Dr. S.D. Shanti is a multi-disciplinary health care professional whose background encompasses academia, the governmental and non-governmental sectors, and private practice. Her experience includes working with organizations to advance job stress prevention in the workplace, and coaching and counseling professionals to cope with job stress. After studying dentistry at Northwestern University, she specialized in pediatric dentistry and dental public health, Dr Shanti was motivated to advance the state of health care and disease prevention. This led her to get a PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont. She also has a Master's in public health from Harvard University. In addition to teaching dentistry in the US, Dr Shanti has taught health psychology and prevention at the graduate level in Switzerland, and public health at the graduate level in both the US and Switzerland. Dr. Shanti has also served as Head of Public Health at the FDI World Dental Federation. Her areas of expertise include prevention of depression, violence and diabetes, and translation of research into practice.