Howard University College of Dentistry Receives $2.2 Million from Health Resources and Services Administration

Dean Leo E. Rouse

The Health Resources and Services Administration recently awarded Howard University College of Dentistry (HUCD) $2,195,800 over a three-year span in support of the Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program. Funding of the Advanced Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry (AEPPD) will facilitate an increase in much needed community outreach efforts and develop culturally competent oral health care professionals in Pediatric Dentistry who, as a result, will provide care to the underserved, uninsured and underinsured populations in the United States and the global community.

“This generous funding enables our continuous efforts to attract the best and brightest African-American and other underprivileged students to Howard in our quest to reduce oral health disparities in the pediatric population in underserved communities,” said Dean Leo E. Rouse, D.D.S., F.A.C.D., Howard University College of Dentistry.

The grant provides stipends and tuition/fees for six first-year and six second-year dentistry residents. Other facilities providing support to the program include Howard University Hospital Children’s National Medical Center, The Spanish Catholic Health Center, The HSC Pediatric Center and Howard University College of Medicine.

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