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Alabama Dental Association – The ALDA has been very supportive in developing the network from its inception as the Alabama Dental Practice Research Network.

Alabama Practice-Based Research Network (APBRN) - This is a practice-based research network of family practice physicians.

Center for Health Research – The Center for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente is a multi-disciplinary research organization that conducts research on health care, epidemiology, and disease prevention.

Danish Dental Association- The Danish Dental Association has been very supportive in our efforts to involve dentists from Denmark.

Florida Dental Association – The FDA has been very helpful by providing support to the University of Florida College of Dentistry as it recruits Florida dentists into the Dental PBRN.

HealthPartners – HealthPartners is a health care organization in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area. The HealthPartners Foundation conducts clinical, health services and basic science research in association with the HealthPartners health care organization to improve the health and health care of its plan members and the surrounding communities.

Health Services Foundation (HSF) - We are grateful to the HSF for providing a $122,000 grant in 2002 to help us establish the infrastructure for the network. Part of UAB, this is yet more evidence of UAB's commitment to improvements in health care from research.

Kaiser Permanente Northwest – Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Division has operated in Oregon and Washington since the 1940’s and is a prepaid health plan that provides comprehensive medical care for almost 450,000 members.

National Institute Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - The NIDCR funds the overwhelming majority of dental and craniofacial research in the U.S.

Norwegian Dental Association- The Norwegian Dental Association has been very supportive of our efforts to involve dentists from Norway.

Permanente Dental Associates – PDA is a group practice of dentists who contract annually with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to provide professional dental services at clinics in the Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region.

UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE) - Investigators in the COERE have been very helpful and committed to the development of the network. The COERE offers substantial expertise and experience in many research areas that are relevant to practice-based research.

The Inventory and Evaluation of Clinical Research Networks (IECRN) – The IECRN is funded by the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and provides profiles of clinical research networks. The network profiles are summaries of descriptive information about the networks, such as types of studies, funding source, participating entities and special populations.