Join global and oral health experts for an event on integrating oral health with global health to improve care, equity, and collaboration. The inaugural GOH was in April 2023. Solidarity Dental Foundation is proud to collaborate with the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health in presenting this 2 day event.
The 2025 Johns Hopkins Global Oral Health Symposium featuring
Sujay A.J. Mehta Director of Global Health Education Solidarity Dental Foundation
Dushanka Kleinman, Professor Emerita University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health
Lois Cohen, Paul G. Rogers Ambassador for Global Health Research
Eleanor Fleming, Director of Oral Health Equity Research & Innovation, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Mary Otto, Journalist & Author of “Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America”
Mary Backley, Chief Executive Officer Maryland Dental Action Coalition
Darien Weatherspoon, Assistant Professor University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Muneer Babar, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs School of Dentistry International Medical University
Katy Battani, Deputy Director National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics Georgetown University; DrPH student Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Elías Morón, Assistant Professor Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine
C. Elena Cervantes, Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Debony Hughes, Director, Office of Oral Health, Maryland Department of Health
Heather Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health
Parita Patel, Health Policy Advocate, FQHC Dental Program Leader
Karem Manresa-Cumarin, Epidemiologist, Digital Communications Coordinator Solidarity Dental Foundation
Richard Rodriguez, Staff Dentist, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska
Kari Ann Kuntzelman, (Chickasaw Nation), LDT, Dental Health Aide Specialist Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board; President American Dental Therapy Association
Leanne Teoh, Associate Professor Dame Kate Campbell Fellow University of Melbourne Dental School
Jessica Klabak, Head of Clinical Effectiveness, VideaHealth; Executive Director Solidarity Dental Foundation
Anay Dudhbhate, Epic Application Analyst Women’s College Hospital; Professor Health Informatics, George Brown College and Professor Healthcare Leadership & Management Conestoga College
Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Associate Professor Center for Integrative Global Oral Health; Director, Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Emilia Istrate, Senior Vice President, Policy and Education Research, American Dental Education Association
Faeq Quadri, Director of Research, Assistant Professor of Dental Public Health, Woody L Hunt School of Dental Medicine Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Martha Mutis, President, American Association of Hospital Dentists (AAHD), Immediate Past President & Chair of Research, Grants, Development Hispanic Dental Association
Sarah Raskin, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Elham Kateeb, Professor of Dental Public Health, Al-Quds University; Counsil member Federation Dentaire Internationale
Khaleda Zaheer, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder Refugee Crisis Foundation
Abiola Adeniyi, Assistant Professor of Health & Human Services, Fairleigh Dickinson University Vancouver
Ramprasad Vasthare, Professor & Head Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences
Olayinka Adekugbe, Assistant Professor Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Shannon Cole, PhD, Senior Medical Writer & Editor Johns Hopkins School of Medicine The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
Albert Wu, Professor & Director of Strategic Collaboration, Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
Priyanka Gudsoorkar, Assistant Professor & Director of Global Health, BSPH University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
K Davina Frick, Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Dragon’s Den Presentations:
Amisha Parmar, MSc candidate, McMaster University
Mkandawire Thandiwe, BDS candidate, The Copperbelt University School of Medicine, Zambia
Alexa Bennett, PhD candidate Water & Health, University of Waterloo
Kathryn Carrier, MD candidate, Dalhousie University
Aoife Cummins, PhD candidate Global Health, McMaster University
Vincenza Sgura, MSc Global Health & Equity, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Marina Nevison, MSc Global Health candidate, McMaster University
Lakshmi Moorthy, MPH candidate, Johns Hopkins University