Faculty Profile


Yolanda A. Slaughter, DDS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Dental Care Systems, School of Dental Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Ann Slaughter, DDS, MPH
Assistant Professor, Dental Care Systems
Course Director for Geriatric Dentistry
University of Pennsylvania - School of Dental Medicine

4001 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6003

email: yas@pobox.upenn.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dental care for older adults.


Biographical Sketch

Ann Slaughter is assistant professor at the School of Dental Medicine, serves as the Course Director for geriatric dentistry, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing. She received her DDS degree from Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry and completed general dentistry post-graduate training at the University of Rochester Eastman Dental Center. She completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the University of Connecticut Travelers Center on Aging and her MPH degree in epidemiology at the University of Michigan. Her research is directed towards developing health promotion interventions to address oral health disparities among African American elders.

Awards and Honors

  • 2002 Brookdale National Fellow

Selected Publications

Slaughter, A., Katz, R.V., Grasso, J.E. Academic Prosthodontists Perceptions of Denture Adhesives: A Delphi Kungshoman Elders Oral Health Study: Baseline TMD Findings. Journal of Dental Research 1998; Vol: 77:162(454).

Slaughter, A., Katz, R.V., Grasso, J.E. Professional attitudes toward denture adhesives: A Delphi technique survey of academic prosthodontists. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. 82(1):80-9, 1999 Jul.

Selected Links

PENN CURRENT ONLINE: Sensitive dentists for sensitive smiles (Oct 17, 2002)
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2002/101702/research.html


SDM NEWS: SDM Research Assessing Oral Health Care Perceptions, Needs Among African American Elders (Jun 12, 2002)
http://www.dental.upenn.edu/about/news/061202_Slaughter.htm

InteliHealth: Ask The Dental Expert: General Dentistry Archives
http://ipn.intelihealth.com/IPN/ihtIPNDNT/WSIPD000/25903/25920/345402.html
Aetna's 2004 Calendar of African American History: SMILES - A look at African Americans in DENTISTRY. (Dr. Ann Slaugher is featured for September 2004)
http://www.aetna.com/diversity/aahcalendar/2004/september.html http://www.aetna.com/diversity/aahcalendar/2004/septprofile.html


 
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Last updated August 14, 2004