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Oral Health - Dr Jacqui Pawlak

Background

I have completed a B.Sci. (Hons), PhD, Graduate Certificate of Business Administration (Deakin University), Diploma of Management (Swinburne University in Partnership with St Vincent’s Health). 

I have experience working as a Research Officer at the Baker Heart Research Institute (1998-2006) and have worked in the Research Governance Unit at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne (2007-2010). 

Following working in Melbourne, I returned to Geelong (2010) and began working at Barwon Health as the Ethics Submission Coordinator – Andrew Love Cancer Centre, Clinical Trials (2010-2013). 

I am currently in the Research Team at the Oral Health Services Department, Barwon Health and am a member of the Barwon Health Research Review Committee.

Research Focus

My current research focus includes a quantitative audit of antimicrobials for prophylaxis or acute conditions in the public community dental clinic (2009 – 2020) with the hypothesis that there will be a reduction in use. Improving the education of staff about antimicrobial stewardship has led to a reduction in medication/medicament prescription in the public community dental clinic.

Jacqui Pawlak about me

Awards & Achievements

  • National Heart Foundation of Australia – Travel Grant – 16th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Glasgow, UK (23 – 27th June, 1996).
  • International Society of Hypertension – Young Investigator Travel Award – 16th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Glasgow, UK (23-27th June, 1996).
  • Collier Charitable Fund – Assisted with writing grant for the Oral Health Services Department, Barwon Health to purchase HbA1c analysers. Received $29,000.00 (Dec 2015) to purchase analysers.
  • Alliance for Cavity Free Future (ACFF) – Assisted with writing grant for the Oral Health Services Department, Barwon Health –project – ‘Assessing barriers for improvement to oral health for Colac Otway Adolescents’ Received $8,050.00 (Feb 2016).

Feature Publications

  • Audit of gross decay in young children under general anaesthetic. Pawlak JA, Calache H, de Silva AM, Henry MJ, Smith M (2015) Dentistry 5 (Issue 6): 302.
  • A preventative approach to oral health for children in a regional/rural community in South-West Victoria, Australia. Mason A, Mayze L, Pawlak JA, Henry MJ, Sharp S, Smith M (2015) Dentistry 5 (Issue 7): 313.
  • ) The prevalence of caries free deciduous teeth upon visual examination in Kindergarten settings: a preventative approach to oral health for children in a regional community in South-West Victoria. Rogers MJ, Pawlak JA, Mason A, Mayze L, Sharp S, Smith M (2016 Journal of Preventative Medicine 1:2.
  • Embracing change in dental practice to deliver better health outcomes – a type 2 diabetes screening and oral health pilot program. Rogers MJ, Pawlak JA, Law S, Carroll L, Sharp S, Dunning T, Smith M (2017) Dentistry 7 (Issue 10):454.
  • Oral health of adolescents in the Colac-Otway Shire. Mayze L, Pawlak J, Rogers M, Smith M (2019) Aust. J. Rural Health 27(1):93-98.

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 25 May 2022

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Dr Jacqueline (Jacqui) Pawlak

B.Sci. (Hons), PhD, Graduate Certificate of Business Administration, Diploma of Management

Ethics Manager, Oral Health

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