Alice M. Horowitz, RDH, MA, PhD, is a research associate professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health at the University of Maryland in College Park. Formerly a senior scientist at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Health, National Institutes of Health, Horowitz was instrumental in initiating the need to address health literacy in dentistry. She can be reached at ahorowit@umd.edu.