Dr. Paula O’Neill is a tenured professor of Diagnostic Sciences and the Associate Dean for Educational Research and Professional Development at The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston. She has presented over 250 invited seminars worldwide on teaching and learning, served two terms on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Dental Education and Computers in Nursing, chaired two NIH study sections and is a member of ADEA's Commission on Change and Innovation (CCI). She has been the principal investigator for numerous educational research grants and is the principal investigator for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Summer Medical and Dental Education Program now totaling $2,400,000 and the HRSA funded Hispanic Center of Excellence totaling $3,300,000. She is a senior consultant for the American Dental Education Association/Academy for Academic Leadership Institute for Teaching and Learning. Dr. O’Neill is a 2002 fellow of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women. She is a founding member of the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston Dean’s Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars and was elected into membership of The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education, a statewide Academy for outstanding educators in September 2008.