DDHP Research Team

  • Amid I. Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, DrPH, Center Director, School of Dentistry, Temple University
  • Lucille Smith, BA Med, Deputy Director, Community Affairs, Voices of Detroit Initiative
  • Woosung Sohn, DDS, MS, PhD, DrPH, Deputy Director, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan

Principal Investigators

  • Brian A. Burt, PhD, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
    Project #2: Lead Exposure and Dietary Factors in Children’s Oral Health
  • Stephen Eklund, DDS, DrPh, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
    Project #5: Pragmatic Study of a New Payment System for Medicaid
  • Susan Reisine, PhD, School of Dentistry, University of Connecticut
    Project #1: Socio-Cultural Determinants of Oral Health

Co-Investigators

  • Kristine Ajrouch, PhD, Sociology, Eastern Michigan University; Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
  • James M. Lepkowski, PhD, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
  • Jerome Nriagu, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
  • Anita Sandretto, PhD, Nutrition/Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
  • David Todem, PhD, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University
  • Jamie Zoellner, RD, PhD, Nutritional Epidemiology, Virginia Tech
  • Justine Kolker, DDS, MPH, PhD, School of Dentistry, University of Iowa

Consultants

  • Burcu Bayrili, DDS, MPH, MS, PhD, School of Dentistry, University of Detroit-Mercy
  • Thomas Braun, PhD, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
  • Yihong Li, DDS, PhD, New York University College of Dentistry
  • Roderick Little, PhD, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
  • Theresa Marshall, PhD, School of Dentistry, University of Iowa
  • Steve Ondersma, PhD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Obstetrics/Gynecology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University

Previous Investigators

  • Jorge Delva, PhD, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
    Project #4: Efficacy of a Tailored Oral Health Education Program
  • Daphna Oyserman, PhD, School of Social Work, University of Michigan; Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
    Project #1: Socio-Cultural Determinants of Oral Health
  • Unto Pallonen, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Michigan
    Project #4: Efficacy of a Tailored Oral Health Education Program
  • Kristine Seifert, PhD, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
    Project #1: Socio-Cultural Determinants of Oral Health

Trainees

  • Tracy Finlayson, PhD, PhD Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
  • Justine Kolker, DDS, MPH, PhD, School of Dentistry, University of Iowa
  • Marisol Tellez, DDS, PhD, Universidad El Bosque
  • Ying Yuan, PhD, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan