School of Dentistry faculty in 2024 ADEA leadership positions

Faculty of UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry in 2024 American Dental Education Association appointments.

Faculty at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry will hold a variety of positions within the American Dental Education Association across the 2024 calendar year.

With several appointments confirmed in March at the 2024 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition, faculty members holding positions are as follows:

• Christopher S. Daniel, DDS, MD, assistant professor
  Secretary, Section on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Anesthesia, and Hospital Dentistry
• Leticia Guajardo, DDS, associate professor
  Chair, Section on Addiction Education; Chair-Elect, Section on Endodontics
• Khairunisa Hashmani, RDH, EdD
  Secretary, ADEA SIG for Career Development for New Dental Faculty
• Carolyn Huynh, DDS, MEd, EdD, associate professor
  Liaison, Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program
• Anita Joy-Thomas, BDS, PhD, diagnostics and biomedical sciences chair, professor
  Chair-Elect, Section of Integrated Clinical and Applied Biomedical Sciences (ICABS); Member, Council of Sections Project Pool Committee
• F. Kurtis Kasper, PhD, associate professor
  Liaison, ADEA Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education
• Gargi Mukherji, DDS, associate professor
  Chair-Elect, ADEA Leadership Council; Councilor, Section on Physiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics; Councilor, Section Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine Section
• Pierpont, assistant professor
  Chair, Section on Anatomical Sciences
• Neha Parikh, PhD, assistant professor
  Chair, ADEA Leadership Council; Councilor, Section on Physiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics; Councilor, Section on Physiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics; Member, Council of Sections Project Pool Committee
• Shalizeh (Shelly) Patel, DDS, MEd, associate dean for patient care, distinguished teaching professor
  Liaison, Commission on Change and Innovation
• H. Philip Pierpont, professor
  Member, ADEA PASS Advisory Group
• Ryan Quock, DDS, distinguished teaching professor
  Immediate Past-Chair, ADEA Board of Directors
• Priyanshi Ritwik, BDS, MS, professor
  Secretary, Section on Pediatric Dentistry
• Vinu Taneja Sista, DDS,
  Chair, Section on Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine
• Marilia Sly, DDS, MSD
  Chair, CAD/CAM Special Interest Group
• Robert Spears, PhD, associate dean for student and academic affairs, professor
  Member, ADEA Annual Session Planning Committee; ADEA Policy and Research Advisory Committee; Advisor, ADEA Leadership Institute
• John Valenza, DDS, dean, distinguished teaching professor
  Member, ADEA Legislative Advisory Committee; ADEA Council of Deans
• Dharini van der Hoeven, MSc, PhD, associate professor
  Board Director, ADEA Council of Sections Administrative Board
• Ransome van der Hoeven, PhD, associate professor
  Councilor, Section on Biochemistry, Nutrition, and Microbiology

The list reflects faculty submissions. Contact the Office of Professional Development and Faculty Affairs to submit additions or updates.