Oral Epidemiology and Public Health Dentistry
Our division provides a population and community based approach to oral health sciences.
Our mission is to improve the health of all through oral health research, education, service and policy development. At UCSF:
- To give students a public health perspective, with an emphasis on community-based disease prevention
- To prepare leaders/specialist in dental public health
- To prepare leaders/educators in Dental Hygiene
- To facilitate interdisciplinary and collaboration to eliminate oral health disparities
This division is the home of the advanced dental education program in Dental Public Health, directed by Dr. Silverstein. We currently have a HRSA training grant to provide support for a limited number of residents. Our dental public health seminar series, offered in the fall, winter and spring quarters, is offered through remote access to dental public health residency programs nationwide. (http://www.ucsf.edu/dphtalk)
The NIH/NIDCR funded Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health, nicknamed the CAN DO Center, originated in 2001, is based in this division, directed by Dr. Weintraub. (http://www.ucsf.edu/cando) This Center is currently focused on preventing and reducing early childhood caries. Our faculty also provide courses in scientific methods for dental students and post-doctoral students.
Faculty Listing
Judith Barker, William Bird, Jing Cheng, Lisa Chung, Stuart Gansky, Susan Hyde, Ann Lazar, Elizabeth Mertz, Howard Pollick, Steven Silverstein, Margaret Walsh
Research Projects (Current)
Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health (the CAN DO Center) funded by NIDCR.
PI: Weintraub, PRDS Investigators: Bird, Gansky, Silverstein, Walsh
Examining California's Oral Health Disparities: New models and methods, funded by NIDCR.
PI: Gansky, PRDS Investigators: Mejia, Weintraub
Painting a Healthier Smile, funded by UCSF Community Partnership program.
PI: Chung
Community Dental Clinic: Dental Care for the Homeless, funded by UCSF Community Partnerships program.
PI: Silverstein
ADD title – funded by Dental Trade Alliance. PI: Chung
Awards/Acknowledgments
Jing Cheng: Program Chair Elect of the American Statistical Association Statistics in Epidemiology Section
Ann Lazar: Secretary/Treasurer Elect of the American Statistical Association Section on Statistical Consulting
Lisa Chung: 2011 Faculty and Community Partnership Grants Program Award
William Bird: AAPHD Distinguished Service Award
Lisa Chung: First Herschel Horowitz Scholarship Recipient
Stuart Gansky: Past Chair, American Statistical Association Section on Statistical Consulting, Director, Data Coordinating Center, Collaborating Research Centers to Reduce Oral Health Disparities
Susan Hyde: ADEA Junior Faculty Award, Dugoni California Dental Association Foundation Faculty Award, Excellence in Teaching Award from UCSF senior dental class
Howard Pollick: Past Chair, Oral Health Section, American Public Health Association, Multiple winner of the UCSF Golf Club Match Play Championship
Steven Silverstein: Received a congratulatory letter from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the Community Dental Clinic Dental Care for the Homeless Program.
Peggy Walsh: UCSF School of Dentistry Alumni Association Medal of Honor recipient
Jane Weintraub: IADR Distinguished Scientist H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award, UCSF School of Dentistry Faculty Research Award, AAPHD President's Award, Past President, American Association of Public Health Dentistry.