1987 B.A. English Literature, German Literature Middlebury College, VT
1991 D.D.S., University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
1992 Certificate General Practice, University Hospital Stony Brook, NY
1996 M.P.H., University of Connecticut School of Medicine
1996 Certificate Periodontology, University of Connecticut, School of Dental Medicine
1997 Certificate Geriatrics, University of Connecticut
2004 PhD., Epidemiology, Yale University

Women's oral health; disparities in oral health by social class and by race; oral health of elders.

Overview:

Dr. Russell has been on the faculty of NYUCD since 1996, when she came to New York following her training in public health, periodontics and geriatrics at the University of Connecticut Health Center. She was granted a four-year leave of absence in 2004, and returned to the dental school last December after receiving a PhD in epidemiology and public health from Yale University. Her research projects have ranged from periodontal disease in elderly Swedes to the relationship between oral health and lung disease, to causal analysis studies which explore the relationship between social class and oral health. Her current primary area of interest is women's oral health.

Dr. Russell currently teaches in the undergraduate dental clinics, and lectures extensively on topics related to the epidemiology of periodontal disease to the dental and dental hygiene students. In addition, she directs a course in review of clinical protocols for the MS in Clinical Research Program.

Katz RV, Claudio C, Kressin NR, Green BL, Russell SL. Willingness to participate in oral and other cancer screening in the US and Puerto Rico: Blacks vs. Puerto-Rican Hispanics vs. Whites. Abstract accepted for 10th International Congress on Oral Cancer, Athens, Greece, April 19-24, 2005.

Russell SL, Ickovics J, Yaffee R. Exploring Pathways between Parity and Dental Health in US Women. Abstract submitted for 83rd General Session & Exhibition of the IADR, Baltimore, MD, March 9-12, 2005.

Broder HL, Russell SL and Catapano P (2002). Oral health perceptions among caregivers of children with and without HIV. Pediatric Dentistry. 24(4):301-8.

Russell SL, Javeri P and Pikus M (2000). Dental Student's Professional Choices: Barriers to Careers in Academic Dentistry. J Dent Res 79:463.

Russell SL, Boylan R, Kaslick R, Scannapieco F and Katz RV (1999). Respiratory pathogen colonization of dental plaque of institutionalized elders. Spec Care Dent 19(3):128-34.

Broder H, Russell SL and Varagiannis E (1999). Oral health perceptions and adherence with dental treatment referrals among caregivers of children with HIV. AIDS Educ & Prev 11(6):541-51.

Russell SL, Reisine S (1998). Investigation of xerostomia in rheumatoid arthritis patients. JADA 129(6):733-39.

Weltermann B, Zierl R, Russell SL, Bernini R, Grey M and Hopp H (1996). More cost-awareness for hypertensives among internists in the US than in Germany. Gesundeits Ökon Qual Manag (2):1-5.