Sherri M. Lukes has been a dental hygienist for more than 40 years and holds advanced degrees in education. She is an associate professor emerita at Southern Illinois University, where she taught oral pathology, public health, and multicultural dental hygiene. Her research concentrated on migrant oral health, oral pathology, and public health issues, resulting in multiple peer-reviewed publications. Lukes holds a pathology fellowship in the American Academy of Dental Hygiene, is a past president of the Illinois Dental Hygienists’ Association, and a member of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Community service includes 20+ years of mission trips to central/southern Mexico, delivering preventive care in an orphanage and remote villages.
Speaker Events
Thursday, April 30
Course T17 | End to End: GI Tract Pathologies and their Oral Manifestations
3 – 4:30 p.m.