National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

The National Dental PBRN comprises six regional Nodes and a specialty Node. Select the appropriate email link below and send a message to your regional or specialty Node contact.

If you are in one of the Federal Dental Services, select the South Central Region email link and send a message to Muna Anabtawi, D.D.S., M.S., C.C.R.P.  

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A United States map depicting six regional Nodes of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN). These Nodes are Western, Midwest, South Central, Southwest, South Atlantic, and the Northeast.

 

Western Node

Chalinya L Ingphakorn, P.M.P.
National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Regional Node Coordinator
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Portland, OR
Office: (971) 231-8490
Email: Chalinya.L.Ingphakorn@kpchr.org  

Northeast Node

Kathy Bohn
National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Research Administrator
Eastman Institute for Oral Health
Rochester, NY
Office: (585) 273-5272
Email: Kathy_Bohn@URMC.Rochester.edu  

Midwest Node

Sarah Basile, R.D.H., M.P.H.
National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Regional Node Coordinator, Midwest Region
Health Partners Research Foundation
Office: (952) 967-5277
Email: sarah.m.basile@healthpartners.com  

South Central Node

Muna Anabtawi, D.D.S., M.S., C.C.R.P.
National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Regional Node Program Manager
School of Dentistry
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Office: (205) 934-2578
Email: munaanab@uab.edu  

Southwest Node

Rahma Mungia, B.D.S., M.S.C., D.D.P.H.R.C.S.
National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Regional Node Coordinator
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science
University of Texas Health Sciences
San Antonio, TX
Office: (210) 562-4193
Email: mungia@uthscsa.edu  

South Atlantic Node

Brenda E. Thacker, R.D.H., C.C.R.P.
National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Research Coordinator III
University of Florida
Office: (352) 273-5836
Email:bthacker@ental.ufl.edu  

Specialty Node

Veerasathpurush (Sath) Allareddy, B.D.S., M.B.A., M.H.A., Ph.D., M.M.Sc.
National Director of Specialty Node
Email: sath@uic.edu  

 

Additional National Dental PBRN Contacts

National Administrative and Resource Center
Gregg H. Gilbert, D.D.S., M.B.A., FAAHD, FICD
National Network Director
Email: ghg@uab.edu  

Muna Anabtawi, D.D.S., M.S., C.C.R.P.
National Program Manager
Email: munaanab@uab.edu  

National Coordinating Center
Mary Ann McBurnie, Ph.D.
NCC Director
Email: MaryAnn.McBurnie@kpchr.org  

Suzanne Gillespie, M.S.
NCC Manager
Email: Suzanne.E.Gillespie@kpchr.org  
 

Last Reviewed
February 2025