Jan 11, 2022
Listen to this informative podcast on beverage choices for young
children. Dr. Brickhouse shares with us her informed plan on
interacting with caregivers about beverage choices for their
children.
Dr. Tegwyn Brickhouse is Professor and Chair of the Department of
Dental Public Health and Policy at the Virginia Commonwealth
University School of Dentistry. She has served VCU as a faculty
member since 2003.
Dr. Brickhouse is actively involved in oral health disparities
research and transdisciplinary work related to population oral
health research and policy.
Dr. Brickhouse has a solid history of NIH, HRSA, Virginia
Department of Health (VDH), industry and internal funding. Her NIH
research funding has consisted of an R03 and K-award, in addition
to multiple internal funding programs and VDH contracts. This
provided the foundation of her work in children’s oral health
disparities and successful achievement of promotion and tenure in
2008. In 2009, she became the Chair of the Department of Pediatric
Dentistry at VCU
After a competitive submission process, the VCU Provost’s Office,
she was named Director of VCU’s iCubed Transdisciplinary Oral Health
Core. This core seeks to identify and remove the educational,
political, psychological, social, and nutritional barriers to good
oral health.
Her leadership roles have spanned multiple organizations such as
President of the Virginia Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, then
chairing the AAPD Council on Scientific Affairs, and serving on the
AAPD Board of Trustees from 2017-2020. She currently serves on the
American Board of Pediatric Dentistry’s Qualifying Exam Committee
and as an OCE examiner. She also serves on the dental advisory
committee to Virginia state dental Medicaid program.
In 2010, she help to initiate and build a statewide non-profit
called the Virginia Oral Health Coalition. She served as the
founding chair of its board until 2016. It has grown into a
national recognized organization known as Virginia Health Catalyst where
she currently serves as a board member and part of the Water Equity
Task Force.