015 Protecting our Public Health Podcast with Sharity Ludwig

Chris Wood, Executive Director for the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD), joins Sharity this week on the Protecting our Public Health Podcast to discuss the role of the ASTDD in assisting state oral health programs.

 

Episode Highlights:

 

• Chris’ professional history and her journey to becoming the Executive Director of ASTDD
• ASTDD and its purpose
• How the ASTDD assists states through a population based approach
• The most common requests ASTDD receives

 

Quotes:

 

“You don’t necessarily have to be a dentist to be the person who’s leading the oral health program in the state health department.”

 

“One of the things that we do a significant amount of work on is assisting states with data collection.”

 

“We’re reporting on the oral health status of a population.”

 

“As state government employees, you cannot advocate, but you most certainly can educate.”

 

“Our resources get used by a lot of other people.”

 

“I believe that when you get involved with an organization like ASTDD, it really can be a game changer in terms of your career.”

 

Links:

 

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage: http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429

 

Chris’ email:   cwood@astdd.org

 

ASTDD homepage:   www.astdd.org