Lisa Berens, DDS, MPH
Professor
Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
School of Dentistry
Education & Training
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- P.G.Cert. Dentistry (Dental Public Health) University of California 2006
- MPH Public Health University of California 2005
- D.D.S. Dentistry University of California 2000
- BS Microbiology University of Washington 1996
Interests
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- Pregnant women
- Clinic
- Implementation Science
- oral health
- Prenatal care groups in community clinic settings
- Interdisciplinary research collaboration
- Community-based organization
- Socioeconomically marginalized groups
- infants
- Brief implementation science training courses
- Implementation & dissemination science listservs
- Education
- Support groups
- People with limited English proficiency
Websites
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- @@BerensLisa on Twitter (twitter.com)
- Faculty profile (dentistry.ucsf.edu)
- Google Scholar profile (scholar.google.com)
- LinkedIn (linkedin.com)
Grants and Projects
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Publications (12)
Top publication keywords:
Pregnancy ComplicationsPeriodonticsPovertyMexican AmericansHealth PolicyPremature BirthDMF IndexPrenatal CarePeriodontal DiseasesHealth Education, DentalOral HealthHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeParentsAdiposityEmigrants and Immigrants
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Periodontology and pregnancy: An overview of biomedical and epidemiological evidence.
Periodontology 2000 2021 Raju K, Berens L -
Dental Hygienists' Knowledge Regarding Dental Implant Maintenance Care: A national survey.
Journal of dental hygiene : JDH 2020 Zellmer IH, Couch ET, Berens L, Curtis DA -
A novel approach for effective integration of new faculty leadership.
Journal of healthcare leadership 2018 Hastings NB, Centore LS, Gansky SA, Finzen FC, White JM, Wong E, Marshall GW, Chung L, Kalenderian E -
Importance of Content and Format of Oral Health Instruction to Low-income Mexican Immigrant Parents: A Qualitative Study.
Pediatric dentistry 2018 Chang CP, Barker JC, Hoeft KS, Guerra C, Chung LH, Burke NJ -
Integrating a Nurse-Midwife-Led Oral Health Intervention Into CenteringPregnancy Prenatal Care: Results of a Pilot Study.
Journal of midwifery & women's health 2017 Adams SH, Gregorich SE, Rising SS, Hutchison M, Chung LH
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Achieving Health Equity Through Community Engagement in Translating Evidence to Policy: The San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership, 2010-2016.
Preventing chronic disease 2017 Grumbach K, Vargas RA, Fleisher P, Aragón TJ, Chung L, Chawla C, Yant A, Garcia ER, Santiago A, Lang PL, Jones P, Liu W, Schmidt LA -
Dental caries is associated with central and peripheral, but not general, adiposity in children.
The journal of evidence-based dental practice 2014 Chung LH -
Sociodemographic disparities and behavioral factors in clinical oral health status during pregnancy.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 2013 Chung LH, Gregorich SE, Armitage GC, Gonzalez-Vargas J, Adams SH -
Giving policy some teeth: routes to reducing disparities in oral health.
Health affairs (Project Hope) 2008 Fisher-Owens SA, Barker JC, Adams S, Chung LH, Gansky SA, Hyde S, Weintraub JA -
Recruiting and retaining pregnant women from a community health center at the US-Mexico border for the Mothers and Youth Access clinical trial.
Clinical trials (London, England) 2008 Ramos-Gomez F, Chung LH, Gonzalez Beristain R, Santo W, Jue B, Weintraub J, Gansky S -
Oral health status of San Francisco public school kindergarteners 2000-2005.
Journal of public health dentistry 2006 Chung LH, Shain SG, Stephen SM, Weintraub JA -
Publicizing Public Health Issues through the Print Media.
Asian American and Pacific Islander journal of health 1996 Chung L