B.S., Dental Hygiene Education, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1981
M.P.S., Health Administration, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, Connecticut, 1994
Administrative and Clinical Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Department of Dentistry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1993-94
Sandra is a tenured, Assistant Professor in the Dental Hygiene Program, Division of Health Professions. She has been a full-time faculty member since 1996 and is the former dental hygiene program director from 2001-2009. Spanning the freshman, junior and senior-level curriculum, including the clinical, community-based and academic areas, her areas of expertise reflect the following courses taught in the Program: Introduction to Dental Hygiene I and II, Dental Hygiene Clinical Concepts III-V, Dental Hygiene Research, Oral Medicine, Senior Internships, Senior Projects, and the Community-Based Program. Sandra has been an active member of the New Haven Dental Hygienists’ Association and the Delta Lambda Chapter of Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society.
She continues to serve on various state and local advisory committees and maintains several consultant positions in the state of Connecticut. Sandra’s professional speaking engagements included invitations from the North American Dental Hygiene Research Conference, National Dental Director’s Conferences, Connecticut Dental Hygienists’ Association, New Haven Dental Hygienists’ Association, and the Dental Hygiene National Honor Society, Sigma Phi Alpha. Currently, Sandra is research scholar at the University of Connecticut Health Center, School of Dental Medicine and School of Medicine, where she is actively participating in clinical trials and completing her research project regarding the role of oral/dental procedures causing infections in patients on hemodialysis.
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