Howard J. Cowen, MS, DDS, BS
Clinical Professor of Preventive & Community Dentistry
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor of Preventive & Community Dentistry
- Clinical Professor of Clinic Administration
Education
- DDS in Dentistry, University of Iowa
- BS in Environmental Biology, University of Colorado
- MS in Public Health Dentistry, University of Iowa
Licenses & Certifications
- American Board of Special Care Dentistry, Special Care Dental Association, Iowa
Selected Awards & Honors
- DDIF Endowed Professorship, Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa
- DentaQuest Health Equity Hero, DentaQuest
- Fellow, International College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, Washington DC, District of Columbia
- Dental Service Awardee of the Year, Iowa Dental Alumni Association, Iowa City, Iowa
- D4 Extramural Faculty of the Year, College of Dentistry D4 Class, Iowa City, Iowa
- D4 Exramural Faculty of the Year, College of Dentistry D4 Class, Iowa City, Iowa
Professional Memberships
- International College of Dentists (ICD)
- Special Care Dental Association (SCDA)
- American Association of Public Health Dentistry
- International Association of Dental Research
- Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Society
- Iowa Public Health Association
- American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
- American Dental Association
Selected Publications
- (2021). Cluster Randomized Control Trial of Nursing Home Residents’ Oral Hygiene Following the Mouth Care Matters Education Program for Certified Nursing Assistants. Special Care Dentist 41 (3) 372-80.
- (2020). Indications for tooth extraction among elderly in India- A retrospective study. JIDA XIV 26-29.
- Marchini, L., Hartshorn, J., Cowen, H., Dawson, D. & Johnson, D. (2017). A Teaching Tool for Establishing Risk of Oral Health Deterioration in Elderly Patients: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation at a U.S. Dental School. Journal of Dental Education 81 (11) 1283-90. DOI: 10.21815/JDE.017.086.
- Kelly, M., Caplan, D., Bern-Klug, M., Cowen, H., Cunningham-Ford, M., Marchini, L. & Momany, E. (2017). Preventive Dental Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Senior Adults: From Community to Nursing Facility Residence. Journal of Public Health Dentistry.
- Marshall, T., Marchini, L., Cowen, H., Hartshorn, J., Holloway, J., Straub-Morarend, C., D., Solow, C., Colangelo, N. & Johnson, D. (2017). Critical thinking theory to practice: the expert’s thought process is the outcome, learning guide, and assessment instrument". Journal of Dental Education in Press (81/8) 978-84.
- Caplan, D. J., Ghazal, T. S., Cowen, H. J. & Oliveira, D. C. (2017). Dental status as a predictor of mortality among nursing facility residents in eastern Iowa. Gerodontology. DOI: 10.1111/ger.12260. PMID: 28211101.
- Ettinger, R. & Cowen, H. (2016). A Comprehensive Geriatric Dentistry Teaching and Service Program. Journal of the American Society Aging 40 (3) 66-69.
- Lee, K. J., Ettinger, R. L., Cowen, H. J. & Caplan, D. J. (2015). Health trends in a geriatric and special needs clinic patient population. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry 35 (6) 303-11. DOI: 10.1111/scd.12133. PMID: 26494518.
- Ghazal, T. S., Caplan, D. J., Cowen, H. J. & Oliveira, D. (2015). Factors related to receipt of dental care in Eastern Iowa nursing facilities. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry 35 (4) 175-81. DOI: 10.1111/scd.12107. PMID: 25715976.
- Ghazal, T. S., Caplan, D. J., Cowen, H. J. & Oliveira, D. (2015). Factors related to receipt of dental care in Eastern Iowa nursing facilities. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry. DOI: 10.1111/scd.12107. PMID: 25715976.
Selected Grants & Contracts
- Health and Health Resources for Rural Homeless Children and Families; CASSPR Grant 84100403; Cowen, Howard Jeffrey (Co-Investigator)
- Interdisciplinary Management of Geriatric Patients Using Interactive Patient Simulations; University of Iowa/Synergy Grant; Cowen, Howard Jeffrey (Co-Investigator)
- Oral Mucosal Lesions Among the Elderly; P50DE10758 NIDR; Cowen, Howard Jeffrey (Co-Investigator)
- Oral Health Care Intervention Project; P30NR03979 NINR; Cowen, Howard Jeffrey (Co-Investigator)
- Improving the Quality of End of Life Care in Iowa; Oral Health Section Robert Wood Johnson Planning Grant; Cowen, Howard Jeffrey (Co-Investigator)
- Dental Services for Indigent Elderly of a Nine County Region; Heritage Agency on Aging; Cowen, Howard Jeffrey (Principal Investigator)
- Dental Services for the Indigent Elderly of Johnson County; Pilot Club; Cowen, Howard Jeffrey (Principal Investigator)
- Office of Education & Training; Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; Hartshorn, Jennifer (Clinical Investigator), Ryan, Penni (Co-Director), Cowen, Howard (Co-Director)
- Nurse Practitioner Led Primary Care in a Geriatric/Special Needs Dental Clinic; Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation
- Iowa Nursing Facility Oral Hygiene Intervention: A Pilot Study; Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; Cowen, Howard (Clinical Investigator)