Catherine Hayes DMD, SM, DMSc

Catherine Hayes, DMD, SM, DMSc, is chair of the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology and Program Director of Dental Public Health at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She is the former Dental Director of MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid and CHIP program. She is a diplomate and a past president of the American Board of Dental Public Health. She has served as president of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. She has held leadership positions in academic institutions, government agencies and national and international organizations.

Dr. Hayes has been actively involved in research and policy initiatives related to oral health disparities and inequities throughout her career. She received her BS in Biology from Boston College and her DMD from Tufts University, magna cum laude. She completed a General Practice Residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and received both Master's and Doctoral degrees in Epidemiology from Harvard University where she also completed a Dental Public Health Residency.