Member Directory

Tara Johnson, RDH, PhD, is an associate professor of dental hygiene at Idaho State University in Pocatello, where her research focuses on pharmacology and chemoprevention of oral cancer. Johnson has presented papers at national and international professional meetings, and serves on the Idaho State University Institutional Review Board. She can be reached at: johntara@isu.edu.

Rachel A. Schallhorn, DDS, MS, maintains a private practice in periodontics in Aurora, Colorado. A diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, she is involved in practice-based clinical research and has published manuscripts on regenerative therapy, soft tissue augmentation and periodontal-systemic interrelationships. Schallhorn has lectured at local and national dental meetings, and served on committees for the American Academy of Periodontology and as president of the Rocky Mountain Society of Periodontists. She can be reached at rachel_1028@yahoo.com.

Foroud Hakim, DDS, MBA, is vice chair of the Department of Reconstructive Dental Sciences at the Dugoni School of Dentistry.

Jessie Vallée, DDS, is director of preclinical education in the Department of Reconstructive Dental Sciences at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific in San Francisco. She can be reached at jvallee@pacific.edu.

Lyndon F. Cooper, DDS, PhD, is the associate dean for research and head of the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. A diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, he served as the 2010 president of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP). Cooper received the ACP’s 2004 Clinician/Researcher Award and the 2009 International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award for prosthodontics and implantology. He can be reached at cooperlf@uic.edu.

Harold C. Slavkin, DDS, is a professor and dean emeritus at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California in Los Angeles. As former director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), one of the major accomplishments of his tenure at NIDCR was completion of the first U.S. Surgeon General’s Report, Oral Health in America, to focus exclusively on craniofacial and oral health. Slavkin is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A cofounder of the Santa Fe Group, an oral health think tank, he was recognized with the 2016 William J. Gies Award for Vision as a Dental Educator and the 2016 American Association for Dental Research Jack Hein Pubic Service Award for promoting oral health research activities to a wide constituency. He can be reached at slavkin@usc.edu.

Carrie Peltier, MS, MPH, is quality improvement project manager at the DentaQuest Institute, where she manages national quality improvement initiatives focused on caries management. With a passion for disease prevention, she has managed projects involving obesity prevention and advocacy, oral health, and the benefits of breastfeeding.

Brian B. Nový, DDS, is president of the DentaQuest Oral Health Center and director of practice improvement at the DentaQuest Institute. A fellow of the American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists and Academy of Dentistry International, he served on the American Dental Association (ADA) Council of Scientific Affairs from 2010 to 2014, and as chair of the CAMBRA Coalition through 2015. In 2009, the ADA recognized Nový’s office as the Adult Preventive Care Practice of the Year.