anita rose joy-thomas, B.D.S., Ph.D., FDTFEd
........wife, mother, dentist, anatomist, scientist, leader .......
University of Texas School of Dentistry, Houston, TX (UTSD)
2020-present Interim Chair, Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
2020-2021 Member – UTSD Advanced Education Committee
2020-2021 Member – UTSD Administrative Council
2020-2021 Member – UTSD Chairs’ Council
2020-2021 Member – UTSD DSRDP Board
2020-2021 Member – UTSD Envision Task Force
2020-2021 Member – UTSD Clinical Assessment Model Task Force
2020-2021 Member – UTSD Innovation Task Force
2019-2021 Member – UTSD Research Committee
2019-2021 Member – UTSD Curriculum Committee
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM)
2016-2019 Chair, Department of Growth, Development and Structure, SIU SDM
2015-2019 Director, Office of Research, SIU SDM
2015-2019 Ex-officio member – SDM Research Committee
2011-2019 Head – Section of Anatomy, Department of Growth, Development and Structure
2016-2019 Member - SDM Chairs Committee
2016-2019 Member - SDM Faculty Development Committee
2017-2019 Member - Accreditation Steering Council
2017-2019 Member - Accreditation Oversight Committee
2017-2019 Ex-officio member - Accreditation Standard 6 Sub-committee
2017-2019 Member - SDM Promotion and Tenure Committee
2017-2018 Member - SDM Endodontics Faculty Search Committee
2017-2018 Chair - SDM Sub-committee for Course Integration for the INBDE
2016-2018 Chair - SDM Sub-committee for Section Review - Dental Materials
2016-2017 Chair - SDM Anatomy Faculty Search Committee
2016-2017 Chair – SDM Faculty Assembly Executive Committee
2016-2017 Chair - SDM Sub-committee for Section Review - Pharmacology
2016-2017 Chair - SDM Sub-committee for Section Review - Practice Management
2015-2017 Member – SDM Sub-committee for Grand Rounds
2015-2018 Member – SDM Sub-committee for Diversity and Inclusion
2015-2016 Chair-Elect – SDM Faculty Assembly Executive Committee
2015-2016 Chair - SDM Sub-committee for Section Review - Pediatric Dentistry
2015-2018 Member – SDM Curriculum Committee
2015-2017 Member – SDM International Advanced Placement Program Candidate Interview Panel
2014-2015 Member – SDM Dept. of Growth, Development and Structure Chairperson Search Committee
2014-2015 Member – SDM Pharmacology Faculty Search Committee
2014-2015 Member – SDM Operative Dentistry Faculty Search Committee
2014-2015 Secretary – SDM Faculty Assembly Executive Committee
2014-2015 Chair – SDM Curriculum Committee
2013-2014 Member – SDM Subcommittee on EBD and Course Integration 2013-2014 Member – SDM Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Search Committee
2013-2014 Vice-Chair – SDM Curriculum Committee
2012-2013 Chair – SDM Anatomy Faculty Search Committee
2012-2013 Member – SDM Curriculum Committee
2011-2012 Chair – SDM Anatomy Faculty Search Committee
2010-2012 Member – SDM Accreditation Standard Committee (Standard 2 – Educational Program)
2010-2011 Member – SDM Anatomy Faculty Search Committee
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)
2012-2019 Member – Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Board
2012-2019 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
2011-2019 Graduate Faculty
2017-2018 Alternate Member - Graduate Council
2018-2020 Mentor for the Anatomy Training Program (Ms. Kathryn Carter)
2018-2020 Thesis Advisor and Committee Char (MS in Biology student: Callie Mincy)
2017-2019 Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair (MS in Biology student: Hailey Freres)
2014-2016 Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair (MS in Biology student: Kathryn Carter)
2015-2017 Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair (MS in Biology student: Jacenda Liwo, Shradha Reddy)
2013-2017 Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair (MS in Biology student: Jennifer Yu)
2013-2015 Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair (MS in Biology students: Samantha Hamilton)
2013-2014 Co-Chair – Efficiency Team, REALITY Project
2013-2014 Member – REALITY Project Steering Committee
2011-2014 Member – SIUE Degree Completion Award Committee (Provost’s Office)
Community Programs
2013-2017 Summer Camp for High School students interested in the Health Sciences, SIUE
2012-2016 Volunteer – Give Kids a Smile, SIU-SDM, Alton, IL
2013 Careers in Dentistry Program, Hosted by SIU-SDM for Loyola Academy, St. Louis, MO
2012-2019 Volunteer – Metro Community Church, Edwardsville, IL
National Organizations
2019-2020 Chair - Section of Integrated Clinical and Applied Biomedical Sciences, ADEA
2018-2019 Chair-Elect - Section of Integrated Clinical and Applied Biomedical Sciences, ADEA
2017-2018 Secretary - Section of Integrated Clinical and Applied Biomedical Sciences, ADEA
2017-2018 Member - ADEA Council of Sections Project Pool Committee, ADEA.
2016-2017 Member – ADEA Council of Sections Task Force on ADEA Bylaws
2016-2017 Member – Test Construction Committee, Joint Commission on National Dental Examination, ADA 2016-2017 Chair – Section of Anatomical Sciences, ADEA
2015-2020 Member –Test Construction Committee, Anatomic Sciences/Dental Anatomy and Occlusion
Advanced Dental Admission Test (ADAT), ADA
2014-2020 Consultant – Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)
2013-2016 Reviewer – NSF, Division of Biological Sciences
2015-2016 Chair-Elect – Section of Anatomical Sciences, ADEA
2014-2015 Secretary – Section of Anatomical Sciences, ADEA
2014-2015 Member – Council of Sections, ADEA
Peer-Reviewer/Judge
2017-2018 Ad-hoc Reviewer - Advances in Medical Education and Practice
2017-2018 Ad-hoc reviewer - Current Eye Research
2016-2017 Ad-hoc Reviewer – Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine
2017-2019 Ad-hoc Reviewer - PlosOne
2015-2019 Ad-hoc Reviewer – Journal of Anatomical Sciences Education
2015-2019 Ad-hoc Reviewer – Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
2015-2016 Ad-hoc Reviewer – Molecular Vision
2014-2019 Ad-hoc Reviewer – Journal of Dental Education
2014-2015 Ad-hoc Reviewer – International Journal of Latest Research in Science and Technology
2013-2019 Reviewer – ADEA Annual Meeting Program Abstracts
2013-2019 Student Poster Judge – ADEA Annual Meeting
2013 Student Poster Judge – St. Louis Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (STLAURS)
2011-2019 Reviewer – URCA Research Associate Awards, SIUE
2011 Student Poster Judge – SIU SDM Research Day