Dr. Van Tubergen received her DDS in 2006 from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and a PhD degree in Oral Health Sciences in 2012 with a focus on head and neck tumor progression from the University of Michigan. She began her teaching career in 2014 and has embraced educational research. She immersed herself in teaching the D1 pre-clinical course for 5 years and then transitioned in to the second year pre-clinical course where she currently co-directs. In 2020 she became the Director of the Selectives Program which is the elective course component of the Pathways Course. She expanded the program from 21 courses to 36 and is focusing on rebranding the program with a focus on specialty training.