Christine M. Farrell, RDH, BSDH, MPA, is the oral health director for the Michigan Department of Community Health’s (MDCH) Oral Health Program. She has been with MDCH for more than 24 years. Appointed oral health director in 2010, Farrell previously worked in the Medicaid policy area of MDCH. She has a wealth of oral health …
Kathy J. Eklund, RDH, MHP, is director of infection control and occupational health, and research subject and patient safety advocate at the Forsyth Institute in Boston. She is also an adjunct associate professor at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene. Eklund is a past chair of the Organization …
Helene Bednarsh, BS, RDH, MPH, is director of the HIV Dental Ombudsperson Program at the Boston Public Health Commission. She is also vice president of HIVdent, a not-for-profit coalition of concerned health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for people living with HIV disease. Bednarsh was honored with …
Christine Nathe, RDH, MS, is professor and graduate program director at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Division of Dental Hygiene. She also manages the full service dental clinic at UNM. She has practiced in various settings around the world including private practice, nursing homes, prisons, schools, and the military, and consults for various governmental …
Mary E. Foley, RDH, MPH, Dean, Associate Professor, Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene Ms. Foley has worked in public health since 1999, before becoming dean in 2007. She has served as the director of the Office of Oral Health with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, a Head Start oral health consultant, and project director …
