Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
March 2009
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Electronic ISSN:
1754-2758
Vol:
10
Issue:
1

A tribute Jane Chalmers

Jane Chalmers – a tribute

Jane Chalmers was born on 25 February 1965 in Sydney, Australia. She received her Bachelor of Dental Science from the University of Melbourne in 1987. Jane became the Head of the Community Dental Health Department at the United Dental Hospital in Sydney in 1992. On leave from that position, she completed a Master of Dental Science in Dental Public Health at the University of Iowa in 1995. Marrying Knute Carter in 1996, she returned to Australia and took up the position of senior research fellow at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Dental Statistics and Research Unit at the University of Adelaide. She received her Doctorate from the University of Adelaide in 2001. Her thesis topic was “The oral health of older adults with dementia,” and was applauded by her examiners as an ambitious and scholarly work. It was during this time that Jane was instrumental in establishing the Australian Society of Special Care in Dentistry. Since 2004 she taught and researched as an Associate Professor in Preventive and Community Dentistry at the University of Iowa. She edited and reviewed numerous journals, and throughout her career her work and contributions were repeatedly acknowledged as outstanding. Jane published widely and won many awards including the IADR Young Investigator Award, the Mental Health Matters Award from the NSW Association of Mental Health inc. and most recently the Australian Dental Journal’s Best Scientific Article Award. She was internationally recognised as an expert in the care of those with special needs, providing continuing education and seminars to dentists in many countries. In memory and in honour of a valued colleague, both The Australian Society of Special Care in Dentistry and the American based Special Care Dentistry Association have established Jane Chalmers Memorial Awards. In Australia, the Jane Chalmers Memorial Award will be presented biennially to the best paper at the Special Care Walkabout conferences. In the USA, the Jane Chalmers Memorial Award will be presented annually to a member of the Special Care Dentistry Association who has demonstrated an outstanding achievement in the areas of minimally invasive dentistry, prevention and/or restorative oral health care. Jane will be remembered by her colleagues as a compassionate clinician, diligent researcher, an enthusiastic mentor and a dear friend. Her contribution to the field of special needs dentistry in Australia and throughout the world has been immense.

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  1. Editorial
  2. 1
  3. 1

  1. A survey of the quality and quantity of Special Care Dentistry teaching, including Gerodontology, in dental schools of the United Kingdom and Ireland
  2. 3
  3. 10

  1. Oral Health Assessment 1.pdf
  2. 11
  3. 17

  1. Oral health risk assessment of adults with learning disabilities: (2) Attitudes of dentists and care staff
  2. 18
  3. 24

  1. A preliminary investigation into aspects of oral health of Bangladeshi young adults with a learning disability in Tower Hamlets
  2. 25
  3. 35

  1. Management of exaggerated gag reflex using conscious sedation techniques in endodontic therapy - a pilot study
  2. 36
  3. 40

  1. Locked-in syndrome: A case report
  2. 41
  3. 43

  1. A tribute Jane Chalmers
  2. 47
  3. 47

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