The Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education (Dental Pipeline) program operates under the auspices of the National Program Office (NPO) located at the Center for Community Health Partnerships at Columbia University Medical Center. The NPO brings together the key organizations and committees that make up the national Dental Pipeline program. The following links provide contact information for members of each of the contributing groups.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Staff (RWJF)
The California Endowment Staff
American Dental Education Association
National Program Office Staff
Center for Community Health Partnerships
| Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education National Program Office 630 West 168th Street, P&S Box 100 New York, NY 10032 |
Tel (212) 305-3288 |
Co-Directors
Allan J. Formicola, D.D.S., M.S.
Howard Bailit, D.M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Kim D'Abreu, M.P.H.
Communications Specialist
Ashley Cross
Project Coordinator
Cynthia Dunbar
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
| P.O. Box 2316 College Road East and Route 1 Princeton, NJ 08543 |
Tel (888) 631-9989 |
Senior Program Officer
Judith S. Stavisky, M.P.H., M.Ed.
Senior Program Officer for Research and Evaluation
Laura C. Leviton, Ph.D.
Communications Officer
Linda Wright Moore
Grants Administrator
Sophia Kounelias
| 21650 Oxnard Street Suite 1200 Woodland Hills, California 91367 |
Tel (818) 703-3311 |
Public Policy Director
Barbara Masters
Program Associate
George Zamora, M.P.A.
External Communications Associate
Jeff Okey
Program Assistant
Frida Hatami
| One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058 |
Tel (269) 968-1611 |
Program Director
Barbara J. Sabol
Program Assistant
Carol Laird
Communications Manager
Jacquelynne Borden-Conyer
American Dental Education Association
| 1400 K Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 |
Tel (202) 289-7201 |
Associate Executive Director, and Director, Center for Equity and Diversity
Jeanne Sinkford
Director, Program Services, Center for Equity and Diversity
Sonja Harrison
National Evaluation Team
Principal Investigator
| Ronald Andersen Ph.D. UCLA School of Public Health Department of Health Services 650 Charles E. Young Drive, South Box 951772 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772 |
Tel (310) 206-1810 |
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National Evaluation Study Director and Co-Investigator
| Pamela Davidson, Ph.D. UCLA School of Public Health Department of Health Services 650 Charles E. Young Drive, South Box 951772, 31-269-CHS Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772 |
Tel (310) 825-7188 |
National Advisory Committee
Caswell A. Evans Jr., D.D.S., M.P.H. (Chair)
Associate Dean for Prevention and Public Health Sciences
Director, Center for Prevention and Oral Health Services
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry
Former Director, National Oral Health Initiatives
Office of the Surgeon General
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
Charles J. Alexander, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Students
University of California at San Francisco
School of Dentistry
Robert M. Anderton, D.D.S., J.D., L.L.M.
Past President, American Dental Association
Private Practice
Carrollton, Texas
William Dodge, D.D.S.
Director of Clinical Operations
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dental School
A. Isabel Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Special Assistant for Science Transfer
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Ernest L. Garcia, Jr., D.D.S.
Treasurer, Hispanic Dental Association
Private Practice
Marysville, CA
George Jenkins, D.M.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Dental School
Julia Graham Lear, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
Washington D.C.
J. Bernard Machen, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
President
The University of Florida
Kimberly McFarland, D.D.S., M.H.S.A.
Dental Health Director
Nebraska Health and Human Services System
Edward R. Scott II, D.M.D.
Past President, The National Dental Association
Private Practice
Tallahassee, FL
Jerry A. Tahsequah
Associate Director
Native American Center of Excellence
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Special Representatives to the NAC Committee
Henrie Treadwell, Ph.D.
Senior Social Scientist
Morehouse School of Medicine, National Center for Primary Care
Richard W. Valachovic, D.M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director
American Dental Education Association
National Liaison Committee
Dionne Colbert, M.S., D.D.S., M.P.H.
Nanston Dental Group, Private Practice
Dushanka Kleinman, M.Sc.D., D.D.S.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
Ivan Lugo, D.M.D., M.B.A.
President
Hispanic Dental Association
Susan A. Maxwell, M.S.W.
Executive Director
National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
Dennis A. Mitchell, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Assistant Dean for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
Laura M. Neumann, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Associate Executive Director
American Dental Association
Lonnie H. Norris, D.M.D.
Dean
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Jeremiah Putnam, M.S., Ph.D.
National Association of Advisors to the Health Professions
Premedical/Predental Director, Davidson College
Sarena Seifer, M.D.
Executive Director
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Jeanne C. Sinkford, D.D.S.
Associate Executive Director
American Dental Education Association
George Blue Spruce, Jr., D.D.S., M.P.H.
President
Society of American Indian Dentists
Gregory Stoute, D.M.D., M.P.H.
Immediate Past President of the National Dental Association
Director of Minority Affairs, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Karen P. West, D.M.D., M.P.H.
ADEA- Council of Faculties
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Kentucky College of Dentistry
