Dr. Okunseri is a professor (with tenure) and Director of the Predoctoral Program in Dental Public Health at Marquette University’s School of Dentistry. He is also an adjunct professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, a diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health and the immediate Past President of the American Board of Dental Public Health. Dr Okunseri is engaged in patient care, research and teaching at the pre-doctoral and graduate levels, and his research interests include epidemiology of oral conditions, behavioral science, and health services research especially among the underserved, disadvantaged and racial/ethnic minority populations. He has received intra- and extramural research funding as an independent investigator from the National Institute of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration and other foundations. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals, as well as several abstracts and reports. In addition, Dr. Okunseri served as coeditor of a book, reviewer for more than two dozen medical and dental journals and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Public Health Dentistry and the JDR Clinical and Translational Research. He is also the Editor-in-chief of the Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry Journal- an online open-access dental journal.

Dr. Okunseri is a member of several professional organizations including the American Dental Association, the Wisconsin Dental Association, the International Association for Dental Research, the American Public Health Association, and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. He serves on various state, national and international executive committees, and is the Past President of the Behavioral Epidemiologic and Health Services Research group of the International Association for Dental Research. He was one-time secretary/treasurer of the American Association for Public Health Dentistry. At the university level, Dr. Okunseri serves on several committees and is the Immediate past chair of the Marquette University’s Institutional Review Board and the university’s Committee on Research. In addition to his many responsibilities, Dr. Okunseri practices general dentistry at Marquette University School of Dentistry’s Faculty Practice.