Climate Change, Environment, and Oral Health

Description

Describe the bi-directional relationship between oral health/general health and environmental health/climate change.

Objectives

Presenters

1. Dr. Donna Hackley
   Donna M. Hackley, DMD, MA, (MPH candidate) is a Pediatric Dentist and Instructor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She developed teaching capacity and infrastructure for the pioneer School of Dentistry at the University of Rwanda, Kigali, and served as Co-PI for the first National Oral Health Survey in Rwanda. She participated in curriculum reform at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Dentistry, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and led a team developing school-based oral health services. She is also a faculty leader of HSDMâ??s Sustainability Committee (Green Team). Donna strives to promote contextually relevant, sustainable and inclusive development and to leverage her practical experiences to inform operations and policy.