Alice E. Curran, RDH, DMD, is an associate professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry (UNCSD) in Chapel Hill, NC. She works in the UNCSD’s Oral Pathology Biopsy service and sees patients on consultation in the clinical oral pathology practice of the dental faculty practice. She teaches oral pathology and histology to graduate and dental hygiene students. Curran is a Fellow in the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.