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In memory of Anthony Westwater Jong and in recognition of his commitment to community-based dental public health, his strong and highly acclaimed mentoring of students, and his emphasis on the importance of state, local and community-based public health action, the Oral Health Section of APHA requests nominations for the 2010 Pre- and Post-Professional Awards:
The Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Community Dental Health Pre-Professional Award, sponsored by Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recognizes an outstanding community-based research or service project of an oral health nature carried out by a pre-doctoral dental student, or a dentist who has graduated within the preceding 12 months from an ADA-accredited dental school, or a dental hygiene student, or a hygienist who has graduated from an accredited school of dental hygiene in the United States within the preceding 12 months. Up to two Pre-Professional Awards will be granted each year. The award provides two recipients a $200 cash award, a copy of Jong’s Community Dental Health, 5th Edition, a one-year membership in the APHA Oral Health Section, the registration fee to the APHA Annual Meeting, a plaque commemorating the occasion to be presented at the APHA Annual Meeting, and two tickets to attend the Oral Health Section Dinner following the Awards ceremony.
The Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Community Dental Health Post-professional Award, sponsored by OMNI Preventive Care, A 3M ESPE Company, recognizes an outstanding community-based research or service project of an oral health nature carried out by a dentist, physician, dental hygienist, nurse, nurse practitioner, social worker and/or other professional with an interest in oral health who is currently enrolled in: 1) an ASPH accredited School of Public Health, 2) a CEPH accredited School of Public Health or Graduate Public Health Program, 3) an ADA-accredited Dental Public Health Program, or 4) a graduate level/university-based program with a significant course of study in public health related courses, or who has graduated from one of the aforementioned programs in the preceding 12 months. Though applicants are not required to have a degree in dentistry, dental public health or dental hygiene, the application of community-based dental public health principles to the design of the project must be clear. One Post-Professional Award will be granted per year. The award provides the recipient with a $200 cash award, a copy of Jong’s Community Dental Health, 5th Edition, a one-year membership in the APHA Oral Health Section, the registration fee to the APHA Annual Meeting, a plaque commemorating the occasion to be presented at the APHA Annual Meeting, and two tickets to attend the Oral Health Section Dinner following the Awards ceremony, hotel expenses (three nights, up to $600), and transportation to the Annual Meeting, up to $300.
Application Procedure:
It is preferred, but not required, that applicants be nominated by a current member of APHA. If the nominator is not an APHA member, s/he must be a faculty member who knew the applicant well during the applicant’s period of training. Applicants currently enrolled in a degree program must be in good academic standing. All applicants are required to submit to the APHA Oral Health Section Jong Award Committee a completed application together with a narrative description (no more than 1,500 words) of the applicant’s community-based dental public health research or service project. Click here for a detailed description of the nomination procedure and application form.
The deadline for applications is May 14, 2010. Applications should be sent to:
Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Award Committee
C/O Magda A. de la Torre RDH, BS, MPH
Assistant Professor
Departments of Dental Hygiene & Community Dentistry
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive MC 6244
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
Phone: (210) 567-8834, Fax: (210) 567-8843
E-mail: delatorrem@uthscsa.edu
Decisions will be announced by July 1, 2010
For more information about the Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Community Dental Public Health Student Awards, please contact the 2010 Committee Chair:
Amos Deinard, MDS, MPH
E-mail deina001@umn.edu Phone: (612) 377-1020
Tax-deductible contributions can be made to the Anthony Westwater Jong Community Dental Health Student Awards Enrichment Fund at APHA. Click here for the donation form.