The National Institutes of Health awarded UC San Francisco approximately $21 million to decrease dental health disparities between poor and rich children, according to San Francisco Business Times.
Here are five facts:
1. The funding will be broken down into three parts:
- Approximately $11 million will fund the Coordinating Center to Help Eliminate/Reduce Oral Health Inequalities in Children at UCSF.
- Up to $4.8 million will be used to evaluate prevention and treatment programs in Oregon.
- Up to $4.8 million will design incentives for caregivers to prevent tooth decay, access health outcomes and determine cost effectives in low-income Hispanic neighborhoods in Los Angeles County.
2. The funding is comprised of three research grants which are up to five years each.
3. The grants are part of a larger NIH initiative to reduce the dental care gap in poor and minority populations.
4. In the past, UCSF won two consecutive seven-year NIH grants for a total value of $35 million. The grants were used to develop UCSF's "Can Do" center.
5. The Can Do Center is headed by Professor Stuart Gansky who has conducted clinical tooth decay prevention trials in San Francisco and San Diego.
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