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Speaker Biography Ms. Jacquelyn L. Fried received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and her Certificate in Dental Hygiene from the Ohio State University. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Dental Hygiene fromOld Dominion University. Ms. Fried is an Associate Professor and Director of Interprofessional Initiatives at the University of Maryland, School of Dentistry (UMSOD). She has been in dental hygiene education for over thirty years. As the Dental Hygiene Division Head, a role Ms. Fried held for ten years, she oversaw the transformation of the dental hygiene curriculum from a traditional format into one that is electronic. During her tenure as Division Director, two distance learning sites in underserved areas of Maryland where students receive their didactic coursework on-line were developed and operationalized. Ms. Fried is most well-known for her pioneering research and publications regarding the dental hygienist’s role in tobacco cessationand prevention; however, her interest areas have expanded to include professional writing and communication, the broadening role of the dental hygienist,and HPV and oral cancer. At the UMSOD, Ms. Fried has taught clinically and didactically. Her didactic areas of expertise include professional writing, research methodology and issues in health care delivery.During her career, Ms. Fried has served as a consultant to the National Cancer Institute and has remained active in the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) and the American Dental Education Association. In these organizations, respectively, she serves on the Council of Education, the Tobacco Intervention Initiative and was Chair of the Tobacco-free Special Interest Group. She also was appointed to the ADHA’s Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner and Tobacco Task Forces. Ms. Fried has published widely and has received funded grants for health professions trainingin tobacco interventions and women, health professions and tobacco curriculum. She has received numerous awards for her teaching and leadership. For 2011, she was selected as Old Dominion University Division of Dental Hygiene’s Alumna of the Year. Nationally, she was honored with the ADHA WarnerLambert Award for Excellence in Dental Hygiene which she received in 1997. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Human PapillomaVirus (HPV): Implications for the Oral Health Professions This course will discuss the growing body of science associating HPV with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) and illustrate how this association has and will influence the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene. Attendees will learn why some of their approaches to patient treatment may require reexamination and modification. Through this course, participants will expand their knowledge base related to HPV, its association with HNSCC’s, the contrasts between carcinogen and HPV induced oral cancers, approaches to detection and lesion identification and proposed treatments for head and neck cancers and based on etiologic factors, their outcomes. Cases will be discussed to provide options for patient/provider interactions. Objectives: Through course participation, attendees will: 1. Identify how the association between HPV and HNSCC’s can alter oral healthcare delivery. 2. Differentiate between carcinogen induced and HPV associated head and neck cancers. 3. Discuss how oropharyngeal cancers can be detected. 4. Propose options for communication with patients at risk for HPV related OPC. 5. Describe how the HPV/HNSCC connection can broaden the role of the oral health professional. | |||||||||||||||||||
