Our DEI Director

Carlos Smith [View Image]
Carlos S. Smith, D.D.S., M.Div., FACD
Director - Diversity, equity and inclusion
VCU School of Dentistry and VCU Dental Care
cssmith2@vcu.edu

Our DEI Committee

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee 2020-2021

Aderonke Akinkugbe, B.D.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Department of Dental Public Health and Policy

Brionna Anthony
D.D.S. Class of 2021
Student National Dental Association president

Erin Block, D.D.S. 
Third-year resident
Department of Periodontics

Dineishia Brown
Department of Dental Public Health and Policy
Risk and Compliance office

B. Ellen Byrne, R.Ph., D.D.S., Ph.D.
Senior associate dean, academic affairs
and professor, Department of Endodontics

Harmeet Chiang, B.D.S., D.D.S., M.S., FAGD
Associate professor
Department of General Practice 

Enes Maxhuni
D.D.S. Class of 2021
International Dentist Program

Mayra Madalena
D.D.S. Class of 2021

Joshua McKoy
President, D.D.S. Class of 2023

Chase Phillips 
D.D.S. Class of 2021

Apurva Tadimari Prabhakar
Student, Ph.D. in Oral Health Research

Sonali Rathore, D.D.S., M.S.
Associate professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences

David Sarrett, D.M.D., M.S.
Dean, VCU School of Dentistry, ex-officio

Carlos Smith, D.D.S., M.Div., FACD
Committee chair
Director, Diversity, equity and inclusion
and assistant professor, Department of General Practice

Carla Tinsley
Risk and Compliance office

Sorin Uram-Tuculescu, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Associate professor
Department of General Practice

Tiffany Williams, D.D.S., M.S.D.
Director of student recruitment
and associate professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry