Joan Gluch, PhD, RDH serves as Division Chief and Professor of Clinical Community Oral Health, leading twenty two faculty and staff in Penn Dental Medicine PDM)’s four community dental care programs and overseeing the required PDM courses in behavioral sciences, community and public health, health promotion and practice management. Dr. Gluch’s research interests focus on expanding access to oral health promotion and clinical care in community settings with continuous grant funding from federal and state agencies as well as private foundations for PDM community initiatives since 2001.
Dr Gluch is licensed as a dental hygienist and public health dental hygiene practitioner in Pennsylvania, and earned the Certificate in Dental Hygiene from Temple University, Bachelor in Science in Dental Hygiene from Columbia University, Masters in Education from Temple University and PhD in Education, Culture and Society from University of Pennsylvania.