Selwitz receives joint appointment
Robert H. Selwitz, D.D.S., M.P.H., has received joint appointment as clinical professor of public health services and research with the UF College of Dentistry and dental director for the Duval County Health Department. Selwitz’ responsibilities will be to administer the DCHD dental program with an annual budget of more than $2.1 million, and to participate in interdisciplinary public health research and clinical instruction of the college’s dental public health residents and D.M.D. students. Selwitz comes to UF from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, where he served as chief of the population research and health promotion branch and director of the agency’s residency program in dental public health. He is board-certified in public health dentistry and earned his dental degree from University of Detroit Mercy and his master’s in public health from the University of Michigan.