Artificial Intelligence Methods to Improve The Care of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Generously funded by the CareQuest Foundation, this project aims to develop optimization algorithms for better triaging the patients of the Tufts Special Care Dental Clinics. 

The overall goal is to improve the efficiency of our seven dental clinics in order to increase our capacity to serve.

Athanasios Zavras 
Professor & Chair, TUSDM Department of Public Health and Community Service 
Endowed Delta Dental of Massachusetts Professor in Public Health and Community Service
Associate Dean for Community and Global Affairs, Tufts Dental School Administration 
Graduate Biomedical Sciences Member, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Program

Darren Drag
Assistant Professor, Public Health and Community Service
Public Health and Community Service Director of Tufts Special Care Dental Clinics

Jayapriyaa Shanmugham
Associate Professor, Public Health and Community Service 
Program Director of Dental Public Health, Public Health and Community Service