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Cristin E. Kearns, DDS, MBA

Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Dentistry

and The Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Cristin E. Kearns, DDS, MBA, is an Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Dentistry, Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health and core faculty member of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She has worked as a dental director for clinics serving low-income populations in Denver and as a manager of dental operations at the Kaiser Permanente Dental Care Program. She also received an MBA in health administration from the University of Colorado. She has worked as a senior consultant at the University of Colorado Center for Health Administration and an instructor at the University of Washington School of Dentistry.

Publications:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kearns+C

Recent Blogs:

Sugar Industry Suppressed Evidence of Health Risks of Sucrose

“Sugar Papers” Reveal Industry Role in 1970s Dental Program

Starting with Teeth

 

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