Mission
Prepare the dental workforce to address social drivers of health in clinical practice.
Vision
All health care providers have a role in addressing social drivers of health to improve health.
Project SOCIAL aims to prepare the dental workforce with the competencies to address social drivers of health in clinical care.
Values
- Person- and family-centered care
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Culturally and linguistically appropriate care
- Health literacy
- Teamwork
Maria Dolce, PhD, RN
Professor, Comprehensive Care
Director, Interprofessional Education & Practice
Principal Investigator, Project SOCIAL
Project Team
Amirah M. Louissaint
Project Administrator, Comprehensive Care
Karin Arsenault, DMD, MPH, FACD, FPFA
Associate Professor
Clinical Program Director, Geriatric Dentistry Public Health and Community Service
Cynthia Yered Mclaughlin, DMD
Associate Professor, Director, Community Service-Learning Externship Program and Deputy Director, Global Community Service Learning (GCSL) Public Health and Community Service
Executive Steering Committee
Aikaterini Papathanasiou, DMD, DDS, MBA, FICD
Professor & Chair, Comprehensive Care
Jonathan Stephens, MD, DDS
Assistant Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Chief Medical Officer, TUSDM
Thanos Zavras, DDS, MS, DrMEDSC
Professor and Chair, Public Health and Community Service, TUSDM
Associate Dean, Community and Global Affairs, TUSDM
Professor, Delta Dental of MA
Expert Advisory Panel
Executive Director, Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine Director, Global and Community Health Lecturer, Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Director of Health Sciences, Pathway Programs, Professor of Health Sciences, Co-Chair, Boston Interprofessional Education Leadership Group, School of Arts and Sciences
Clinical Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Assistant Dean for DEI Educational and Student Initiatives Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Oral Health Advocate
Formerly CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
Associate Director Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine
Director of Educational Technology Adjunct Instructor, General Dentistry and Comprehensive Care New York University College of Dentistry
Assistant Dean of Clinical Skills and Simulation Education, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy and Health Systems Science, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Northeastern University
This Integrated Care to Address Complexities of Oral Health project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,502,103 with 0.0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.