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$87,789 $432,982

EASTMAN INSTITUTE WILMOT CANCER

FOR ORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE

• A new, first-of-its-kind specialty care dental clinic • Wilmot continued to invest in the expansion of
opened in 2019 to serve adult patients with the clinical trials program and enrolled more than
medically complex conditions as well as 551 patients in over 150 clinical trials in 2019,
intellectual and developmental disabilities. an increase of more than 70 percent compared
Larger exam rooms, a wheelchair lift, a bariatric to 2014.
chair, and other special features help ease anxiety
and provide a comforting experience. Since • Current use funds provided much-needed
opening, the clinic has consistently been booked financial assistance for patients and families who
six months in advance. otherwise might not have been able to afford
critical procedures or treatments.
• Support helped EIOH renovate its campus
facilities including new sedation suites in the • Philanthropic support assisted in the successful
hospital clinic and updated treatment rooms, recruitment of Paula Cupertino, PhD, who joined
a new library and study area, more conference Wilmot Cancer Institute as the new associate
and seminar rooms, and additional office space director of community outreach, engagement, and
for faculty. health disparities, and Darren Carpizo, MD, PhD,
as the new division chief for surgical oncology.
• EIOH alumni, faculty, and hygienists are
participating in the National Dental Practice
Based Research Network that is producing
unprecedented knowledge and will lead to
improved patient care faster than ever before. The
network helped EIOH to be named as a top
10-funded institution by the National Institute of
Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the
National Institutes of Health.