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24 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Jane Weintraub <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Dr. Jane Weintraub <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 1917 S. Lakeshore Dr. <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone: 415-517-5761 <br /> Email: Jane_Weintraub@unc.edu <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2011 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: C.H. City Limits <br /> Gender Identity: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: White <br /> Age Range: 60+ <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Faculty - UNC Adams School of Dentistry and Gillings School of Global Public Health <br /> Board of Directors for Access Dental Care, a non-profit mobile dentistry organization <br /> based in Asheboro, NC <br /> National organization - Immediate Past President of the American Association of Dental, <br /> Oral and Craniofacial Research, Past President- American Association of Public Health <br /> Dentistry, other memberships: American Dental Association/NC Dental Society, American <br /> Public Health Association, other dental organizations . <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Board of Health <br /> Please explain how your background, education and experience is relevant to this board <br /> I am a board-certified specialist in dental public health. Earlier in my career I practiced dentistry <br /> in neighborhood health centers in Boston. I am the Rozier Douglass Distinguished Professor of <br /> Dental Public Health at the UNC Adams School of Dentistry and Gillings School of Global Public <br /> Health. I am a former dean (2011-2016) of the UNC Adams School of Dentistry. <br /> Please explain your reasons for wanting to serve on this board <br /> I have served in leadership positions in national dental organizations and feel it is time to give <br /> back to my community to improve the public s health and oral health. I have talked to other <br /> dentists who have served on this and other NC County Boards of Health and they all say it is a <br /> very worthwhile experience. <br /> How would your particpation on this board contribute to the diversity of viewpoints? <br /> Oral health is an often overlooked part of the body. However, research continues to show the <br /> strong connections between oral health and other systemic conditions. My research over the <br /> years has focused on disease prevention and oral health disparities, initially in children and more <br /> recently in older adults (e.g., relationship between tooth loss and cognitive decline, loneliness <br />