Sherri M. Lukes RDH, MS, FAADH

Sherri M. Lukes, RDH, MS, FAADH has 34 years of experience in dentistry, 28 spent in academia. She recently retired as an associate professor from Southern Illinois University's dental hygiene program where she taught oral pathology, community oral health, multicultural dental hygiene, and advanced periodontics clinic. Her research was concentrated in oral pathology, migrant farm worker oral health, and issues affecting a range of other underserved groups. Passionate about public health issues, Ms. Lukes served as chair of the Public Health/Access to Care Committee and is now President of the Illinois Dental Hygienists’ Association. 

She is the legislative chair for the Southern Illinois Dental Hygienists’ Society and is a Pathology Fellow in the American Academy of Dental Hygiene. An AADH-approved speaker, she presents on topics within her areas of expertise at various conferences and continuing education meetings across the country. Community service projects include annual mission trips to central Mexico, where accompanied by SIU dental hygiene students, she provides oral health care in an orphanage and remote villages. She received Community Service, Teacher of the Year, and Research Paper of the Year awards while at SIU, was named an Oral Health Champion by the FLOSS Coalition and the Illinois Department of Public Health, and is a past recipient of the Sunstar/RDH Award of Distinction.