Instructors

Eve Cuny, MS, CDIPC

Ms. Cuny is the Executive Associate Dean at Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, California, where she is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences. Ms. Cuny is a consultant to the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs and is a member of the National Occupational Research Agenda Council in the Health Care and Social Assistance sector. She has served as an expert reviewer and advisor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She received the James Crawford Award for Lifetime Achievement in dental infection control in 2009. She is an internationally recognized expert in infection control in dentistry; publishing, consulting, and lecturing throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. She has earned the OSAP-DALE Foundation Dental Infection Prevention and Control Certificate™ and earned her Certified in Dental Infection Prevention and Control (CDIPC) certification.

Joyce A. Moore, BSDH, RDH, CRCST, CDIPC, DISIPC

Ms. Moore is a consultant and speaker focused on infection prevention and healthcare compliance. She began her career as a Registered Dental Hygienist before becoming a Dental Hygiene faculty member at Bristol Community College. She’s authored journal articles, collaborated with the CDC on their Foundations: Building the Safety Dental Visit program, and with 3M and the Midmark Corporation as an educational consultant. Currently, she serves as a member of AAMI and ADA Standards working groups. Joyce is a Certified Registered Central Service Technician, holding a certification through the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA). She was the 2019 recipient of the OSAP Emerging Infection Control Leader award and has earned the OSAP-DALE Foundation Dental Infection Prevention and Control Certificate, the Certified in Dental Infection Prevention and Control® (CDIPC®) certification, and the Dental Industry Specialist in Infection Prevention and Control® (DISIPC®) certification.

Kathy Eklund, RDH, MHP

Kathy Eklund is the Sr. Director of Occupational Health and Safety, and the Forsyth Research Subject & Patient Safety Advocate at The Forsyth Institute. She is adjunct faculty at Regis College, Dental Hygiene Program, teaching a senior-level course, Evidence-Based Decision Making. Ms. Eklund serves as faculty for the New England AIDS Education and Training Center and HIVdent.org. She is the Chair of the Organization for Safety Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) Foundation Board of Directors and has been an active member of OSAP since 1985. Over the past 38 years, Ms. Eklund has published papers and contributed to several texts on infection control & safety and is an author of the CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings- 2003. She has lectured nationally and internationally on these topics.

Megan Casey, BSN, MPH, RN, CIC

CDR Megan Casey, RN, BSN, MPH, CIC is currently a Nurse Epidemiologist and Team Lead at NIOSH’s National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory. Megan also currently serves as a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service where she has deployed for Hurricanes Irma/Maria, Zika virus response and unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border. She came to NIOSH as a CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in 2014 conducting workplace health hazard evaluations and performing occupational health surveillance.