Erinne Kennedy, DMD, MPH, MMSc

Dr. Erinne Kennedy graduated in 2015 from Nova Southeastern University’s College of Dental Medicine. After dental school, Erinne attended a one-year general practice residency at the VA Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Kennedy has a passion for community health and received her certificate of completion for a dental public health (DPH) residency from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) in 2018. She was board-certified in public health in 2019. In May 2019, she graduated as the pioneer student at HSDM with a MMSc in Dental Education. She is currently the Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Integrated Learning at Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine. Erinne has been a part of the ADA expert panel for developing the guidelines on the Use of Antibiotics. Currently, she is a contributing editor for two publications: Dental Economics and Dental Entrepreneur Women (DeW). She is an expert spokesperson on behalf of the ADA for antibiotic use and stewardship in dentistry. She serves as secretary to the Council for Education for the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD). Dr. Kennedy’s professional affiliations include: ADA, AAPHD, Missouri Dental Association (MDA), Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), and the Association for Dental Safety (ADS).

Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Kellie Wark, MD, MPH

Dr. Kellie Wark is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Wark completed her undergraduate, medical school, internal medicine residency and infectious fellowship education all at the University of Kansas. In addition to general infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance, Dr. Wark has interest in antibiotic stewardship and serves on KUMC's Antibiotic Stewardship Program and co-leads the Ambulatory Antibiotic Stewardship subcommittee.

Post-fellowship she pursued additional training in public health acquiring an MPH from George Washington University and has worked at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) in the Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program. Dr. Wark is the Antibiotic Stewardship Lead and Antimicrobial Resistance Subject Matter Expert at KDHE, and serves as the stewardship leader and multi-drug resistant.
organisms subcommittees of the Kansas State Healthcare Associated Infections and Resistance Advisory Board.

She has developed many public health initiatives including co-chairing #KSFightsFlu, a collegiate flu campaign amongst Kansas colleges and universities in conjunction with Immunize Kansas Coalition and the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care. She has been the curriculum developer for statewide educational series targeting antibiotic stewardship and infection control in collaboration with the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative and the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, as well as an ECHO series targeting clinician awareness and diagnosis of local tick-borne diseases.