Dr. Shick completed her DDS, Residency in Pediatric Dentistry and Masters of Public Health degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She works part-time in private pediatric dental practice and is Senior Investigator and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Center for Global Health and School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Shick coordinates the dental school’s global health program based in a community health center in rural Guatemala. She also works on a national level promoting global health in dental education and is the founding Chair of the Global Health Workgroup of the American Dental Education Association. She is a member of the Oral Health Steering Committee for Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO), in collaboration with the American Dental Association. She currently volunteers as a taskforce member for the World Dental Federation’s (FDI) Sustainability in Dentistry project and Cleft Care initiative.
