Vidhya Venkateswaran, B.D.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Dr. Venkateswaran is NIDCR’s first Data and Technology Advancement (DATA) National Service Scholar. In this role, she works closely with Dr. Lu Wang, Senior Advisor of Data Science, and NIDCR leadership in developing and curating resources to advance data science-driven research in oral and craniofacial diseases. Dr. Venkateswaran holds a B.D.S. and specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She also earned an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Ph.D. in oral biology and bioinformatics from UCLA. Her doctoral thesis and resultant publications focused on leveraging big data and electronic health records in the study of oral and craniofacial diseases and risk factors.