Dr. Jennifer Harte has been awarded the Dr. James J. Crawford Award for 2012. The award, named in honor of a founding father of dental infection control, recognizes lifetime achievement in the field. Nominees have made major contributions in science, education or public policy related to OSAP’s core competencies of dental infection control, office safety, and occupational health. Dr. Harte retired in May 2012 after 20 years of service as a Colonel in the United States Air Force. She served as the military consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for Dental Infection Control for 10 years. It was her responsibility to have direct oversight of dental and medical infection control programs in the military health-care settings. She graduated from the University of Detroit School of Dentistry, completing her residency at Medical College of Ohio, also earning a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences/Oral Biology there. Dr. Harte served as course director of the Air Force-OSAP Dental Infection Prevention Course from 2002-2012, and recently joined the Editorial Review Team for OSAP’s Infection Control in Practice publication. Dr. Harte has presented nationally and abroad on dental infection control and published peer-reviewed articles, textbook chapters and abstracts. She is a co-author of the CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003 and the text Cottone's Practical Infection Control in Dentistry.
The Bette and Paul Schwarz Award for Volunteerism honors the innumerable contributions of its namesake couple to the OSAP Symposium. It recognizes OSAP volunteers who go over-and-above in helping the organization achieve its goals through their volunteer service.
This year’s recipients are Pamela Head and Norma Rychwalski. While neither Head nor Rychwalski work in the dental profession, they are committed to OSAP’s mission. Both have taken their vacation time to volunteer at OSAP’s symposia over the last five years contributing mightily to the success of this important educational event.
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