ADHA Announces Recipient of 2008 Alfred C. Fones Award – JoAnn
Gurenlian, RDH, Ph.D

Chicago—July 2, 2008—The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) has named JoAnn Gurenlian, RDH, Ph.D, as the recipient of the 2008 Alfred C. Fones Award. She was honored during Saturday’s plenary session at ADHA’s 85th Annual Session in Albuquerque, N.M., on June 21st.

The award recognizes a current ADHA member who has contributed significantly to the profession of dental hygiene. The nominees had 25 years of cumulative ADHA membership, dental hygiene association leadership experience, other dental hygiene awards, participation both in the community and with other allied health professions, authorship, and political involvement.

Gurenlian received her associate of applied science and Bachelor of Science degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1976 and 1978, respectively. She earned her Master of Science in Dental Hygiene from Columbia University in 1979, and her doctorate in 1991 from the University of Pennsylvania.

Gurenlian served as president of ADHA from 1990-1991, and has been the vice president of the International Federation of Dental Hygienists since 2007; her term will continue through 2010. Currently Gurenlian is the president of Gurenlian and Associates and works in conjunction the South Jersey Physician Associates.

ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of more than 150,000 dental hygienists across the country. Dental hygienists are preventive oral health professionals, licensed in dental hygiene, who provide educational, clinical and therapeutic services that support total health through the promotion of optimal oral health. For more information about ADHA, dental hygiene or the link between oral health and general health, visit ADHA at http://www.adha.org.

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