Coordinating and overseeing implementation of the 5-year “Dental-Child Interaction Training”
(DCIT) project in the UF College of Dentistry, (UFCD) in collaboration with the University of Arkansas, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and West Virginia University. This includes recruiting and working with dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and other dental staff in offices, clinics, and practices in the community in the four states (and surrounding regions). This also includes working across institutions with a research coordinators at University of Arkansas and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and submitting IRB protocols (in collaboration with a UFCD regulatory compliance staff member), assuring compliance with all relevant IRB and other regulatory requirements, overseeing recruitment, training others in providing informed consent, developing and maintaining the schedule for the studies, assisting with study finances (purchasing supplies, materials, equipment, and services) and human subjects payments, monitoring budgets, and providing reports to the co-PIs regarding study progress and challenges. Providing coordination and support to other research projects in the co-PI’s research program.

Supervising research trainees, volunteers, and part-time research assistants. This role includes ensuring that they have completed all IRB-required training, training them in experimental methods, and supervising their data collection and data entry activities.

Working with dental offices in the community to recruit parent/child pairs into research. Assisting in the development and implementation of recruitment activities and materials for
subject recruitment and retention.

Presenting DCIT content to dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and other dental staff and serving as a trainer in conducting continuing education workshops.