Ministry for Health - Government of Malta (MFH)

Dr. Vassallo is currently the Director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention within the Ministry for Health in Malta. She is a Consultant in Dental Public Health and is currently the President of the European Association of Dental Public Health and is President of the recently established European Public Health Association EUPHA Oral Health Section. She is a senior lecturer in Preventive and Community Dentistry and Dental Public Health at the University of Malta. She is still a practicing dentist. She is a board member and past president of the Council of European Chief Dental Officers and of the Platform for Better oral Health in Europe. She is Past President of the Council of European Chief Dental Officers and is past Chairperson of the Platform for Better Oral health in Europe. She has also chaired the Working Group of Oral Health in The CED (Council of European Dentists) She is Malta’s focal point for the steering group on health promotion and prevention.