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 | Matthews, Debora |
Email: debora.matthews@dal.ca |
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Professor, Department of Dental Clinical Sciences
Director, Periodontics, Graduate Periodontics | ||
Academic Credentials:
BSc (Alberta), DDS (Alberta), Dip. Perio (Toronto), MSc (McMaster)
Research Interests:
Patient-reported outcomes
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
Oral health disparities in vulnerable populations
Research Projects:
| Opioid Prescribing by Dentists in NS | |||||
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| Start Date: | 2016 | End Date: | 2018 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | K Jimoh (graduate student) | ||||
| Network for Canadian Oral Health Research | |||||
| Description: | NCOHR is the primary resource for initiating, supporting, and sustaining innovative and collaborative oral health research designed to benefit the health of all Canadians: Healthy mouths - healthy bodies. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ncohr-rcrsb.ca | ||||
| Feasibility Study of a New Acellular Dermal Membrane Allograft (ADMA) for Root Coverage | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Faculty of Dentistry Research Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2014 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | P Gratzer | ||||
| 'Kungatsiajuk': Supporting the Healthy Smiles of NunatuKavut Children | |||||
| Description: | A three-year research study on the oral health of children living in south-east Labrador. This research project brings together two kinds of knowledge – biomedical knowledge and Indigenous knowledge – to make an unique contribution to our understanding of the oral health of Aboriginal children. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Operating Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2014 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | PI's: D Martin, M McNally, H Castleden | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/projects/kungatsiajuk/ | ||||
| Brushing up on Mouthcare: Facilitating uptake of a daily oral care program in Continuing Care | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR KT Supplement | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2013 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M McNally (PI), J. Clovis and 4 others | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/projects/oral-care/ | ||||
| Canadian EDB Workshops | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Dissemination Events | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2012 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | C Flores (PI) | ||||
| Labrador Children's Oral Health Survey | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Health Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2012 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M McNally, F Kraglund (co-PI's) | ||||
| The oral health status and access to oral health services of recent immigrants and refugees in Nova Scotia | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation Capacity Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2010 | End Date: | 2011 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | E. Ghiabi (PI), J. Clovis, F. Kraglund, S. Weerasinghe, I. Waldron | ||||
| Changing Demographics: The Oral Health of our Aging Population | |||||
| Description: | An observational, cross-sectional survey of the oral health status, service utilization and treatment needs of Nova Scotians aged 45 years and older. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Regional Partnership Program Grant (with NSHRF and Health Canada) | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2010 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | J Clovis (co-PI), M Filiaggi, M McNally, P Allison, S Kirkland, H Lawrence | ||||
| Link: | http://www.dal.ca/faculty/dentistry/research/research-projects/oral-health-aging.html | ||||
| Impact of Orofacial Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis on Health Related Quality of Life | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2010 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Collaborator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M Gornitsky (PI) | ||||
| Oral Care in Continuing Care Settings: Collaborating to Improve Policies and Practices | |||||
| Description: | This study seeks to examine the integration of oral health care, with particular emphasis on daily mouth care, for frail and dependant older adults in a variety of continuing care settings. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | NSHRF | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2011 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M McNally (PI) and eight others | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/projects/oral-care/ | ||||
| Increasing Capacity to Inform Oral Health Policy Regarding Vulnerable Populations and the KT Plan | |||||
| Description: | A collaboration of clinican-researchers at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and a diverse group of stakeholders in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) (including decision-makers, health services providers and researchers). The goal of this research study is to plan ways to measure and monitor oral health status and to guide policy aimed at improving the oral health of vulnerable populations on the east coast, beginning with the senior population. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Seed Grant – Disparities in Oral Health | ||||
| Start Date: | 2009 | End Date: | 2010 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | J Clovis (PI), S Bornstein (co-PI), M Filiaggi, M McNally, C Donovan, S Cobban, P Hornett | ||||
| Link: | http://www.dal.ca/faculty/dentistry/research/research-projects/oral-health-capacity.html | ||||
| Developing a team to address oral health disparities in Canada | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Seed Grant – Disparities in Oral Health | ||||
| Start Date: | 2007 | End Date: | 2009 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | P Allison (PI), C Bedos (co-PI) | ||||
| Knowledge Translation in the Research Community: A Symposium for Oral Health Researchers | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR KT Workshop | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2008 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Canadian Clinical Preventive Guidelines for Newly Arriving Immigrants and Refugees: Dental Caries and Periodontal Disease | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Health Canada Office of the Chief Dental Officer Contract | ||||
| Start Date: | 2007 | End Date: | 2008 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M McNally (PI) | ||||
| Seniors Oral Health: Are Treatment Recommendations Followed Up? | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR – Network for Oral Research Training and Health | ||||
| Start Date: | 2007 | End Date: | 2007 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Update on the AAP periodontal literature review | |||||
| Funding Agency: | American Academy of Periodontics | ||||
| Start Date: | 2009 | End Date: | 2011 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M Goldberg (PI) | ||||
| Oral Health Assessments for Seniors: Planning an Atlantic Canadian Strategy | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Research Development and Translation Initiatives | ||||
| Start Date: | 2006 | End Date: | 2006 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | J Clovis (PI), M Filiaggi, M McNally | ||||
| Oral Health Status and Access to Care for Nova Scotia Seniors: A Pilot Project | |||||
| Funding Agency: | NSHRF Collaborative Health Research Program | ||||
| Start Date: | 2004 | End Date: | 2007 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | J Clovis (co-PI), M Filiaggi, M McNally, P Allison, S Kirkland | ||||