About Us

The Washington Oral Health Workforce (WOHW) Tracking Program collects, analyzes, and disseminates relevant and objective information about Washington’s oral health workforce. This information can be used to guide practice and policy that will help ensure the state’s population has access to needed oral health care.

The WOHW Tracking Program receives funding from both public and private sources: Delta Dental of Washington initiated funding for three years of program support beginning in 2022 and the Washington State Legislature directed $225,000 to the Program in FY 2023 (ESSB 5693).

For a summary of the WOHW Tracking Program, we presented a poster at the AcademyHealth ARM (Annual Research Meeting) 2024 in Baltimore.

Workforce Team

Susan M. Skillman, MS
Program Director

Samantha Pollack, MHS
Operations Director

Benjamin Stubbs, MPH
Analytics Director

Amy K. Clark, MS
Web Manager

Arati Dahal, PhD
Research Scientist

Bianca K. Frogner, PhD
Principal Investigator

Grace Guenther
Research Scientist

Beverly Marshall
Program Assistant

Nhu H. Nguyen
Program Coordinator

Davis G Patterson, PhD
Investigator

Advisory Committee

The WOHW Tracking Program Advisory Committee members provide input to the UW CHWS WOHW team to help guide the Program, achieve Program goals and objectives, and address key Program questions. Members represent many areas of expertise including the dental professions; employment and business sustainability; patient demand, access, and equity; insurance and payors; oral health education and training; and workforce diversity.