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Three members
of the NYU Chapter of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA)
were part of a contingent of 130 dental students who went to Washington,
D.C., in March for the annual ASDAAmerican Dental Education
Association (ADEA) National Student Lobby Day. Brian A. Houston,
04, Rubaba Khan, 05, and Marc Brian Nock, 03,
lobbied for the Childrens Dental Health Improvement Act to
increase access to care for underserved youngsters, the Student
Loan Flexibility Act of 2001 to reduce the interest and amount of
payments on student loans, increased funding for general dentistry
residency and pediatric dentistry residency programs, federal loan
repayment programs, and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement
Program.
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