Dr. Tumader Khouja is a dentist, health services researcher, and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Dr. Khouja received her degree in dentistry from King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She completed a master's in public health and a Ph.D. in Health Services research at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She then completed her postdoctoral training in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Khouja's research focuses on areas of high importance in dental public health, including prescribing in dentistry and access to oral health services using secondary data and advanced statistical methods. Her work on opioid prescribing in dentistry has informed upcoming American Dental Association guidelines on acute dental pain management in dentistry and has collaborated on policy reports locally and internationally. Dr. Khouja is one of few dentists nationally with an interdisciplinary background in oral health epidemiology and policy and trained in oral health services research. Dr. Khouja is supported by a K99/R00 award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). In her project, She uses mixed methods to develop a provider-centered intervention to improve opioid and antibiotic prescribing in ED settings.
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