This week on Protecting our Public Health, Sharity is joined again by Dr. Joana Cunha-Cruz, DDS, MPH, PhD to talk about the value of academia and business partnering on research initiatives.    Highlights  Academic Perspective Advantages Business Perspective Advantages  PREDICT Project Quotes   “Having those partnerships will allow us to be connected with what is important, which is the benefit to the population and practitioners.”    “We can reduce the costs of doing research by partnering with businesses.”    “We chose together with the company, 14 counties where we randomly assigned half of them that would receive intervention, and the others would wait, and we evaluated for 2 years.”    “The aims were increased quality and access, and decreased inequities.”    “We identified that their need was access to care.”   “We were providing care based on the risk of decay.”   “It is not so simple to achieve. It is logical, but it is not simple."   Links Dr. Cunha-Cruz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joana-cunha-cruz-8a679113/?fbclid=IwAR1o5HirW79oHaQhVm_bYUD7C5Kp_wDErK-YmeN9Yqu-dwxvJ701px9D6jY    More Protecting our Public Health Episodes: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/protectingourpublichealth/  Sharitys Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharetherdhlove/ The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage: http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429