 ACADEMIA
Pamela Overman, EdD, RDH, is
associate dean for Academic Affairs
at University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Dentistry in Kansas City,
Mo, where she is dedicated to helping
manage the training of future
oral health professionals. In 2001,
Overman earned a doctoral degree
in education policy and leadership
at the University of Kansas in
Lawrence. Active in the American
Dental Education Association, she has served as chair of the organization's
Council of National Dental Hygiene Directors, Council of Allied
Dental Program Directors, and Section on Academic Affairs. Overman is
also a member of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene's Editorial Advisory
Board.
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 INDUSTRY
Lillian J. Caperila, RDH, MEd, has more than 30 years' experience in oral health care, where she has explored several roles, including certified dental assistant, clinical dental hygienist, periodontal co-therapist, and educator. She is currently manager and international presenter of professional continuing education for Premier Dental Products Co in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Caperila is active in dental hygiene associations, serving at both the local and state levels with the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA). She is a past president of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association. In 2009, Caperila was inducted into her alma mater's Hall of Fame at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa, and, in 2010, she received the ADHA Irene Newman Award for Professional Achievement. She is also a member of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene's Corporate Council.
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 CLINICAL PRACTICE
Lucinda B. McKechnie, RDH, BS, has
been practicing clinical dental hygiene
for more than 40 years. In addition to
clinical practice, McKechnie has been
active in academia, altruism, and continuing
education. She has presented
programs in periodontal therapy at
the University of Pennsylvania School
of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, as
well as professional meetings and private practice settings. McKechnie has lectured at the Institute for
Advanced Dental Studies in Swampscott, Mass, and served as a
clinical instructor and lecturer at the University of Vermont
School of Dental Hygiene in Burlington. She has visited Vietnam
three times over the past 3 years to donate her time and clinical
skills with Operation Smile, an international children's medical
charity that provides cleft lip and palate surgeries to those without
access to treatment.
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 "MOVER AND SHAKER"
Tammi O. Byrd, RDH, is CEO and clinical
director of Health Promotion Specialists, a
school-based dental hygiene program serving
schools in South Carolina since 2000.
She is responsible for the administration
and management of the company's
budget and operations, as well as its clinical
functions. Byrd actively participates in
the monitoring and development of government
statutes, regulations, and policies
as they relate to small business, dentistry,
and the practice of dental hygiene. She is a past president of the South
Carolina Dental Hygiene Association and ADHA. Byrd has received
numerous awards, including the ADHA Distinguished Service Award in
2000 and the Johnson and Johnson/ADHA Excellence in Dental Hygiene
Award in 2007.
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 PUBLIC 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 for Safety, Asepsis and
Prevention (OSAP) and served as secretary
of the OSAP Foundation. She has provided
regional HIV education and training to dental and health care providers
through a grant from the New England AIDS Education and Training
Center for the past 17 years. Eklund is one of the authors of the United
States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines for
Infection Control In Dental Health-Care Settings—2003, and a member of
Dimensions' Editorial Advisory Board.
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 RESEARCH
Adele Eberhart, RDH, MS, is head of
site management in the United States
for San Francisco-based Genentech, a
biotechnology company that uses
human genetic information to discover,
develop, manufacture, and commercialize
medicines to treat patients
with serious or life-threatening medical
conditions. She oversees all American
region management of trials for first
entry and early development Phase I
through proof of concept, as well as all oncology trials Phase I through
Phase III under investigational new drug applications with the US Food
and Drug Administration.
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