The UCSF Oral Health Alliance is committed to improving oral health and reducing oral health disparity among children in the underprivileged communities within the San Francisco Bay Area. Our mission is to incorporate appropriate trainings and evaluations, so that primary healthcare providers can readily identify early indicators of oral disease and make timely referrals to a dental home.
This Symposium will be the first in an annual series with this year’s theme being, “Interprofessional Education on Children’s Oral Health for Primary Care Providers.” Speakers from different health professions, including community health, dentistry and nursing, will deliver instructional presentations on developing interprofessional training programs to improve dental primary care, tackling oral health disparities, and increasing access of care to children in underserved communities.
AGENDA
12:30 pm Registration begins
1:00 - 1:10 pm Introductory Remarks from Director of Oral Health Alliance
Brent Lin, DMD
Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry;
Director, Pre-Doctoral Pediatric Dentistry Program, UCSF School of Dentistry
1:10 - 1:20 pm Welcome to UCSF
Sheila Brear, BDS
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UCSF School of Dentistry
1:20 - 2:10 pm Reducing Children’s Oral Health Disparities in Vulnerable and Underserved Populations – Community Health as a Safety Net
Karissa Moreno, MA
Chief Operations Officer, Livingston Community Health
Remya Niranjan, BDS, DDS
Dentist, Livingston Community Health; Volunteer Clinical Instructor, UCSF School of Dentistry
2:10 - 2:20 pm Break
2:20 - 2:50 pm Enhancing Training to Support Integration of Oral Health Within the Broader Health Care Delivery System
Brent Lin, DMD
Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry;
Director, Pre-Doctoral Pediatric Dentistry Program, UCSF School of Dentistry
2:50 - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 - 3:50 pm Improving Oral Health Outcomes in Children through Interprofessional Pediatric Health Care Provider Practice
Karen Duderstadt, RN, PhD, FAAN
Clinical Professor, Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF School of Nursing
3:50 - 4:00 pm Closing Remarks
Brent Lin, DMD
Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry;
Director, Pre-Doctoral Pediatric Dentistry Program, UCSF School of Dentistry
4:00 - 5:00 pm Reception
Sheila Brear, BDS
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
UCSF School of Dentistry
(for Opening Remarks)
Dr. Sheila Brear is a full-time faculty member at the UCSF School of Dentistry, where she is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Brear, a general dentist and prosthodontist, completed her initial licensure in the United Kingdom at the London Hospital Medical College in 1986. After working in private practice and teaching part time in Hong Kong, she attended UC San Francisco and completed her prosthodontic training in 2000.
Following her prosthodontic training, Dr. Brear joined the faculty at UCSF as a full-time faculty member. She served as Division Chair of Clinical General Dentistry from 2005 to 2015.
Dr. Brear’s interests are in implementing evidence-based dentistry and teaching practices, minimally invasive dentistry and early detection, risk assessment and long-term management of oral disease.
Karissa Moreno, MA
Chief Operations Officer,
Livingston Community Health
A bilingual native of the Bay Area, Karissa Moreno is an innovative leader with over two decades of advocacy for at-risk and vulnerable populations, and 10 years expertise in nonprofit leadership. Karissa earned her BA in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara and her Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and her scholarship in minority advocacy has won national recognition. She is passionately committed eliminating health disparities for underserved and vulnerable populations, and approaches health care through the lens of whole-person wellness. As Chief Operations Officer at Livingston Community Health, Karissa is responsible for the delivery of integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health care for over 15,000 patients, and the support of 130+ employees. She is a firm believer that the key to creating truly transformative care is through a positive work culture that celebrates every employee, regardless of position. This integrated, team-based model of care engenders a deep sense of connection and commitment to the mission of improving community health. Karissa is a passionate champion of health for all, salud para todos, and she is thrilled to support the health and wellness of our community!
Remya Niranjan, BDS, DDS
Dentist, Livingston Community Health;
Volunteer Clinical Instructor,
UCSF School of Dentistry
Dr. Remya Niranjan earned her Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 2004 from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India. After immigrating to the U.S. in 2005, Dr. Niranjan earned her DDS from University of California San Francisco in 2011. Upon graduation, she focussed on serving rural communities in Central Valley of California and is a faculty at UCSF. She works at Livingston Community Health in Hilmar CA where she was instrumental in opening the dental clinic. Dr. Niranjan is facilitating an engagement between UCSF and the Livingston Community Health in order to better serve the population in Central Valley.
Her goal is to administer quality care to pediatric patients and hopes to specialize in Pediatric Dentistry. On a personal note, she enjoys spending time with her family and travelling to experience various cultures.
Brent Lin, DMD
Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry;
Brent Lin, DMD, is currently a Clinical Professor in the Division of Pediatric Dentistry and the Director of the Pre-Doctoral Pediatric Dentistry Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Prior to joining the faculty at UCSF, Dr. Lin was a full-time faculty in the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. He received his dental degree from Temple University School of Dentistry in 1992, Certificate in Geriatric Dentistry from the University of Michigan Medical Center in 1997, Certificate in General Practice Residency from the Yale – New Haven Hospital in 1999, and Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry from the St. Barnabas Hospital in 2001.
Dr. Lin is an active member in the American Dental Education Association. He was a member of the Editorial Board for the journal Pediatric Dentistry and reviewer for several other peer review journals. He was awarded “Excellence in Dental Education” by the Pierre Fauchard Academy in 2006, UCSF Mentor of the Year award in 2009 and again in 2013, Albert Schweitzer Academic Mentor of the Year award in 2010, and Certificate of Honor by the City and the County of San Francisco in 2013. He has been involved with numerous public health & community service activities and clinical researches. Some of his grant supports are industrial supported FDA approved phase IV clinical trial, National Children's Oral Health Foundation, and Human Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). He has given lectures throughout U.S. and Asia and has authored over 45 abstracts, book chapters, and articles in pediatric dentistry and geriatric dentistry.
Karen Duderstadt, RN, PhD, FAAN
Clinical Professor, Family Health Care Nursing
UCSF School of Nursing
Karen G. Duderstadt is a Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing and currently directs the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing. She completed her PhD at UCSF in Nursing & Health Policy in 2006, and her research focused on access to care for low-income children. Her dissertation work included research on children’s access to oral health care and resulted in a publication in Public Health Reports on disparities in children’s use of oral health services.
Dr. Duderstadt participated in two previously NIH funded studies focused on promoting oral health in children—the Disease Prevention Management Model for Early Childhood Caries, with Dr. Francisco Ramos-Gomez, as Principal Investigator (PI), and establishing an Oral Health Curriculum for Child Care Center and Child Health Consultants with Dr. Abbey Alkon, as PI.
Her clinical practice is at the Children’s Health Center at San Francisco General Hospital with urban, low-income Spanish speaking populations of children and families. She has presented and published on a wide range of child health issues and health policy topics including access to care for children living in low-income families, prevention of early childhood caries, the impact of childhood overweight and obesity on the health care system, the impact of chemical policy on children’s health, and the expansion of the Affordable Care Act and access to care for children and youth. She, also, published the 2nd Edition of her popular Elsevier text Pediatric Physical Examination in 2014.
Sheila Brear, BDS
Karissa Moreno, MA
Remya Niranjan, BDS, DDS
Brent Lin, DMD
Karen Duderstadt, RN, PhD, FAAN