The Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders (AOHAB) is proud to join the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD) for its annual conference, which will be held at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona, June 5-8, 2025.
The conference will bring together graduates of AOHAB’s revolutionary Global Oral Health Student Leadership Program from around the world for an inspiring and meaningful weekend. It will be a meeting of the minds, bringing together the medical and dental communities to explore how to better coordinate intellectual and developmental health care.
The theme for the 2025 AADMD conference is “Phoenix Rising: A New Era of Intellectual Health,” inspired by the host city and reflecting a collective commitment to advancing care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
We are pleased to announce that the following young professional leaders from around the world will be attending this conference:
Anju James | India | Project: Knowledge and beliefs about children’s oral health among community health workers in Kerala, India – A cross-sectional study
Aws Mahmood Abdal Faidy | Iraq | Project: Oral health issues among refugees and internally displaced persons
Eric Holmes | United States | Project: ADHD and dental avoidance in adults
Iman Kedir Mudsir | Ethiopia | Project: Raising awareness about oral cancer prevention and early detection among primary care workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jaint Kumar | Pakistan | Project: Oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices among caregivers of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Karachi, Pakistan – A cross-sectional study
Julien Musangu | Zambia | Project: Insights into knowledge, attitudes and practices related to the development of dental caries among school children at Mahopo Community School in Lusaka, Zambia
May Salama | United States | Project: Prevalence and determinants of preventive dental care among pregnant women in Virginia: Findings from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Sharon Jola | Zambia | Project: Impact of school-based oral health education on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary caregivers of children at Holly Special School in Ndola, Zambia
Titus Bisani Johnson | Nigeria | Project: Assessing oral health care needs in internally displaced persons camps in Mongu Local Government Area, Plateau State, Nigeria
Kirin Nagdeo | United States | Project: Exploring the integration of oral health in the World Health Organization’s strategic development goals
Milena Hegenauer | Germany | Project: Sustainable oral health for youth: empowering the next generation for a greener, healthier future
Das Hindol | India | Project: Parents, teachers, and caregivers’ perspectives on the long-term sustainability of oral health curricula in schools in India
Clement Bonheur | Rwanda | Alumni attendance, no project
Cross-border Oral Health Alliance Participation AADMD The impact of the conference resonated deeply with their faculty mentors:
Dr. Margaret Wandela, AOHAB faculty mentor and lecturer from Uganda, shared, “This is why we formed the Cross-Border Oral Health Alliance – to build and expand this network… I actually feel very inspired to be a part of something like this.”
Dr. Marion Bergman added, “This program continues to grow stronger every year thanks to the amazing team of mentors that AOHAB has assembled.”
Dr. Joseph R. Greenberg, AOHAB mentor and lecturer from Philadelphia, recalled, “The AADMD conferences I attended as an AOHAB group member were amazing. The warmth and camaraderie displayed by our student leaders, alumni, and faculty far exceeded expectations.
The programs held by AADMD have inspired empathy for the causes they are engaged in and have influenced our own programs to assist people with intellectual disabilities. This has definitely made our international network stronger and deeper!”
These reflections affirm the value of shared vision, cross-border mentorship, and the lasting bonds formed through collaborative leadership in global oral health.
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