Dental hygienists are leaders not only in clinical practice, education, and
public policy, but also in scientific research, addressing important oral
health issues such as periodontal disease, program evaluation, vulnerable
populations, disease risk factors, prevention, treatments, and more.
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Dental Hygienists with Doctoral Degrees Directory
March 3, 2025
Use this directory
to develop research collaborations, support networking, and find
inspiration from those working across the spectrum of dental hygiene
and oral health.
Directory information has been shared with the consent of all those
listed.
Results appear per preferred language.
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Name and Contact Information
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Research Areas
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Joanna Asadoorian, PhD
George Brown Polytechnic
joanna.asadoorian@georgebrown.ca
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evidence based practice, dental hygiene education, periodontal
therapeutic antimicrobials
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Arlynn Brodie, PhD
arlynn@brodie.ws
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oral health in long term care homes, aging and oral health
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Ava Chow, PhD
University of Alberta
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cellular and molecular biology, educational technologies
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Joanne Clovis, PhD
Retired (Dalhousie University, Halifax)
j.clovis@dal.ca
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dental public health, health policy, seniors oral health and
oral care, fluoride vehicles in primary prevention,
interprofessional health education
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Sharon Compton, PhD
University of Alberta, Canada
scompton@ualberta.ca
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oral health and older adults, indigenous oral health,
educational research, professional issues in dental hygiene
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Leeann Donnelly, PhD
Canada
ldonnelly@dentistry.ubc.ca
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health equity, program evaluation, community engaged learning
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Zul Kanji, EdD
University of British Columbia
zulkanji@dentistry.ubc.ca
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program evaluation, outcomes of baccalaureate education,
student retention & success in higher education
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Denise Laronde, PhD
University of British Columbia
dlaronde@dentistry.ubc.ca
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oral cancer screening, early detection of oral cancer, fanconi
anemia and oral cancer, natural history of oral cancer
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Charla Lautar, PhD
Retired
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access to care, ethics
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Salme Lavigne, PhD
Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene
salme.lavigne@umanitoba.ca
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oral systemic links, periodontology, community Health
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Banafsheh Moazed, PhD
University of Saskatchewan
b.moazed@usask.ca
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oral and head and neck cancers, PMMA biomaterial in treatment
of oral pathology
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Susanne Sunell, EdD
Omni Educational Group Ltd.
ssunell@shaw.ca
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education, dental hygiene, dental therapy, competency-based
education, self-confidence
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Salima Thawer, EdD
Canada
salima.thawer@acdh.ca
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leadership, health profession regulation, continuing
competence, public health
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