From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: Initiative targets national model for oral health from Northeastern University More than 100 mem­bers of the local and national health­care com­mu­nity con­vened at the Cabral Center to kick off a Northeastern University-​​based ini­tia­tive aimed at integrating oral health into overall health­care edu­ca­tion and practice. "The bottom line is that oral health is con­nected to overall health, and you can't address those sep­a­rately without risking serious con­se­quences," said the event's keynote speaker John Auer­bach, dis­tin­guished pro­fessor of prac­tice at the Bouvé Col­lege of Health Sci­ence and director of Northeastern's Insti­tute on Urban Health Research and Practice. more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063