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- 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

