“End to End: GI Tract Pathologies and Their Oral Manifestations”
Thursday, May 16 | 1:30 pm–3:30 pm
“Down and Out or Down and About? Raising Awareness
of Mental Health Issues in Dentistry”
Friday, May 17 | 8:30 am–11:30 am
“From the Cradle to the Grave: Oral Pathology Through
the Life Span”
Friday, May 17 | 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
Sherri Lukes, RDH MS FAADH A dental hygienist for 43 years, Sherri Lukes holds advanced degrees in education. She is associate professor emerita, Southern Illinois University, where she taught general and oral pathology, public health, and multicultural dental hygiene. Her research focus was oral pathology and migrant farmworker oral health. She is an approved speaker of and holds a pathology fellowship in the American Academy of Dental Hygiene, past president of the Illinois Dental Hygienists’ Association, and a member of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Community service includes 20+ years of missions to Mexico, providing dental services. Honors include Community Service, Research, and Teacher of the Year awards at SIU, Illinois Oral Health Champion Award, Sunstar/RDH Award of Distinction and Western Society of Perio DH speaker of the year.