Kathy J. Eklund RDH, MHP

Ms. 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, where she teaches a senior-level course, Evidence-Based Decision Making. She was the 2017-2019 Chair of the ADS Board of Directors and is currently Co-Chair of the ADS Foundation.  She serves as faculty for the New England AIDS Education and Training Centers and HIVdent.org. Over the past 37 years, Kathy has published papers and contributed to several texts on infection control and safety. She is an author of the 2003 CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings and has lectured nationally and internationally on these topics.