Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders
New York, NY (September 29, 2025) – The Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders (AOHAB), in partnership with the NYU College of Dentistry, the NYU School of Global Public Health, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations Oral Health Work Group, proudly hosted “Mouth Matters: Civil Society Drives Health Through Oral Health” on September …
A view of geriatric dentistry in Cameroon Atanwo Nita, David Fray Locked between Central and West Africa is found Cameroon, a tropical country. Oral diseases, amongst the most common non communicable diseases, touches about 3.5 billion people in the world. The number of people in the world aged 65 or over is expected to double …
Donna Hackley is an Assistant Professor part-time in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology and Global and Community Health and faculty of pre-doctoral Pediatric Dentistry at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Hackley earned her DMD from Boston University’s Goldman School of Dentistry (1992) where she also completed a 1-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry …
Dr. Allen Wong has taught postdoctoral general dentistry for over 35 years in AEGD programs (Pacific and University California San Francisco) and is the director of Pacific’s Hospital Dentistry Program. He has lectured nationally and internationally in the areas of special care dentistry, rotary endodontics, implant restorations, and minimally invasive dentistry. He was active with …
Dr. Linda Oge Okoye is a distinguished dental surgeon and academic. She completed her primary education at Zik’s Avenue Primary School in Enugu and her secondary education at Federal Government College, Port Harcourt. Pursuing higher education, she earned her Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in 1990. In 2005, …
y Internationally Renowned Dentist, Educator, and Leader in Global Dental Organizations Dr. Gerhard Konrad Seeberger is a distinguished dentist with an illustrious career spanning decades. A graduate of Würzburg Julius-Maximilian University in Germany (1985), he currently directs two private dental practices and has served as an Assistant and Associate Professor at prestigious universities in Italy …
Dr. Julian Fisher serves as the Director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies within the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. In this role, he champions the integration of oral health considerations into broader policy frameworks, recognizing that population oral health is significantly influenced by policies …
Dr. Jean Creasey received her Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from the University of California San Francisco in 2001. Prior to that she worked for many years as a Registered Dental Hygienist and from that background brings a strong focus on prevention to her dental practice. She is a recognized speaker, nationally and internationally on …
Dr. Abra Caroci is a pediatric dentist committed to offering children and families high quality service and care for long lasting healthy smiles. He graduated from Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health at A.T. Still University and also received a certificate in Public Health. He moved to Rochester in 2013 and completed a General Practice Residency …
Julian Fisher, Director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies within the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health, is a leading authority in oral and planetary health at an international level. He has held numerous consultancies with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Education Cultural and Scientific Organization, and the United Nations Environment Program. …
