Cristin Kearns, DDS, MBA
Associate Professor
Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
School of Dentistry

Dr. Kearns is an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco with a joint appointment in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.

Education & Training

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• Postdoctoral Fellowship Health Policy University of California, San Francisco 09/2017
• MBA Health Administration University of Colorado, Denver 2006
• General Practice Residency Dentistry University of Colorado, Denver 1999
• DDS Dentistry University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1998
• PhD Sociology of Health University of California, San Francisco

Websites

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• Sugar Science (sugarscience.org)

Grants and Projects

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• Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Policies to Reduce Sugar Consumption for Dental Caries Prevention, NIH, 2020-2025

Publications (29)

Top publication keywords:
Dietary SugarsFood IndustryDental CariesOral HealthInsuranceSweetening AgentsSucroseConflict of InterestDental ResearchResearch Support as TopicBeveragesDietary SucroseSugarsDrinking WaterPublic Relations

• Third-party Compliance With State-Mandated Orthodontic Coverage for Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Care in California: An Insurance Claim Thematic Analysis.
  The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2022 Azizollahi R, Hubacek L, Oberoi S, Kearns C
• Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/oralhealthinamerica
  Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/oralhealthinamerica 2021 National Institutes of Health, Kearns CE (Contributing Author)
• Work site access to fluoridated tap water and retail beverages: An assessment of the University of California, San Francisco campuses.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2021 Kalair N, Mousli LM, Jacobs LM, Schmidt L, Kearns C
• The global oral health workforce - Authors' reply.
  Lancet (London, England) 2021 Benzian H, Guarnizo-Herreño C, Kearns C, Muriithi MW, Watt RG
• The WHO global strategy for oral health: an opportunity for bold action.
  Lancet (London, England) 2021 Benzian H, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Kearns C, Muriithi MW, Watt RG

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• California Dentists' Engagement in Media Advocacy for Sugar Restriction Policies.
  JDR clinical and translational research 2021 Kearns CE, Urata J, Chaffee BW
• Neoliberalism and Indigenous oral health inequalities: a global perspective.
  Community dental health 2021 Jamieson L, Kearns C, Ankeny R, Hedges J, Thomson WM
• Beverage Advertisement Receptivity Associated With Sugary Drink Intake and Harm Perceptions Among California Adolescents.
  American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2020 Chaffee BW, Werts M, White JS, Couch ET, Urata J, Cheng J, Kearns C
• Transnational corporations, obesity and planetary health.
  The Lancet. Planetary health 2020 Schmidt L, Mialon M, Kearns C, Crosbie E
• The Lancet Oral Health Series: Implications for Oral and Dental Research.
  Journal of dental research 2020 Watt RG, Daly B, Allison P, Macpherson LMD, Venturelli R, Listl S, Weyant RJ, Mathur MR, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Celeste RK, Peres MA, Kearns C, Benzian H
• In defense of sugar: a critical analysis of rhetorical strategies used in The Sugar Association's award-winning 1976 public relations campaign.
  BMC public health 2019 Kearns CE, Glantz SA, Apollonio DE
• Conflicts of interest between the sugary food and beverage industry and dental research organisations: time for reform.
  Lancet (London, England) 2019 Kearns CE, Bero LA
• Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action.
  Lancet (London, England) 2019 Watt RG, Daly B, Allison P, Macpherson LMD, Venturelli R, Listl S, Weyant RJ, Mathur MR, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Celeste RK, Peres MA, Kearns C, Benzian H
• Oral diseases: a global public health challenge.
  Lancet (London, England) 2019 Peres MA, Macpherson LMD, Weyant RJ, Daly B, Venturelli R, Mathur MR, Listl S, Celeste RK, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Kearns C, Benzian H, Allison P, Watt RG
• Transnational corporations and oral health: examples from the sugar industry.
  Community dental health 2019 Kearns CE, Watt RG
• The sugar industry's influence on policy.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2018 Kearns C, Schmidt L, Apollonio D, Glantz S
• Soda intake and tobacco use among young adult bar patrons: A cross-sectional study in seven cities.
  Preventive medicine reports 2018 Kearns CE, Lisha NE, Ling PM
• Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer: An historical analysis of internal documents.
  PLoS biology 2017 Kearns CE, Apollonio D, Glantz SA
• Guidelines to Limit Added Sugar Intake.
  Annals of internal medicine 2017 Kearns C, Schillinger D
• Do Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Cause Obesity and Diabetes?
  Annals of internal medicine 2017 Schillinger D, Kearns C
• Guidelines to Limit Added Sugar Intake: Junk Science or Junk Food?
  Annals of internal medicine 2016 Schillinger D, Kearns C
• Do Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Cause Obesity and Diabetes? Industry and the Manufacture of Scientific Controversy.
  Annals of internal medicine 2016 Schillinger D, Tran J, Mangurian C, Kearns C
• Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents.
  JAMA internal medicine 2016 Kearns CE, Schmidt LA, Glantz SA
• Sugar in the Spotlight.
  Journal of the California Dental Association 2016 Kearns CE
• Relationship between Research Outcomes and Risk of Bias, Study Sponsorship, and Author Financial Conflicts of Interest in Reviews of the Effects of Artificially Sweetened Beverages on Weight Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Reviews.
  PloS one 2016 Mandrioli D, Kearns CE, Bero LA
• Sugar industry influence on the scientific agenda of the National Institute of Dental Research's 1971 National Caries Program: a historical analysis of internal documents.
  PLoS medicine 2015 Kearns CE, Glantz SA, Schmidt LA
• Sweet little lies: Inside an industry's campaign to frost its image, hold regulators at bay, and keep scientists from asking: does sugar kill?
  Mother Jones 2012 Couzens CK, Taubes G.
• How a former dentist drilled the sugar industry
  Mother Jones-online 2012 Couzens CK
• Why Mike Bloomberg's soda ban could actually work
  The Daily Beast 2012 Couzens CK, Taubes G.