Jane L. Forrest
BSDH, MS, EdD
Experience
Professor Emerita
Dental Public Health & Behavioral Dentistry
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
Los Angeles, California
Qualifications & Accomplishments
- Director, National Center for Dental Hygiene Research & Practice, Inc.
- Planned, implemented and evaluated global research conferences.
- Received over $3.1 million in federal, association and industry funding for educational research, projects and programs.
- Retired from the University of Southern California, effective September 30, 2019.
- 40 years of education, research and consulting experience via full-time faculty appointments at the University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore, MD; Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, PA; and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
- 10 years of business experience & ownership – staffing and practice management consulting.
- Serve on American and International editorial review boards for dental and dental hygiene publications.
- Invited external reviewer of research priorities, standards of clinical practice and systematic reviews for American and International Organizations.
- Published 96 scientific articles; developed 14 online courses and book chapters on evidence-based decision making (EBDM), and 2 textbooks and faculty guides on EBDM.
- Presented over 135 programs at local, national and international meetings.
- Served on the Board of Trusties of the ADHA.
- Served on association and federal grant review committees.
- Received the 2017 ADA/AADR Evidence-based Dentistry Award, Accomplished Faculty Category.
- Research, Academic and Consulting interests:
- Evidence based/Clinical Decision-making
- Prevention of Oral Diseases
- Self-assessment
- Quality Assurance
