Madlen Caplow’s journey in oral public health
I am proud to work with the Arcora Foundation, the foundation of Delta Dental of Washington. Our vision is that all people can enjoy good oral and overall health, with no one left behind. Read more about Madlen Caplow »
Elizabeth Alpert, DDS, MPH
Hello from Boston! My name is Elizabeth Alpert, and I am pursuing a path in dental public health. Beginning dental school, I envisioned a career in clinical pediatric dentistry, but I soon realized how quickly goals change with experience and exposure to new perspectives. Read more about Elizabeth Alpert »
Sawita Khimsuksri, DDS, PhD, MSc
Warm greetings from Thailand. My name is Sawita, a lecturer in the Department of Oral Biomedical Science, Khon Kaen University (KKU), Khon Kaen, Thailand. I had an opportunity to attend the summer course in 2015 and continued in a long-term training program combined with KKU PhD in Oral Science curriculum, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and KKU. I have had inspiration academic purpose from mentors and friends from many countries since then. We have learned and shared... Read more about Sawita Khimsuksri »
The Positive Influence of Mentors
My name is Immaculate Achieng’ Opondo, from Kisumu County, which is in the Western part of Kenya. Read more about Immaculate Achieng’ Opondo »
My Journey to Global Oral Health and HIV/AIDS research
I am Yan Wang. I was born in China with a great passion for numbers. My undergraduate major is Mathematics, with a double major in Computer Science. I received my PhD in Biostatistics of School of Public Health at UCLA in 2019. My research passion is the joint research of HIV and oral health. Read more about Yan Wang »
From Public Health to Research Management
My name is Roberto A. León-Manco, I am a graduate of the School of Stomatology, Master of Public Health, and specialist in Dental Public Health at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH). Read more about Roberto A. León-Manco »
Patimaporn Pungchanchaikul
Sawadee Ka, I am from Khon Kaen University (KKU) in the Northeastern region, “I-San”, of Thailand. In 2008, I was back from the University College London, UK, after pursuing my PhD in Developmental Biology focusing on the cleft formation. Read more about Patimaporn Pungchanchaikul »
Engaging in dental outreach activities, what does the future hold?
Hello, my name is Brenda Okumu from Kenya. I graduated with a Bachelors in Dental Surgery from the University of Nairobi and later pursued a Masters in Dental Primary and Public Health at the University of Western Australia. Read more about Brenda Okumu »
Sarah Borgida, MEd Director, Children’s Programs and Tribal Partnerships Arcora Foundation
Greetings! I’m Sarah Borgida, Director of Children’s Programs and Tribal Partnerships at Arcora Foundation, which is funded by Delta Dental of Washington. Our mission is to bend the arc of oral health toward equity, and we do this in a variety of ways. Read more about Sarah Borgida »
Finding my path in research and global public health
My name is Ailín Cabrera-Matta, I am a pediatric dentist with a PhD in Public Health. I currently work as an Associate Professor in the Department of Dentistry for Children and Adolescents at the Dental School, and as a researcher in the Epidemiology, STD and HIV Unit at the School of Public Health and Administration, both at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru. Read more about Ailín Cabrera-Matta »