Affiliation:

Director of predoctoral dental education, Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine

Why She Was Nominated:

Dr. Kennedy has an extensive history of research and published journals. She has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles in journals including Contour (a publication of the American Student Dental Association), Dental Economics and Dental Entrepreneur, as well as other state and national journals.

Exciting New Trend:

“We can now use chairside screening machines to analyze a patient’s saliva in real time. This enables us to detect an environmental change in a patient’s mouth before disease is present and allows us to identify risk factors and prevent disease more effectively, and before any damage to healthy oral tissue occurs.”

Something People Don’t Know:

“I love snail mail! My grandmother and I used to write each other every few weeks, and I fell in love with handwritten cards. To this day I have a pen pal and love to keep in touch with friends through snail mail.”