Explore The Possibilities in Oral Health
We offer two types of profiles to help you to understand the problems and challenges we face in oral health through the stories of people who spend their lives solving them.
Professional Pathways Profiles
The Professional Pathways profiles on Oral-Health.org feature established individuals across professions and disciplines. After exploring a number of these profiles, you can discover the impact people make, the serendipity in their paths, and their advice for explorers who are interested in doing similar work.
Experience Exchange Profiles
The Experience Exchange profiles feature the ways in which people gain early real-world experience. These profiles showcase people who have found solid internships, research positions, jobs, volunteer positions, as well as people who have launched their own entrepreneurial endeavors.
Problem-Based Exploration
Problem-Based Career Exploration is a paradigm developed and tested to full the requirements of a Doctor of Medical Science Thesis defended and submitted in 2017. The full thesis can be found via the link below to understand the development of Oral-Health.org.
How to Utilize Possibility Profiles
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Possibility Podcast
We introduce possibilities through story. Click on the person’s thumbnail image to view their full profile. Most profiles contain an audio story that introduces the individual and the problem or challenge they address. To listen to the person’s audio story, click the link that says, “Listen to the Audio Story”. Each profile contains an interview transcript where you can learn in depth about their work and their life. Click on the individual questions to view their answer our interview questions. Some profiles contain a Possibility Podcast located below transcript accordion. Click “Play” to listen to the tracks. Explore as many profiles as possible to discover possibilities you may never have imagined.
Example Professional Pathways Profiles in Oral Health
Dr. Nadeem Karimbux
works with faculty and students to integrate the basic and clinical sciences to improve patient care.
Dr. Brian Swann
works to build capacity in resource-poor settings and works to understand how health centers can see more patients with limited staff, time, and space.
Dr. Brittany Seymour
works to integrate oral health and general health across professions and disciplines through public health, teaching, and curriculum development.
Example Experience Exchange Profiles in Oral Health
Yianni Ellenikiotis
Yianni Ellenikiotis
Helen Yang
worked as an intern with the Pan-American Health Organization in Washington, D. C.
Experience Exchange Profiles Beyond Oral Health
Dustin Saldarriaga
worked with the Skadden Foundation and Community Legal Services and Counselling Center as a legal fellow to expand access to legal representation for LGBT immigrant youth.
Dr. Jason Ahn
worked to make a documentary on Korean American divided families.
David France
works to transform the lives of inner city youth through a joy-filled, intensive music program.
Professional Pathways Beyond Oral Health
Michael Chu
works to identify high-impact health interventions for the poor and develops models to deliver these interventions commercially.
Dr. John-Arne Røttingen
works to make decision-making in health care more evidence-based, more rigorous, and more transparent from the clinical to the policy level.
Dr. Michael VanRooyen
works to bring accountability, quality and efficiency to the field of humanitarian assistance to save lives.
Dr. Katherine Baicker
works to improve the delivery of health care and health insurance through programs like Medicaid for low-income populations or Medicare for the elderly.
Dr. Naill Kirkland
works on the regeneration and reoccupation of land that has been polluted, contaminated, and abandoned.
Dr. Suerie Moon
works to address the high prices of medicines and encourages research and development systems to prioritize unprofitable diseases.
Dr. Jennifer Learning
works to improve the ways in which the international humanitarian community responds during times of crisis.
Sarah Rankin
works to prevent interpersonal violence and provides comprehensive student-centered intervention services on campus.
Dr. Fernando Reimers
works to understand the impact of policy and programs in helping students develop skills that allow them to become self-authoring individuals.
Dr. Jennifer Learning
uses genomics to examine parasites at the molecular level to understand the interaction between malaria-causing parasites, their hosts and mosquitos.
Kirk Friedrich
mobilizes the global soccer community in the fight against HIV/AIDS and uses local heroes, professional soccer players and to educate at risk youth.
Dr. Dennis Norman
works to increase resources that address American Indian and Alaskan Native health inequities and on projects that foster Nation Building.