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FACULTY PROFILE: CHERAE FARMER-DIXON

Cherae Farmer-DixonMeharry Medical College
Previous Courses Taught (1)
 * International Law 2020: What is the Medical Response for Now and the Future

Biography



Dr. Cherae Farmer-Dixon has overcome barriers in race, gender and academia,
becoming the third woman to head the School of Dentistry at Meharry Medical
College.  She remains one of a few select women to lead in the role as Dean of a
superior dental program that produces 40 percent of the nation’s currently
practicing African American dentists.

Dean Farmer Dixon has selflessly served in the dental school for twenty-nine
(29) years. Prior to assuming the role of dean, Dr. Farmer-Dixon was the
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at Meharry in the School of
Dentistry. She sets the bar high for her students and faculty in the program and
always works overtime to help them in achieving their goals with excellence. Dr.
Farmer-Dixon also proudly serves her country as a Lieutenant Colonel in the
United States Army Reserve.

The Dean is also an academic scholar who immerses herself in published research
activities dealing with oral health disparities, caries in low-income children,
community outreach and intervention, and she works tirelessly to address
disparities within minority dental school enrollment. 

She serves on numerous councils, has received a myriad of awards from students
as well as local, state, and national professional memberships in several
organizations. Most recently, she was selected to assist and lead a team of
volunteers at the COVID-19 testing site at Meharry. Her stellar performance led
to Meharry acquiring two other testing sites in the greater Nashville area.  The
Dean is also recognized by the Nashville Business Journal as one of the 2019
Women of Influence.  She is a distinguished 2019 alumna of the Nashville
Healthcare Council of Fellows.

Dr. Farmer-Dixon is a native of Indianola, Mississippi.  She is recognized as an
outstanding graduate of the 1986 class of Mississippi Valley State University.
 She has also received the following degrees and certifications: Meharry Medical
College Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degree, 1990, and the School of
Graduate Studies and Research Masters of Science in Public Health degree
(M.S.P.H.), 1994; Tennessee State University Executive Masters of Business
Administration (EXMBA, 2019; the Institute of Educational Management Program
Certificate from Harvard University, 2017; and Boston University’s Public Health
Residency Certificate, 2014.  Dr. Farmer-Dixon is a 2018 fellow of the
International College of Dentists, a 2014 fellow of the American College of
Dentists, a 2000 alumnae of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
Program (ELAM) and a member of the American Dental Education Association
Leadership Institute 2003-2004 class.