Dr. Melanie Simmer-Beck, Chair & Professor, Department of Dental Public Health and Behavioral Science, for her appointment as the Missouri State Champion for the 100 Million Mouths Campaign https://cipcoh.hsdm.harvard.edu/current-oral-health-champions to serve as a resource and advocate to promote integration of oral health education in health profession school curriculums.  Missouri was one of six states selected in the U.S. for this project (because the oral health of Missourians is so poor).

Find additional information about the oral health in Missouri here.