Congratulations to Dr. Mary Ellen Macdonald and collaborators for being awarded a total of $25,000 in Innovation grants and $15,000 in student stipend awards from º«¹úÂãÎè’s VOICE (Views On Interdisciplinary Childhood Ethics)
VOICE Innovation Grant ($20,000)
Project: Working with Montreal schools to advance oral health care with refugeedÌýchildren and their families
Mary Ellen Macdonald, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, º«¹úÂãÎè
Beatriz Ferraz Dos Santos, DDS, MSc, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, º«¹úÂãÎè; Research Director, Division of Dentistry, Montreal Children's Hospital
VOICE Innovation Grant ($5,000)
Project: Advancing Knowledge on Early Childhood Caries Prevention for Refugeed Children: a partnership between the Montreal Children’s Hospital’s Division of Dentistry and the Multicultural Clinic.
Mary Ellen Macdonald, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, º«¹úÂãÎè
Beatriz Ferraz Dos Santos, DDS, MSc, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, º«¹úÂãÎè; Research Director, Division of Dentistry, Montreal Children's Hospital;
Annie Marleau, DMD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, º«¹úÂãÎè; Chief, Division of Dentistry, Montreal Children's Hospital;
Louise T Auger, MD, PhD, FAAP, FRPC, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, º«¹úÂãÎè; Head, Multicultural Clinic, Montreal Children’s Hospital
VOICE Doctoral stipend award ($10,000)
Project: The implementation of the Affordable Health Initiative Health Promoting School (AHi HPS) program in underserved and rural communities in Nigeria.
Trainee: Olawale Dudubo, Program of study: PhD in Oral Health Sciences
VOICE supervisor: Dr. Mary Ellen Macdonald (with Dr. Belinda Nicolau)
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VOICE Student stipend award ($5,000)
Project title: A knowledge synthesis project addressing the impact of therapy-related side effects on the oral health and quality of life of children with cancer.
Trainee: Apoorva Sharma, Program of study: MSc Dental Sciences (Thesis)
VOICE supervisor: Dr. Mary Ellen Macdonald