Mehedia Haque

Dr. Mehedia Haque was most recently a full time Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at the College of Dentistry. She also saw patients at Yummy Dental and Orthodontics for Kids and Apple Dental Care in Chicago, IL. Dr. Haque graduated from Rutgers University, Summa Cum Laude and received her graduate degree from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 2015 where she received the Oral Medicine Award. Afterwards, she pursued postgraduate education and earned a Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry from NYU Langone Hospitals in 2017. Dr. Haque has been awarded the Master Clinical Fellowship from Academy of Pediatric Dentistry in 2018 and currently serves on the Editorial board for Journal of Dentistry for Children. She was an Advisory Committee Member of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health from 2013-2016 that developed the first statewide “Oral Health Practice Guidelines for Pregnancy and Early Childhood.” As a cofounding board member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gayhead, Aquinnah, MA, from 2011-2015, Dr. Haque helped to build a collaborative framework of trust to address the disparities in this underserved population, in order to deliver sustainable oral health care. She was also granted the Weissman grant from Harvard Global Health Institute to work with a GAVI Alliance in Geneva, Switzerland.

Education

• DMD Harvard School of Dental Medicine (2011 — 2015)
• Master of Public Health - MPH Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2019 — 2020)
• B.A. Rutgers University (2007 — 2011)

Companies

• Joseph L. Henry Oral Health Fellow Harvard Medical School (2019)
• Pediatric Dentist YUMMY DENTAL, LTD. (2017 — 2019)
• Clinical Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry (2017 — 2019)
• Pediatric Dental Resident NYU Langone Health (2015 — 2017)
• Advocacy and Public Policy GAVI Alliance (2012 — 2012)
• Intern Inspire (2009 — 2009)
• Intensive Language Study Abroad AMIDEAST (2009 — 2009)