Name: Jennifer O. Rudy, MA, RDH

Title: Professor

Current Position: Faculty

Phone: (502) 852-6198

Fax: (502) 852-1220

E-mail: jennifer.rudy@louisville.edu

Background
Bachelor of Arts from Transylvania University, Masters of Arts from Georgia State University and Bachelor of Science from the University of Louisville

Research Interests and Current Projects
Interest in Special Needs populations and healthcare; dental workforce

Teaching Activities
Dental Hygiene Oral Health Education, Community Dental Health 1 and 2, Special Needs Patients, Evidence Based Practice, Principle of Practice I, II, III, IV, Pain and Anxiety Control Labs

Service
Vice President of the Nu Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) National Dental Honor Society, Dental Hygiene Admissions Chair, ULSD Faculty Development Advisory Committee, ULSD Diversity Committee, and ULSD Continuing Education Advisory Committee

Memberships:
American Dental Hygienists’ Association, Kentucky Dental Hygienists’ Association, Louisville District Dental Hygiene Association, American Dental Education Association, Kentucky Oral Health Coalition, Associate Member of Association of State & Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)

Honors and Awards
Dental Hygiene Sigma Phi Alpha Honor Society, Honorary Membership in Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society, Who’s Who in Dentistry Higher Education, Golden Key International Honour Society

Publications

Journal Articles:

• Katwal, D., Rudy, J., and Drury, J. 2021. “Treating Hearing Impaired Patients: The Perspectives of Dental Faculty and Students.” Journal of Dental Research and Oral Health 3(2): 1-4.
• Rudy, J., Singleton, J., Lewis, L., and Quick, R. 2017. “Admissions Criteria that Influence Dental Hygiene Students’ Performance on Board Examinations.” Journal of Dental Hygiene, 91(1): 24-29.

• Palazzolo, M., Petkovich Vaglio, K., Clark, S., and Rudy, J. 2015. “Frequency of location of a second mesiobuccal canal in maxillary first and second molars treated in a postgraduate endodontic program.” Endodontic Practice 8(3):24-30.

• Shaughnessy, B., Jones, M., Caicedo, R., Morelli, J., Clark, S. and Osborne, J. 2014. “Pulpal diagnosis of teeth presenting with condensing osteitis prior to endodontic treatment – a retrospective study.” Endodontic Practice 7 (5): 17-19. 

Continuing Education Courses:

• Singleton, J and Rudy, J.  2019.  “Improving Student’s Patient Care Management Using the Thinker’s Guide to Clinical Reasoning.”  Proctor and Gamble’s dentalcare.com Continuing Education Series.