recognized for the residency
training. Because of the advanced level of training, each fellowship participant
must have an active, unrestricted U.S. license to practice dentistry. Fellows must
desire to lead dental healthcare in the 21st century.
Application
Individual candidates and their affiliated, sponsoring VA medical center can compete
for these awards provided the facility has the appropriate resources. The sponsoring
VA facility must be affiliated with a dental school. To inquire about the application
process, interested applicants should write to the site of their choice and send
a cover letter and curriculum vitae to the Dental Service at that site.
Dental Research Fellowship Program Address List
Judith Jones, D.D.S., MPH
Senior Research Associate
VA Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (152)
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
200 Springs Road
Bedford, MA 01730
Linda C. Niessen, D.M.D., MPH, MPP
Director, Fellowship Program in Dental Research
(160)
VA North Texas Health Care System
Dallas VA Medical Center
4500 South Lancaster Road
Dallas, TX 75216
Lubomir P. Turek, M.D. (160)
Director, Fellowship Program in Dental Research (160)
VA Medical Center
Highway 6 West
Iowa City, IA 52246
Joan A. Phelan, D.D.S.
Director, Fellowship Program in Dental Research (160)
VA Medical Center
79 Middleville Road
Northport, NY 11768
Norman Bartz, D.D.S.
VA Western NY Health Care System
3495 Bailey Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14215
Raul I. Garcia, D.D.S.
Director, Fellowship Program in Dental Research (160)
VA Medical Center
150 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
Richard Plezia, D.D.S.
Director, Fellowship Program in Dental Research (160)
John R. Dingell VA Medical Center
4646 John R
Detroit, MI 48201-1932
(160)
Director, Fellowship Program in Dental Research (160)
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center
1500 East Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216
Roy S. Feldman, D.D.S., D.MSc.
Chief, Dental Service (160)
VA Medical Center
University & Woodland Avenues
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Dr. Lea Erickson, D.D.S., MSPH
Dental Service (160)
VA Medical Center
500 Foothill Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84148-9998
Michael G. Rinaldi, Ph.D.
Director, Microbiology Section, Mycology Reference Laboratory (113)
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
7400 Merton Minter Boulevard
San Antonio, TX 78284
Dr. Michele J. Saunders
Associate Director for Education/Evaluation
GRECC (182)
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
400 Merton Minter Boulevard
San Antonio, TX 78284
Robert M. Craig, Jr., D.D.S.
Chief, Dental Service (160)
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
7400 Merton Minter Boulevard
San Antonio, TX 78284
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