Names of chairs/co-chairs: Chair: Nigel Pitts, Professor Emeritus, King’s College London; Global Chair Alliance for a Cavity Free Future; Chair ICDAS Foundation

 

Co-chair: Ilze Maldupa, Asst. Prof., Lead Researcher, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health, Rīga Stradiņš University; Latvia; email: ilze.maldupa@rsu.lv 

 

Aim:  

To support EADPH members with information and discussions around Translating Research Evidence into Policy – with caries as an exemplar.

 

Objectives: 

  1. Encouraging collaborations between and within countries, stakeholders and organisations 
  2. Broadening collaboration with: 1) the ACFF Policy Lab Network, 2) the Policy Institute at King’s College London and 3) the FDI’s CDOs and DPH Section/ CECDOs
  3. Sharing key scientific evidence, guidelines and toolkits to drive policy change leading to improvements in caries, oral health and health
  4. Catalysing change within health systems with an implementation “menu” of policy recommendations which ensures that prevention is moved up the agenda

 

The email address of the contact person within SIG : ilze.maldupa@rsu.lv