CAN DO I:
Administrative Core
Executive Committee
Steering Committee
Scientific Advisory Committee
Data and Safety Monitoring Board
Measurement & Evaluation Core
Education & Training Unit

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CAN DO I: Administrative Core

Jane A. Weintraub, DDS, MPH, Center Director
Campus Box 1361
3333 California Street, Suite 495
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 476-3033
Fax: (415) 502-8447
jane.weintraub@ucsf.edu

Judith Barker, PhD, Associate Director
Campus Box 0850
3333 California Street, Suite 485
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 476-7241
barkerj@dahsm.ucsf.edu

Terrie Sonoda, Administrative Analyst
Campus Box 1361
3333 California Street, Suite 495
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 502-4428
Fax: (415) 502-8447
terri.sonoda@ucsf.edu

Responsibilities:

1.- Coordinate the activities of the Center and provide administrative and budgetary support;

2.- Promote communication and collaboration among Center investigators, partners and affiliates;

3.- Assure that individual projects progress in a timely and high quality fashion;

4.- Identify potential new Center participants, collaborating organizations, and research projects;

5.- Provide technical assistance to facilitate the development of new projects and obtainment of extramural funds

6.- Assist in the dissemination of research findings to the practice, research and policy communities;

7.- Contribute to future health policies based on research and evaluation results.

8.- Evaluate the impact of the Center’s activities

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CAN DO I: Executive Committee Members:

Jane Weintraub, DDS, MPH Center Director
Judith Barker, PhD Associate Director
Edward Martinez, MPA, MPH San Ysidro Community Health Center
Ruth Nowjack-Raymer, PhD National Institute of Health


Role of the Executive Committee:

1) Serve as primary decision-making body on Center policy direction and future funding.

2) Develop health policy recommendations based on the results of the Center's research, and interact with the media.

3) Monitor the overall effectiveness of the Center

4) Facilitate linkages

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CAN DO I: Steering Committee Members

Jane A. Weintraub.............................Project 1
Francisco Ramos-Gomez ...............Project 2
Irene Hilton.........................................Project 3
Stuart Gansky....................................Project 4
Judith Barker.....................................Project 5
Jane Weintraub.................................Project 6
Sally Adams......................................Project 7
Pui-Yan Kwok....................................Project 8


Core and Unit Directors:

Jane A. Weintraub Administrative Core
Stuart Gansky Measurement and Evaluation Core
Charles Alexander Education and Training Unit

Ex Officio Members:

Charles Bertolami Dean, School of Dentistry
Nancy Adler Director, UCSF Center for Health and Community

Role of the Steering Committee:

1) Facilitate communication and collaboration among all Center activities
2) Assure that project progress in a timely and high quality fashion.
3) Identify new participants and projects, link junior and senior investigators
4) Assist in dissemination of research findings
5) Contribute to future health policies
6) Evaluate the impact of Center's Activities.

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CAN DO I:Scientific Advisory Committee Members

James Grady, DrPH
Email: jgrady@utmb.edu

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CAN DO I:Data and Safety Monitoring Board

Directory This NIH-appointed data and safety monitoring board oversees the clinical trials in project 1 and 2

Chair - Gary Rozier, DDS, MPH
Professor, Health Policy & Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kelli McCormack-Brown, PhD, CHES
Associate Professor
Department of Community & Family Health
College of Public Health, University of South Florida

Franklin Garcia-Godoy, DMD, MS
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Director, Clinical Research CenterRestorative and Pediatric Dentistry, Nova Southeastern University

Linda M. Kaste, DDS, MS, PhD
Associate Professor & Director of Pre-doctoral Dental Public Health
College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago

Ethel Newman, DDS, MA
Academic Dean
Brevard Community College

Dr. Carol K. Redmond, Sc.D
Distinguished Service Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)
Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics
University of Pittsburgh

Cathy Tangen, DrPH
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

Maria-Rosa Watson, DDS, MS, MPH, PhD

NIDCR Representatives:

Ruth Nowjack-Raymer, MPH, PhD

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CAN DO I: Measurement & Evaluation Core

Stuart Gansky, DrPH, Director
Campus Box 1361
3333 California Street, Suite 495
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 502-8094
Fax: (415) 502-8447
stuart.gansky@ucsf.edu

Responsibilities:

To serve the evaluation and biostatistical consulting needs of the wide variety of
projects in accordance with each project's needs.


1) Work with investigators to refine protocols and data collection instruments;

2) Finalize plans for randomization schedule, data management, monitoring, quality control and reliability;

3) Coordinate integrating databases from different projects;

4) Provide consulting for baseline, interim, and final analyses and analyze data from specific studies;

5) Centralize, coordinate and assist with program evaluation activities:

6) Develop common baseline and outcome measurements, intervention protocols, and manuals of operation (e.g., demographic measures, behavioral and attitudinal questionnaires for the parents, clinical exams, techniques for obtaining salivary assays, tracking forms).

7) Understand and document differences and similarities among projects in study populations, procedures, providers, and timing of activities.

8) Promote the development of quality research studies based on pilot projects, on intermediate results of major studies, and on related endeavors from residents, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty;

9) Report study information to the Scientific Advisory Board and the Data Safety Monitoring Board

Measurement & Evaluation Core Investigators and areas of expertise:

Stuart Gansky, DrPH, MS Biostatistics
Jane Weintraub, DDS, MPH Dental Public Health, Oral Epidemiology
Elizabeth Mertz, MPA Health Policy, Health Administration
Sara Shain, DrPH Biostatistics, Data Management
William Santo Biostatistics, Data Management
Biostatistics, Data Management
Nancy Cheng
Biostatistics
Steven Gregorich, PhD
Umo Isong, DDS, MPH, PhD Dental Public Health, Epidemiology
Judith Barker, PhD Medical Anthropology, Qualitative Research
Susan Millstein, PhD Health Psychology, Health Policy
John Featherstone, MSc, PhD Cariology

Links:

COHRCD BARD core resource page
www.ucsf.edu/baytern/bard_links.htm

MacArthur Foundation SES page
www.macses.ucsf.edu/Research/Psychosocial/notebook/subjective.html

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CAN DO I:Training & Career Development

Caroline Damsky, PhD, Training Coordinator
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
UCSF School of Dentistry
Campus Box 0430
707 Parnassus Avenue, Room 630
San Francisco , CA 94143
Phone: (415) 476-8922
Fax: (415) 476-4226
damsky@cgl.ucsf.edu

Susan Hyde, DDS, MPH, PhD, Training Coordinator
Assistant Adjunct Professor
UCSF School of Dentistry
Campus Box 1361
3333 California Street, Suite 495
San Francisco , CA 94118
Phone: (415) 502-8012
Fax: (415) 502-8447
susan.hyde@ucsf.edu

Barry Rothman, PhD, Training Coordinator
Professor
San Francisco State University
HH221 Hensill Hall
1600 Hollaway Avenue
San Francisco , CA 94132
Phone: (415) 338-2418
Asst (415) 338-2410
brothman@sfsu.edu

Charles J. Alexander, PhD, Training Coordinator
Assf Vice Provost Student Diversity, Director Academic Advancement Program
UCLA, AAP Admin
Box 951541
1232 Campbell
Los Angeles , CA 90095-1541
Phone: (310) 206-1551
Fax: (310) 206-2595
alexanderC@dentistry.ucsf.edu

Responsibilities:

To provide an enriched environment for training future health-care professionals and scientists, especially those from underrepresented groups by linking the opportunities in the education and training unit with the Center's research and collaborations.

1) Promote awareness of the Center among students and investigators who may have a research interest in this area, especially future applicants for training grant slots.

2) Serve as a resource for identifying courses, seminars, journal clubs and events on campus and at our collaborating institutions related to health disparities and their elimination.

3) Link research opportunities in the Center with investigators

4) Provide examples from health disparity research to faculty and educators to incorporate into their curricula.

5) Work with the Steering Committee and Research Center Liaisons to link junior and senior investigators, as well as to link those with and without experience working with multi-ethnic populations and cultures.

6) To establish a network of researchers with expertise in oral health disparity research, and assist and mentor less experienced investigators.

7) To encourage investigations that are led or co-led by a minority investigator.

8) To establish a program for deissemination of research information regarding techniques used for conduction oral health research among minority and traditionally underserved populations.

Training Programs:

Dental public health seminar series
www.ucsf.edu/dphtalk

Education

DPH Seminar Series Site
www.ucsf.edu/dphtalk

COHORT Training Grant
http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~graymar/cohort60.htm

Epidemiology PhD Track at UC Berkeley
http://itsa.ucsf.edu/%7Egraymar/coepi.html

Dental Mentorship Program for HS students
http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/admissions/admiss_program5.html#ad5

Post baccalaureate Program
http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/admissions/admiss_program5.html#ad7

Undergraduate Mentorship Program
http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/admissions/admiss_program5.html#ad6

Dental Public Health Residency Program
Please contact Dr. Steven Silverstein, Program Director at steven.silverstein@ucsf.edu

NIDCR Research Opportunities for a diverse community

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