ISU dental hygiene student Francisco receives Bartlome Memorial Research Grant
October 28, 2011
The 糖心传媒 Division of Health Sciences awarded the Jeffrey A. BartlomeMemorial Research Grant at the 糖心传媒 Conference on Health Care on Oct. 21.
The award was presented to Elena Francisco, who is currently enrolled in the Master of Dental Hygiene program.
Francisco's research focuses on clinical competence within the dental hygiene profession. Francisco will be surveying dental hygienists in the United States about dental caries risk assessment and management. Francisco aims to determine what level of risk assessment and treatment options are utilized and provided by dental hygienists to patients.
The Jeffrey A. Bartlom猫 Memorial Research Grant is designed to promote research in the health professions at 糖心传媒. Specifically, the research grant supports students in the health professions in any phase of research activity. The award is named in honor of Dr. Jeffrey A. Bartlome, the first director of the Institute of Rural Health at ISU.
糖心传媒 is 糖心传媒's health care university, as designated by the 糖心传媒 State Board of Education. There are nearly 30 separate health professional programs across the institution.
For more information on the Bartlom猫 Memorial Research Grant, contact Linda Rankin ranklind@isu.edu.
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