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Webinar: Decolonizing Oral Health Research, Methodologies, and Education

Description

The IADR Global Oral Health Inequalities Research Network (GOHIRN) is hosting an interactive, virtual webinar the second in a series that targets early career researchers and students. This session aims to empower the future generation of academics to consider equitable collaborations, improving the diversity of publications, and self-reflecting on Euro-American centric approaches in academia. Considering the perspectives of the diverse groups of academics and populations we serve is essential to conducting research that can have a meaningful impact.

This webinar will be held on Zoom and feature speakers who can share their experiences of decolonizing oral health research, methodologies and education. The speakers will provide advice on practical steps that early career researchers and students can take to decolonize their own practice and advocate for change within their institutions.

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand which practices contribute to Euro-American centric approaches within research and their impact on oral health research inequity
  2. Discuss practical ways in which researchers and educators can reflect upon and challenge their own Euro-American centric approaches
  3. Learn of opportunities the panelists are engaged in and avenues of community involvement, make meaningful connections, become involved within the GOHIRN network, and create links to engage in future research, policy, and clinical care collaborations

Sponsored By:

IADR Global Oral Health Inequalities Research Network (GOHIRN)

Financial Interest Disclosure:

None

This webinar is not Eligible for Continuing Education.

Contributors

  • Brianna Poirier

    Indigenous Oral Health Unit, University of Adelaide

    Brianna is a non-Indigenous settler Canadian who is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Indigenous Oral Health Unit at the University of Adelaide. Brianna has a PhD in Dentistry and a Master of Science degree in Applied Human Nutrition. Brianna's current research relates to the impact of neoliberal political and economic ideologies and structural racism on Indigenous oral health, social and emotional wellbeing, and health sovereignty utilising a range of critical, qualitative, and decolonising methodologies. Over the past 5 years, Brianna has had the honour of partnering and working alongside First Nations Communities in Canada, as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Australia.

  • Eleanor Fleming

    University of Maryland School of Dentistry

    Eleanor Fleming, PhD, DDS, MPH (she/her/hers) is a scholar.1,2

    1     To learn about Eleanor’s professional background: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-fleming-phd-dds-mph-35ab9a2b/.
    2 To learn more about Eleanor’s scholarship: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1LU9iugWm8nslp/bibliography/public/

  • Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan

    Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan is a distinguished alumna of Obafemi Awolowo University. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration, a Master’s degree in Education Administration, a PhD, and a Fellowship from the West African College of Surgeons. She is a Fellow of the Nigeria Academy of Science, serves on the Board of the Society for AIDS in Africa, and is the Africa and Middle East Region Director of the IADR Behavioral, Epidemiologic, and Health Services Research Group

  • Madison Cachagee

    Indigenous Oral Health Unit, University of Adelaide

    Madison is a proud Mushkegowuk woman from Chapleau Cree First Nation. She is currently enrolled in a Master's program that focuses on fostering an anti-racist dental health system in Australia with the Indigenous Oral Health Unit at the University of Adelaide. Madison believes in the integration of land-based healing practices to support self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Australia and First Nation Communities in Canada. Madison supports reciprocal knowledge exchange and believes in the power of reconnecting with ancestral lands as a vital component of reclaiming and reviving Indigenous cultures.

  • Arish Naresh

    Associate Professor Arish Naresh is an Executive Committee member of the Global Oral Health Inequalities Research Network and President of the International Oral Health Association. With a strong commitment to reducing oral health inequities, Arish serves as an Oral Health Advisor for Community Oral Health Services at Health New Zealand Tairawhiti, bringing his expertise to advocate for better access to oral healthcare services. Arish also teaches as part of the Masters of Oral Health for Politek Semarang and is a regular speaker/panelist in health and leadership conferences globally. Arish has also recently commenced as a Staff Member at the College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, leading their clinical governance project. Arish's passion for addressing oral health disparities has garnered recognition, leading to the prestigious Order of New Zealand Merit in 2020 for outstanding contributions to the community and dentistry field.

  • Joelle Booth

    Joelle Booth is an NIHR academic Dental Public Health Registrar in the South West of England and at the University of Plymouth. Joelle is a GOHIRN student representative. Her research interest focuses on engaging underrepresented groups in research with a particular focus on justice health. Joelle’s research utilises a participatory action research approach to address complex oral health problems.

August 14, 2024
Wed 8:00 AM EDT

Duration 1H 0M

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