Margaret Langelier, MSHSA, is deputy director of the Oral Health Workforce Research Center based at the Center for Health Workforce Studies in the School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York. Over the past 18 years, she has been lead researcher or the principal investigator on numerous research projects about the allied health and oral health workforce. Langelier has completed studies examining professional scope of practice for various professions, as well as comprehensive studies of multiple health workforces.