Innovation, Clinical Education and Public Health

ADEA Innovation, Clinical Education and Public Health Advisory Committee

The ADEA Advisory Committee for Innovation, Clinical Education and Public Health (ACICEPH) provides strategic guidance and expert advice to the ADEA Board of Directors and ADEA staff on oral health matters related to current and future areas of innovation, approaches to clinical education and public health.

The Committee considers three areas—vision, policy and programming—and related resources, all of which contribute to ADEA’s overall mission. ADEA ACICEPH also supports the Association in advancing its goals of fostering new thinking, enhancing oral health clinical education and promoting public health perspectives that will drive policy, initiatives and approaches that support the future of oral health education.

2026-27 Committee Members

Sompop Bencharit, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., FACP
Director of Innovation
Austin Institute of Dental Medicine

Ivy F. Lin, D.M.D., M.P.H., FAGD
Assistant Director of General Practice Residency
Acting Assistant Professor of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
University of Washington School of Dentistry

Jade Macdonald, M.Sc.
Director, Dental Hygiene Program
Vancouver Community College

Sharon Perelman, D.D.S., M.M.I., FAMIA
Associate Professor of Dental Medicine
Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Columbia University College of Dentital Medicine

Karen Raposa, RDH, M.B.A.
Senior Director, Academic and Education Sales
HuFriedyGroup

Omer Sheriff Sultan, B.D.S., M.D.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
A.T. Still University Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health

Scott Tomar, D.M.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor and Associate Dean for Prevention and Public Health Sciences
University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry

Naciye (Guzin) Uzel, D.M.D., D.M.Sc.
Assistant Professor, Periodontology
Director of Research Education
Director, Advanced and Graduate Education
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine