Alfa-Ibrahim Yansane, PhD
Associate Professor
Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
School of Dentistry

Education & Training

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• Ph.D Biostatistics Harvard University 2012
• AM Biostatistics Harvard University 2007
• B.A Applied Mathematics University of California, at Berkeley 2002

Interests

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• Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Dental Quality
• Patient Safety
• Biostatistics
• Data Science

Grants and Projects

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• Implementing Dental Quality Measures in Practice, NIH, 2015-2026
• Open Wide Learning Lab (OWLL): Improving Patient Safety in Dentistry, NIH, 2019-2023
• Understanding Pain after Dental Procedures, NIH, 2019-2021
• Optimizing Acute Post-Operative Dental Pain Management Using New Health Information Technology, NIH, 2018-2021
• Developing A Patient Safety System For Dentistry, NIH, 2013-2018
• Measuring Occurrence of and Disparities in Dental Clinic Adverse Events, NIH, 2015-2018
• A whole systems approach to implementing standardized dental diagnostic terms, NIH, 2013-2018
• A Cognitive Approach to Refine and Enhance Use of a Dental Diagnostic Terminology, NIH, 2010-2016

Publications (48)

Top publication keywords:
Students, DentalBurnout, ProfessionalDental CariesPit and Fissure SealantsMedical ErrorsPeriodontitisDental CareSafety ManagementPeriodontal DiseasesPatient SafetyDental HygienistsElectronic Health RecordsDentistsDental OfficesDentistry

• Evaluating and improving the usability of a mHealth platform to assess postoperative dental pain.
  JAMIA open 2024 Ibarra-Noriega AM, Yansane A, Mullins J, Simmons K, Skourtes N, Holmes D, White J, Kalenderian E, Walji MF
• Patient and dentist perspectives on collecting patient reported outcomes after painful dental procedures in the National Dental PBRN.
  BMC oral health 2024 Kalenderian E, Tungare S, Mehta U, Hamid S, Mungia R, Yansane AI, Holmes D, Funkhouser K, Ibarra-Noriega AM, Urata J, Rindal DB, Spallek H, White J, Walji MF
• Development and validation of a rule-based algorithm to identify periodontal diagnosis using structured electronic health record data.
  Journal of clinical periodontology 2024 Tokede B, Brandon R, Lee CT, Lin GH, White J, Yansane A, Jiang X, Kalenderian E, Walji M
• Developing and assessing the use of demonstration videos in the preclinical simulation laboratory.
  Journal of dental education 2023 Forni R, Gad M, Yansane AI, White JM
• Evaluating the Impact of an mHealth Platform for Managing Acute Postoperative Dental Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial.
  JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2023 Tokede B, Yansane A, Ibarra-Noriega A, Mullins J, Simmons K, Skourtes N, Mehta U, Tungare S, Holmes D, White J, Walji M, Kalenderian E

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• Learning from data in dentistry: Summary of the third annual OpenWide conference.
  Learning health systems 2023 Kalenderian E, Zouaidi K, Yeager J, Urata J, Yansane A, Tokede B, Rindal DB, Spallek H, White J, Walji M
• Assessing the safety of deep sedation in outpatient pediatric oral health care.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2023 Gandhi HA, Olson G, Lee H, Zouaidi K, Yansane A, Walji M, Kalenderian E, Tokede B
• Designing audit and feedback dashboards for dentists to monitor their opioid prescribing.
  International journal of medical informatics 2023 Tungare S, Gantela S, Kookal KK, Yansane AI, Sedlock E, Jeske A, Johnson T, Walji M
• Testing dental quality measures: Emergency department visits for nontraumatic dental conditions and subsequent follow-up dental visits.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2023 Obadan-Udoh E, Herndon JB, Kohli R, McKernan S, Jura M, Momany E, Arora G, Sehgal HS, Yansane AI, Mertz E, Ojha D, Amundson C
• Identifying Contributing Factors Associated With Dental Adverse Events Through a Pragmatic Electronic Health Record-Based Root Cause Analysis.
  Journal of patient safety 2023 Kalenderian E, Bangar S, Yansane A, Tran D, Sedlock E, Xiao Y, Urata J, Olson G, Franklin A, Kookal K, Ibarra-Noriega A, Tungare S, Tokede O, Spallek H, White JM, Walji MF
• Study protocol: understanding pain after dental procedures, an observational study within the National Dental PBRN.
  BMC oral health 2022 Kalenderian E, White J, Yansane AI, Urata J, Holmes D, Funkhouser K, Mungia R, Xiao J, Rauschenberger C, Ibarra-Noriega A, Tran D, Rindal DB, Spallek H, Walji M
• Development of quality measures to assess tooth decay outcomes from electronic health record data.
  Journal of public health dentistry 2022 Brandon RG, Bangar S, Yansane A, Neumann A, Mullins JM, Kalenderian E, Walji MF, White JM
• Translating periodontal data to knowledge in a learning health system.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2022 Tokede B, Yansane A, White J, Bangar S, Mullins J, Brandon R, Gantela S, Kookal K, Rindal D, Lee CT, Lin GH, Spallek H, Kalenderian E, Walji M
• Building Consensus for a Shared Definition of Adverse Events: A Case Study in the Profession of Dentistry.
  Journal of patient safety 2022 Franklin A, Kalenderian E, Hebballi N, Delattre V, Etoule J, White J, Vaderhobli R, Stewart D, Kent K, Yansane A, Walji M
• Development of an Inventory of Dental Harms: Methods and Rationale.
  Journal of patient safety 2022 Kalenderian E, Lee JH, Obadan-Udoh EM, Yansane A, White JM, Walji MF
• A generative adversarial inpainting network to enhance prediction of periodontal clinical attachment level.
  Journal of dentistry 2022 Kearney VP, Yansane AM, Brandon RG, Vaderhobli R, Lin GH, Hekmatian H, Deng W, Joshi N, Bhandari H, Sadat AS, White JM
• Development of a Quality Improvement Dental Chart Review Training Program.
  Journal of patient safety 2022 Kalenderian E, Hebballi NB, Franklin A, Yansane A, Ibarra Noriega AM, White J, Walji MF
• Caries Risk Documentation And Prevention: eMeasures For Dental Electronic Health Records.
  Applied clinical informatics 2022 Bangar S, Neumann A, White JM, Yansane A, Johnson TR, Olson GW, Kumar SV, Kookal KK, Kim A, Obadan-Udoh E, Mertz E, Simmons K, Mullins J, Brandon R, Walji MF, Kalenderian E
• Burnout, Engagement, and Dental Errors Among U.S. Dentists.
  Journal of patient safety 2021 Yansane A, Tokede O, Walji M, Obadan-Udoh E, Riedy C, White J, Kalenderian E
• Quantifying Dental Office-Originating Adverse Events: The Dental Practice Study Methods.
  Journal of patient safety 2021 Tokede O, Walji M, Ramoni R, Rindal DB, Worley D, Hebballi N, Kumar K, van Strien C, Chen M, Navat-Pelli S, Liu H, Etolue J, Yansane A, Obadan-Udoh E, Easterday C, Enstad C, Kane S, Rush W, …
• Presence of management, entrepreneurship, leadership and marketing topics in the dental school curriculum in Brazil.
  European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe 2021 D'Assunção FLC, Kalenderian E, Carneiro DC, Verçosa MVF, Dos Santos JP, Yansane AI, D'Assunção VCDSC, Felinto AR
• Classifying Adverse Events in the Dental Office.
  Journal of patient safety 2021 Kalenderian E, Obadan-Udoh E, Maramaldi P, Etolue J, Yansane A, Stewart D, White J, Vaderhobli R, Kent K, Hebballi NB, Delattre V, Kahn M, Tokede O, Ramoni RB, Walji MF
• Burnout and Work Engagement Among US Dentists.
  Journal of patient safety 2021 Calvo JM, Kwatra J, Yansane A, Tokede O, Gorter RC, Kalenderian E
• Assessing the completeness of periodontal disease documentation in the EHR: a first step in measuring the quality of care.
  BMC oral health 2021 Mullins J, Yansane A, Kumar SV, Bangar S, Neumann A, Johnson TR, Olson GW, Kookal KK, Sedlock E, Kim A, Mertz E, Brandon R, Simmons K, White JM, Kalenderian E, Walji MF
• Measuring sealant placement in children at the dental practice level.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2020 Kumar SV, Yansane A, Neumann A, Johnson TR, Olson GW, Bangar S, Kookal KK, Kim A, Obadan-Udoh E, Mertz E, Simmons K, Mullins J, White JM, Kalenderian E, Walji MF
• Increasing value, reducing waste: tailoring the application of dental sealants according to individual caries risk.
  Journal of public health dentistry 2020 Yansane A, Listl S, Dawda D, Brandon R, White J, Spallek H, Walji MF, Kalenderian E
• Assessing the Patient Safety Culture in Dentistry.
  JDR clinical and translational research 2020 Yansane A, Lee JH, Hebballi N, Obadan-Udoh E, White J, Walji M, Easterday C, Rindal B, Worley D, Kalenderian E
• Factors Associated with Burnout among Dental Hygienists in California.
  Journal of dental hygiene : JDH 2020 Bercasio LV, Rowe DJ, Yansane AI
• Finding Dental Harm to Patients through Electronic Health Record-Based Triggers.
  JDR clinical and translational research 2019 Walji MF, Yansane A, Hebballi NB, Ibarra-Noriega AM, Kookal KK, Tungare S, Kent K, McPharlin R, Delattre V, Obadan-Udoh E, Tokede O, White J, Kalenderian E
• Number of Pregnant Women at Four Dental Clinics and the Care They Received: A Dental Quality eMeasure Evaluation.
  Journal of dental education 2019 Neumann A, Obadan-Udoh E, Bangar S, Kumar SV, Tokede O, Kim A, Yansane A, Mertz E, Panwar S, Gharpure A, Kookal KK, Mullins J, Even JB, Simmons K, White JM, Walji MF, Kalenderian E
• Improving Oral-Systemic Healthcare through the Interoperability of Electronic Medical and Dental Records: An Exploratory Study.
  Applied clinical informatics 2019 Simon L, Obadan-Udoh E, Yansane AI, Gharpure A, Licht S, Calvo J, Deschner J, Damanaki A, Hackenberg B, Walji M, Spallek H, Kalenderian E
• Predictors of dental care utilization in north-central Appalachia in the USA.
  Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 2019 Chen M, Wright CD, Tokede O, Yansane A, Montasem A, Kalenderian E, Beaty TH, Feingold E, Shaffer JR, Crout RJ, Neiswanger K, Weyant RJ, Marazita ML, McNeil DW
• Authors' response.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2019 Walji MF, Kumar SV, Bangar S, Neumann A, Kookal KK, Yansane A, Tokede O, Obadan-Udoh E, Mertz E, Simmons K, Even J, Mullins J, White J, Kalenderian E
• Tobacco screening and cessation efforts by dental providers: A quality measure evaluation.
  Journal of public health dentistry 2018 Neumann A, Kumar S, Bangar S, Kookal KK, Spallek H, Tokede O, Simmons K, Even J, Mullins J, Mertz E, Yansane A, Obadan-Udoh E, White J, Walji M, Kalenderian E
• Utilization and Validity of the Dental Diagnostic System over Time in Academic and Private Practice.
  JDR clinical and translational research 2018 Yansane A, Tokede O, White J, Etolue J, McClellan L, Walji M, Obadan-Udoh E, Kalenderian E
• Feasibility of Electronic Health Record-Based Triggers in Detecting Dental Adverse Events.
  Applied clinical informatics 2018 Kalenderian E, Obadan-Udoh E, Yansane A, Kent K, Hebballi NB, Delattre V, Kookal KK, Tokede O, White J, Walji MF
• Assessing the validity of existing dental sealant quality measures.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2018 Kumar SV, Bangar S, Neumann A, Kookal KK, Yansane A, Tokede O, Obadan-Udoh E, Mertz E, Simmons K, Even J, Mullins J, White J, Kalenderian E, Walji M
• Burnout and study engagement among medical students at Sun Yat-sen University, China: A cross-sectional study.
  Medicine 2018 Liu H, Yansane AI, Zhang Y, Fu H, Hong N, Kalenderian E
• Vaccine Hesitancy and Online Information: The Influence of Digital Networks.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2017 Getman R, Helmi M, Roberts H, Yansane A, Cutler D, Seymour B
• Influence of the Posterior Mandible Ridge Morphology on Virtual Implant Planning.
  The International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants 2017 Gallucci GO, Khoynezhad S, Yansane AI, Taylor J, Buser D, Friedland B
• Evaluating quality of dental care among patients with diabetes: Adaptation and testing of a dental quality measure in electronic health records.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2017 Neumann A, Kalenderian E, Ramoni R, Yansane A, Tokede B, Etolue J, Vaderhobli R, Simmons K, Even J, Mullins J, Kumar S, Bangar S, Kookal K, White J, Walji M
• Adoption of dental innovations: The case of a standardized dental diagnostic terminology.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2017 Ramoni RB, Etolue J, Tokede O, McClellan L, Simmons K, Yansane A, White JM, Walji MF, Kalenderian E
• Quantitative evaluation of maxillary alveolar cortical bone thickness and density using computed tomography imaging.
  American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics 2017 Ohiomoba H, Sonis A, Yansane A, Friedland B
• Strategic Shift to a Diagnostic Model of Care in a Multi-Site Group Dental Practice.
  International journal of dentistry and oral health 2016 Kalenderian E, Maramaldi P, Kim S, Etolue J, McClellan L, Simmons K, Yansane A, White JM, Walji MF, Ramoni RB
• How dental team members describe adverse events.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2016 Maramaldi P, Walji MF, White J, Etolue J, Kahn M, Vaderhobli R, Kwatra J, Delattre VF, Hebballi NB, Stewart D, Kent K, Yansane A, Ramoni RB, Kalenderian E
• Dental clinical research: an illustration of the value of standardized diagnostic terms.
  Journal of public health dentistry 2015 Kalenderian E, Tokede B, Ramoni R, Khan M, Kimmes N, White J, Vaderhobli R, Yansane A, Feilzer A, Walji M
• Soya products and serum lipids: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
  The British journal of nutrition 2015 Tokede OA, Onabanjo TA, Yansane A, Gaziano JM, Djoussé L
• Attitudes toward and beliefs about the use of a dental diagnostic terminology: A survey of dental care providers in a dental practice.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2015 Ramoni RB, Walji MF, Kim S, Tokede O, McClellan L, Simmons K, Skourtes E, Yansane A, White JM, Kalenderian E