Rebecca Slayton, DDS, PhD, has been named chief dental officer of the National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF).
As chief dental officer, she will continue to chair the NCOHF Scientific Advisory Board while assuming responsibility for oral health messaging, approval of preventive strategies, and treatment protocols.
Dr. Slayton is a professor and chair of the department of pediatric dentistry at the University of Iowa. She is a board-certified pediatric dentist and a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
Prior to joining the University of Iowa in 2008, she served on the faculty at the University of Washington School of Dentistry as the graduate program director and as the chair of the pediatric dentistry department at Oregon Health & Science University.
