DEA Scholarship Provides Faculty With Leadership Skills for Advancement

DEA Scholarship Provides Faculty With Leadership Skills for Advancement

SEATTLE, March 19, 2013 — During the Opening Session

of the 2013 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition on March 17, the American

Dental Education Association (ADEA) named Pamella P. Shaw, D.M.D.,

Ph.D., the seventh ADEA/Colgate-Palmolive Co./National Dental

Association (NDA) Jeanne C. Sinkford Scholar in the ADEA Leadership

Institute.

Dr. Shaw is Associate Dean in the Office of Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion at the Indiana University School of Dentistry. She will be

provided a scholarship to the ADEA Leadership Institute, a year-long

program designed to develop the nation’s most promising individuals at

academic dental institutions to become future leaders in dental and

higher education.

“Colgate is pleased to join ADEA and the NDA in supporting this award.

Our contribution to this scholarship and our ongoing support of ADEA

and the NDA represent our dedication to the future of dental education.

We congratulate Dr. Shaw, and wish her the best of luck in her

endeavors,” says Barbara Shearer, B.D.S., M.D.S., Ph.D., Director of

Scientific Affairs at the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Each year the ADEA/Colgate-Palmolive Co./NDA Jeanne C. Sinkford

Scholarship provides the opportunity for a dental educator who is

closely aligned with the promotion of equity and diversity to

participate in the ADEA Leadership Institute. Jeanne C. Sinkford,

D.D.S., Ph.D., was the first woman to become dean of a U.S. dental

school (Howard University College of Dentistry). She is a renowned

scholar and champion of the advancement of women in dental education,

the dental profession, and the medical sciences. Dr. Sinkford is

currently a Senior Scholar-in-Residence at ADEA.

“ADEA is proud to have the support of the Colgate-Palmolive Company and

the National Dental Association to provide Dr. Shaw with the

opportunity to participate in the ADEA Leadership Institute, and to aid

in her service to minority women and men hoping to become dental

students and educators,” says ADEA President Gerald N. Glickman,

D.D.S., M.S., M.B.A., J.D.

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