2006 Pfizer/ADHA Award Presented to Wendy Kerschbaum

Chicago—July 31, 2006—The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) has named Wendy Kerschbaum, RDH, MA, MPH, of Ann Arbor, Mich., as a recipient of the 2006 Pfizer/ADHA Excellence in Dental Hygiene Award.

The award, sponsored by Pfizer Inc, honors dental hygienists who exhibit excellence in dental hygiene through outstanding accomplishments that impact the practice and future of the dental hygiene profession. Winners must be active members of ADHA for a minimum of 10 years.

Kerschbaum is currently serving on the ADHA Curriculum Task Force, the Editorial Board for the Journal of Dental Hygiene, and is an ADHA student advisor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she is the Director of Dental Hygiene. She received her Bachelor of Science degree, her Masters in Education degree, and Masters in Public Health degree from the University of Michigan.

The recipients were honored during a special luncheon at ADHA’s 83rd annual session in Orland, Fla., on June 25. They each received $2,500 and a commemorative award, as well as round-trip transportation and lodging for the session.

ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of 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 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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