The Leadership Colloquium

The U.S. National Oral Health Alliance embodies the spirit of collaboration by convening leadership colloquia throughout the year.

Alliance Partners interested in leading the way in oral health come together at the leadership colloquia to listen to and learn from one another, while also honoring each individual's dedication to innovative oral health improvement. Through the leadership colloquia, the Alliance engages a broad group of partners who are committed to building common ground and focusing efforts among dedicated national, state, and community leaders.

View a video about our Second Leadership Colloquium on March 13-14, 2012 in Chicago below.

 

Alliance colloquia are organized around its six priority areas for improving the nation's oral health:

  • Prevention and Public Health Infrastructure
  • Oral Health Literacy
  • Medical and Dental Collaboration
  • Metrics for Improving Oral Health
  • Financing Models
  • Strengthening the Dental Care Delivery System

Fall of 2011, the Alliance convened our First Leadership Colloquium in Washington, DC on November 7-8, 2011. More than 125 participants met on the East Coast, in our nation's capital, for this leadership colloquium focusing on the Alliance priority area of Medical and Dental Collaboration.

Last spring, the Alliance convened our Second Leadership Colloquium in Chicago on March 13-14, 2012. More than 140 participants met in the Midwest for this leadership colloquium focusing on the Alliance priority area of Prevention and Public Health Infrastructure.

Last summer, the Alliance convened our Third Leadership Colloquium in San Francisco on June 6-7, 2012. More than 120 participants met on the West Coast for this leadership colloquium focusing on the Alliance priority area of Oral Health Literacy as a pathway to health equity.

This past fall, the Alliance convened our Fourth Leadership Colloquium in New Orleans on November 15-16, 2012. More than 100 participants came together in the South for this leadership colloquium focusing on the Alliance priority area of Metrics for Improving Oral Health.

This April, the Alliance convened our Fifth Leadership Colloquium in Atlanta on April 2-3, 2013. Participants came together in the Southeast for this leadership colloquium focusing on the Alliance priority area of Financing Models.

This coming summer, the Alliance will convene our Sixth Leadership Colloquium in Washington, DC on June 17-18 2013. Participants will come together again in our nation's capital for this leadership colloquium focusing on the last Alliance priority area of Strengthening the Dental Care Delivery System.