{"id":98928,"date":"2024-06-19T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/?p=98928"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:13:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:13:47","slug":"chess-earns-funding-for-effort-to-reduce-dental-no-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/blog\/chess-earns-funding-for-effort-to-reduce-dental-no-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"CHESS earns funding for effort to reduce dental no-shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/center.chess.wisc.edu\/\">Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies<\/a> (CHESS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is part of a new project funded by the National Institutes of Health to reduce missed dental appointments among vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"767a80\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ToddMolfenter_5x7-731x1024.webp\" alt=\"Todd Molfenter\" class=\"wp-image-66603 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #767a80; 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