Delta Dental donates $5M to Tufts Dental School to expand care to underserved populations
Boston, MA - Delta Dental of Massachusetts announced today that it is awarding a $5 million endowment to the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. The funds will be used to create a named academic chair in public health and community service, improve care and access to dental care for persons with special needs and other underserved populations, and expand Tufts' use of a clinical database...Tufts University receives federal grant to address occupational risks among immigrants
The Tufts University School of Engineering has received a four-year grant of $899,644 [100 percent of total project costs] from the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) to advance understanding of occupational health risks among a fast growing but vulnerable segment in the American workforce: immigrant workers. ...... The grant will fund intervention efforts in the city of...New health information resource from Tufts for Asian-language speakers
Boston, MA--April 6, 2005--Tufts University's Health Sciences Library announces today an unprecedented health resource for Asian Americans whose first language is not English. Dubbed SPIRAL for "Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages," it is a Web site ( ), with detailed health information in seven Asian languages, specifically Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Thai and V...