About Us
Our network comprises a national administrative & resource center based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a network data coordinating center based at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, six regional nodes, and a specialty node.
The Administrative & Resource Center (ARC) comprises national network administration and specific activities: (1) Practitioner Recruitment & Engagement Component (PREC); (2) Practitioner Training Component (PTC); (3) Practitioner & Patient Compensation System (PPCS); and (4) the Communications & Dissemination (C&D) Component. The ARC is administratively based at UAB, with the PREC and PTC elements based at the University of Florida.
Gregg H. Gilbert, DDS, MBA, FAAHD, FICD
National Network Director
Email: [email protected]
Joana Cunha-Cruz, DDS, PhD
National Director of Communications & Dissemination
Email: [email protected]
Valeria V. Gordan, DDS, MS, MS-CI
National Director for PREC/PTC
Email: [email protected]
Muna Anabtawi, DDS, MS, CCRP*
National Program Manager, also responsible for the PPCS
Email: [email protected]
Brittni M. Ball, MS
National Program Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Administratively based at the Center for Health Research, Portland, OR. This region comprises Alaska, American Samoa, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Jeffrey L. Fellows, PhD
Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Chalinya Ingphakorn*
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (971) 231-8490
Christine Catlin
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (971) 369-0655
Administratively based at the HealthPartners Research Foundation in Minneapolis, MN. This region comprises Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Brad Rindal, DDS
Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
José Maldonado-Ortiz, DDS, PhD
Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Sarah Basile, RDH, MPH*
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (952) 967-5277
Chris Enstad, BS
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (952) 967-5007
Heather A Weidner, RDH, BSDH
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (952) 967-5298
Amanda Gillesby, MPH, CPH, RDH
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (952) 967-9369
Administratively based at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in San Antonio, TX. This region comprises Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
David Cochran DDS PhD
Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Rahma Mungia BDS MSC DDPHRCS*
Assistant Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Ashley Spencer
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Kayla Garcia
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Administratively based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL. This region comprises Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Gregg H. Gilbert, DDS, MBA, FAAHD, FICD
Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Joana Cunha-Cruz, DDS, PhD
Assistant Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Muna Anabtawi, DDS, MS, CCRP
Regional Program Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (205) 934-2578
Aleena Potluri, BS
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (205) 975-3113
Brittni M. Ball, MS*
Regional Node Program Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Administratively based at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. This region comprises Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Valeria V. Gordan, DDS, MS, MS-CI
Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Brenda E. Thacker, RDH, CCRP*
Grant Manager, Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (352) 273-5836
James “Danny” Johnson
Assistant Research Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (352) 273-5857
Administratively based at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. This region comprises Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, US Virgin Islands, and Vermont.
Dorota Kopycka-Kedzierawski, DDS MPH
Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Cyril Meyerowitz, DDS, MS
Assistant Regional Node Director
Email: [email protected]
Kathy Bohn*
Administrator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 273-5272
Rita Cacciato
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 275-9001
Pat Ragusa
Regional Node Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 275-5780
The Specialty Node is administratively based at the University of Illinios at Chicago.
Veerasathpurush (Sath) Allareddy, BDS, MBA, MHA, PhD, MMSc
National Director of Specialty Node
Email: [email protected]
The National Coordinating Center for the national network is administratively based at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research.
Mary Ann McBurnie, PhD
NCC Director
Email: [email protected]
* Main contact
