2004 Linda DeVore Leadership Scholars Program Recipient Announced-Deborah E. Fleming

Chicago-August 10, 2004 – The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) has named Deborah E. Fleming RDH, MS, the recipient of the 2004 Linda DeVore Leadership Scholars Program award.

The award, sponsored by Pfizer Inc, is designed to facilitate professional growth of entry-level junior faculty. The recipient receives a cumulative two-and-one-half-month visit to the University of Maryland, Pfizer Inc, N.Y., and ADHA headquarters. The recipient is also granted $8,500 to cover travel and living expenses during the course of the visits.

Fleming earned her associate degree from Montgomery Country College in Blue Bell, Penn., and both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. While finishing her master’s degree program she also completed a teaching externship at what is now the Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry in Portland. She has worked in both general and periodontal practices, taught at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the department of dental hygiene, and is now a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Dental Ecology at University of North Carolina.

ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of the more than 120,000 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 the 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.

Pfizer Inc is the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical company, providing a broad range of human and animal pharmaceuticals, as well as consumer products.

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