Teaching Areas

• Preclinical instruction and mentoring - D1 and D2 students
• Clinical instruction and mentoring - D2 and D3 students
• Course director - Clinical Removable Partial Dentures I and Clinical Removable Partial Dentures II
• Clinical support - Faculty teaching with patient cases

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, American College of Dentists - 2023
• AADOCR Kentucky Fall Symposium, Third place Award for student research
• Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU)
• 2021-22 Faculty Favorites in Teaching
• Clinical Sciences, Second Place student research award at Research!Louisville
• Clinical Sciences, Third place student research award at Research!Louisville
• 2021 Champion Award
• Preventive Dentistry Award
• Dental Professionalism Award
• National Honor Society

Professional Activities

• High School Prosser Community Service Project
• ADEA Academic Dentistry Careers Fellowship Program Mentor
• State Mentorship Service Project
• Graduate Student Regional Research Conference Poster Faculty Judge
• LRSEF Judge, Louisville Science Center
• Smile Kentucky

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• Digital Dentistry Research Network (IADR/AADOCR)
• American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) Nat’l
• American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) local
• International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
• American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU)
• Women in Science Network Member (WISN) (IADR/AADOCR)
• International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
• American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU)
• Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU)
• ADEA Chair 23-24, Vice-Chair 22-23, Secretary 21-22
• American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Member

Service

• Team Leader Advisory Committee - Charlie
• Assessment and Effectiveness Committee
• Dental Leadership Committee (DLC)
• Graduate Research Program Oversight Committee/ULSD Graduate Faculty
• Accreditation AdHoc Committee member, CODA Standard 2-15
• Student Clinical Progress Committee (SCPC)
• Clinical Operations Progress Committee (COPC)
• Curriculum Committee
• Faculty Senator Member
• Accreditation AdHoc Committee member, CODA Standard 2-16 to 2-21
• Faculty Assembly Current Chair-24, Vice-Chair-22, and Secretary-20
• Capstone Judge, Integrated Clinical Sciences I & II
• Master Student Mentor Program
• Digital Committee Member
• Behavioral Faculty Search Committee
• Student Review Council Committee Member
• Faculty Assembly Secretary Committee Member
• Culturally Effective Care Symposium Committee
• Periodontics Faculty Search Committee

Research Interests and Current Projects

• Dental teaching techniques and technology
• Dental and medical collaborations
• Interprofessional relationships with a focus on quality patient care

Publications

Journal articles:

• Fischer KM, Sekula MN, Hannigan JD, Vaught RL, House H, De Souza GM, Williams TT. Effects of simulation-based flipped classroom in developing head and neck examination skills in dental students. J Dent Educ. 2024;e3490. https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13490 
• Fischer K,Metz M, Sekula M, Katwal D, Hannigan D, Williams T (2023). Effect of educational intervention on computer-aided-design and computer-aided-manufacturing technology to preclinical dental students. European Journal of Dental Education. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37818723/ 

• Ramage A, Gutierrez BL, Fischer K, Sekula M, Santaella GM, Scarfe WC, Brasil DM, Oliveira-Santos C. Filtered back projection vs. iterative reconstruction for CBCT: Effects on image noise and processing time. Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (2023). https://www.birpublications.org/doi/abs/10.1259/dmfr.20230109.

• Fischer K, Williams T, Hannigan J, Baughman PG (2021). Students’ Perceptions and Engagement Utilizing Group Assignments.  Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings 2020.https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=pedagogicon

• Fischer K, Williams T, Hannigan J (2019). Students’ Perspectives and Engagement Transforming Newly Acquired Knowledge to Long-Term Memory Utilizing the Deliberate Practice Framework.  Eastern Kentucky University Encompass:  Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings.  https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.dgi?article=1011&context=pedagogicon

• Fischer  K, Williams T, Hannigan J (2019). Educators Guiding Students with Different Cognitive Levels Through Complex Assignments at Any Educative Level.  Eastern Kentucky University Encompass:  Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings.  https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=pedagogicon

Support staff:

502-852-5045
502-852-1220 (fax)
cmpd@louisville.edu