Member Directory

Adaira L. Howell, RDH, BSDH, MS, is a lecturer and the community outreach coordinator at the Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene at ODU. With experience as an educator, researcher, and clinical dental hygienist, she is also a published author. Howell’s research focuses on increasing access to dental care for underserved populations. She has a true passion for serving others and strives to create a community that focuses improving health equity for all.

Denise M. McKinney, PhD, RDH, is an associate professor and graduate program director at the Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia. Her research interests include pediatric oral health, maternal and child oral health, and health policies. McKinney can be reached at dclaibor@odu.edu.

Roopali Kulkarni, DMD, MPH, is a board-certified oral medicine specialist, an assistant professor of oral medicine, and the assistant director of the postgraduate oral medicine program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia. She currently teaches predoctoral and postdoctoral students clinically and didactically. Kulkarni’s scholarly work focuses on both oral medicine and public health, with a special interest in oral potentially malignant disorders, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, obstructive sleep apnea, and health policy. She is an active researcher in the World Workshop on Oral Medicine and a senior fellow in the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. In addition to her faculty responsibilities, Kulkarni serves as an attending at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and treats patients within the university health system. She can be reached at roopaliK@upenn.edu.