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Developing an oral health screening tool for an integrated model of care to reduce treatment-related oral morbidity in head and neck cancer survivor

Award Number: K23DE028010
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/01/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2025

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Developing an oral health screening tool for an integrated model of care to reduce treatment-related oral morbidity in head and neck cancer survivor - Summary Approximately 62,000 Americans develop head and neck cancer (HNC) each year. Cancer treatments can result in a myriad of changes to the normal function of the oral structures. These treatment-related oral morbidities can persist for the duration of the patient’s life leaving HNC survivors in a state of rapidly deteriorating oral health. In addition to other barriers to oral care likely experienced by HNC survivors, many of these patients are uninsured and cannot afford dental visits to maintain surveillance of their oral condition. Failure to identify these oral morbidities early can result in expensive, less effective treatments that contribute to poor quality of life. In response to this shortfall, Dr. Derek Smith (PI) is proposing a career development project which will improve our understanding of the barriers to care and develop the statistical infrastructure required to implement a novel oral care model. The proposed model of care would integrate medical professionals and their support staff into the oral health team by providing them with a screening tool that allows them to identify patients that are at high risk for oral disease. Dr. Smith is uniquely qualified to pursue this research completing his training as a dentist at Indiana University in 2008 and his PhD in Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University in 2017. He has participated in numerous research projects and preliminary studies, and has a wealth of experience in clinical dentistry making him an outstanding candidate for this award. Dr. Smith is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biostatistics and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt and has been given protected time, infrastructure, and excellent mentorship to aid in the development of this research plan. The proposed career development plan involves participating in the AT Still University dental public health fellowship program and mentoring on the conduct of patient-centered research. This development plan is complemented by the mentored research proposal. The model of care Dr. Smith has proposed requires a well-validated screening tool that medical professionals can use to identify patients at high risk for oral morbidity and a data-driven decision rule that helps providers decide when a referral to oral health professionals is warranted. In Aim 1 of this proposal we will conduct a validation of the Vanderbilt Head and Neck Symptom Survey’s oral subscale by correlating patient reported outcomes with clinician’s findings on exam. Having established validity of the tool, in Aim 2 a screening tool will be developed out of a combination of items from the VHNSS and other well-validated patient reported outcome measures including the Oral Health Impact Profile. Lastly, for Aim 3 interviews will be conducted with HNC survivors to gain a better understanding of non-financial barriers to oral care in the HNC population. At the completion of this project our team will have the tools necessary to implement the integrated care model at Vanderbilt, which will improve oral health surveillance and facilitate our future research efforts. !


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	6	6/23/2025	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	005	6	6/24/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$43,378
2024	2023	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	003	6	12/27/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$96,634
2024	2023	ADA SCIENCE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC	211 E CHICAGO AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60611	COOK	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	004	5	6/24/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$43,378
2024	2023	ADA SCIENCE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC	211 E CHICAGO AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60611	COOK	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	5	11/16/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$43,377
2024	2023	ADA SCIENCE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC	211 E CHICAGO AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60611	COOK	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	002	5	12/26/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$96,634
2024	2022	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	4	11/16/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$43,377
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $126,442 )
2023	2023	ADA SCIENCE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC	211 E CHICAGO AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60611	COOK	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	5	3/9/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$126,442
2023	2022	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	4	3/9/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $126,442

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $126,442 )
2022	2022	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	4	3/3/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$126,442
														Subtotal = $126,442

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $126,442 )
2021	2021	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	3/24/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$126,442
														Subtotal = $126,442

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $126,442 )
2020	2020	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	2	3/6/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$126,442
														Subtotal = $126,442

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $126,442 )
2019	2019	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	1	3/12/2019	NEW	$126,442
														Subtotal = $126,442

Grand Total All Awards = $632,210

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Developing an oral health screening tool for an integrated model of care to reduce treatment-related oral morbidity in head and neck cancer survivor

Award Number: K23DE028010

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/01/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2025

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