This November we were honoured to have A/Prof Erin Hartnett, the program director of Oral Health Nursing and Practice (OHNEP) from the New York University College of Nursing come and visit COHORT. As part of this visit, A/Prof Hartnett gave the following presentations:

Linking oral health with overall health: Nurses essential role in value-based care

Senior oral health: the missing piece in whole person care

The impact of nursing on oral health across the lifespan

We thank Erin for her time here, and look forward to many more collaborations with her!

One of our PhD students, Ariana Villarosa, shared about educating the community with the Ingham Institute. She specifically shared her experiences in building partnerships with Aboriginal communities and conducting research with them. Watch the full video here:

https://inghaminstitute.org.au/awards2019/

COHORT was well represented this year at the 4^th Asia Pacific Regional Congress of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR-APR 2019) held in Brisbane from 28-30 Nov 2019. One of COHORT’s PhD students, Nidhi Saraswat, presented a systematic review of general medical practitioners’ views towards oral cancer, and was also asked to chair a session at the conference.

In addition, COHORT’s director, Ajesh George, presented a study on providing undergraduate oral health training to midwifery students in Sydney. We are very proud of these researchers in spreading the word regarding our current projects!