| Graduated Oral Epidemiology PhD Students |
Dissertation Titles (year) |
Current Positions |
| Helga Ágústsdóttir |
Hormone Replacement Therapy, Active and Passive Smoking and
Periodontal Disease (2000) |
Dental Director, Geriatric Dentistry Clinic
Chief Dental Officer
Ministry of Health and Social Security
Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Sam Arbes* |
Factors Contributing to the Racial Differences in Survival
from Oral Cancer (1998) |
Epidemiologist and Clinical Research Co-ordinator, NIEHS |
| Lorena Baccaglini |
Epidemiology of Herpes Simplex type I and Helicobacter Pylori
Infection and Coinfection (2003) |
Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Diagnostic Science;
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| Dan Caplan* |
Factors Related to Loss of Root Canal Treated Teeth (1995) |
Associate Professor
Department of Dental Ecology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Amit Chattopadhyay |
HIV Associated Oral Diseases: Incidence, Prevalence, and the
Role of Salivary Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (2003) |
Assistant Professor
Department of Dental Informatics
Temple University School of Dentistry
|
| Suzy Eberling |
Preschool Dental Treatment and the Risk of Future Caries (1994) |
Dentist / Epidemiologist
Indian Health Service / Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
Dillingham, AK
|
| Paul Eke |
Relationships Between Periodontal Infections and Cardio-Vascular
diseases: the Dental - ARIC Study (2003) |
Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
|
| John Elter* |
Etiologic Models for Incident Periodontal Attachment Loss
in Older Adults (1997) |
Senior Epidemiologist
SciMetrika, LLC |
| Stacy Geisler |
Survival and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
(2001) |
Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
|
| Tegwyn Hughes |
The Effect of Publicly Financed Insurance Programs on the
Use of Dental Services and Dental Health Outcomes of Young Children (2002) |
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry |
| Umo Isong |
Heterogeneity in Dental Research: a Comparison of Cross-Sectional
and Longitudinal Studies (1998) |
Assistant Professor and Acting Director
Division of Oral Biology, Department of Stomatology
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN |
| Linda Kaste* |
Occupation and Reproductive Health of Female Dentists: The
Relationships of Nitrous Oxide and Amalgam (Mercury) with Spontaneous Abortion
(1996) |
Associate Professor and Division Director,
Predoctoral Dental Public Health
University of Illinios at Chicago
College of Dentistry
|
| Susi Lieff* |
Maternal Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy and Risk of Oral
Facial Clefts in Newborns (1996) |
Research Scientist
Rho, Inc. |
| Rosemary McKaig* |
Periodontitus and HIV Infection: Factors Associated with Prevalence,
Extent, and Severity of Periodontitis in an HIV-Infected Population (1998) |
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Dental Ecology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Gloria Mejia |
Oral Health Care Use Among Hispanics / Latinos / Other Spanish
Population in the United States (2005) |
Visiting Professor
University of Antioquia
School of Dentistry
Medellin, Colombia
|
| Mark Moss* |
Psychosocial Factors, Immune Function, and Adult Periodontitis
(1994) |
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Dentistry
Eastman Dental Center, Rochester, NY |
| Val Robison* |
An Investigation of Dental Treatment in North Carolina's Child
Medicaid Program Using Epidemiologic and Administrative Data (1995) |
Assistant Scientist,
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
|
| Sigurdur Saemundsson |
Dental Caries Prediction by Clinicians and Neural Networks
(1996) |
Instructor in Epidemiology and Statistics
Dental School, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Fernando Salazar |
Distribution and Risk of Coronal Caries in Older Iowans (1994) |
Chair and Professor,
Departamento de Odontologia Social
Universidad Peruana Cayetano
Heredia
Lima, Peru
|
| Zhong Yan |
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Endodontically Treated Teeth
(2005) |
Trainee in Oral Epidemiology
UNC School of Public Health |