Singhal receives Aubrey Sheiham Award for Distinguished Research in Dental Public Health Services

Dr. Astha Singhal, Public Policy Center researcher, received the Aubrey Sheiham Award for Distinguished Research in Dental Public Health Services. The award was announced during the International Association for Dental Research, Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Scientific Group meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Singhal's award was for her article, "Eliminating Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage in California Led to Increased Dental Emergency Visits and Associated Costs," which was published in the May 2015 issue of Health Affairs. Co-authors included Dr. Dan Caplan, Chair, Preventive and Community Dentistry; Michael Jones, PPC researcher and faculty in the College of Public Health; Elizabeth T. Momany, associate director of the Health Policy Research Program at the PPC; Dr. Ray Kuthy, PPC researcher and faculty in the Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry; Dr. Christopher Buresh, PPC researcher and faculty in the Carver College of Medicine; Dr. Robert Isman, Medi-Cal Dental Services, Division of the California Department of Health Care Services; and Dr. Peter Damiano, Director of the PPC and faculty in the Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry.