Dr. Henshaw is a Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research and the Associate Dean for Global and Population Health at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Her research focuses on community-based participatory research, and improving access to dental care for underserved populations across the lifespan, all with the focus on addressing oral health inequities. In addition to leading research projects in these areas, she has served as the Co-Director of the Northeast Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities (CREEDD) and is a member of the NIDCR’s Oral Health Disparities in Children Consortium.