1965 B.S., Trinity College, Hartford, CT
1969 D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
1971 M.P.H., University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
1976 Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Graduate School

- willingness of minorities to participate in biomedical research

- health disparities research

- epidemiologic studies of oral cancer

- oral health in Haiti: dental caries, oral cancer and noma

- defining oral neglect in institutionalized elderly

NIDCR/NIH: NYU Oral Epidemiology Postdoctoral Training Grant
NIDCR/NIH: Recruitment of Minorities into Biomedical Studies
NIH: Research Training Opportunity Collaborations between Majority and Minority
Institutions: a Supplemental Award to the NYU Oral Epidemiology Postdoctoral Training Grant
NIDCR/NIH: The NYU Oral Cancer RAAHP* Center (*Research for Adolescent & Adult Health Promotion)--an NIDCR/NIH Center for Research to Reduce Oral Health Disparities

Katz, R.V. Oral Epidemiology of Older Adults, Chapter in Geriatric Dentistry, Editors: P. Holm Pederson and H. Loe, Munksgaard Press:
- 1st Edition (with L.H. Meskin) 1986.
- 2nd Edition (with A.L. Neely and D.E. Morse) 1996.

Katz RV, and Frey BJ. Oral Health Services: A Delphi Technique Estimation of Their Role in Adult In‑Patient Rehabilitation Programs. Arch. Phys. Med. and Rehab. 57:183‑88, April, 1976.

Katz RV and Tillman H. Oral Health Services for Adult Rehabilitation Patients: Three Illustrative Cases.Arch. of Phys. Med. and Rehab. 59:390‑393, August, 1978.

Katz RV. Assessing Root Caries in Populations: The Evolution of the Root Caries Index. J. of Pub. Health. Dent. 40:6‑l6, Winter, l980.

Katz RV, Hazen SP, Chilton NW and Mumma RD The Prevalence and Intraoral Distribution of Root Caries in An Adult Population, Caries Res. l6:265‑27l, l982.

udney JD, Katz RV and Brand JW. Interobserver Reliability of Methods for Paleopathological Diagnosis of Dental Caries, Amer. J. of Physical Anthropology, 2:243‑248. l983.

Katz RV. Changing the Curriculum: Mirror the Times, Not the Trends, J. Dent Ed. 50:470‑473, 1986.

Pendrys DG and Katz RV. Risk of Enamel Fluorosis Associated with Fluoride Supplements, Infant Formula and Fluoride Supplement Use, Amer. J. of Epidemiol. 130: 1199‑1208, 1989.

Chen J, Katz RV and Krutchkoff D. Intraoral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Epidemiologic Patterns in >Connecticut from 1935‑1985, Cancer 66:1288‑96, 1990.

Meskin LH, Dillenberg J, Heft M, Katz RV, and Martens L. Economic Impact of Dental Service Utilization by Older Adults, JADA 120:665‑8, 1990.

Katz RV. The safety of dental amalgams: the classic problem of early questions and premature conclusions, Quintessence International 22:243‑6, 1991.

Katz RV. The RCI Revisted after 15 Years: Used, Reinvented, Modified, Debated and Natural Logged, J. Pub. Health Dent. 56:28-34, 1996

Katz, RV, Kegeles, SS, Kressin, NR, Green, BL, Wang, MQ, Russell, SL, Claudio, C. The Tuskegee Legacy Project: Willingness of Minorities to Participate in Biomedical Research. J of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2006; 17:698-715

Katz, RV, Green, BL, Kressin, NR, Claudio, C, Wang, MQ, Russell, SL,. Willingness of Minorities to Participate in Biomedical Studies: confirmatory findings from a follow-up study using the Tuskegee Legacy Project Questionnaire. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007: 99(9): 1050-62.

Katz RV, Kegeles SS, Kressin NR, James SA, Green BL, Wang MQ, Russell SL, Claudio C. Awareness of the USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee and the U.S. Presidential Apology: Influence on Minority Participation in Biomedical Research. J Am Public Health; 2007: (in press for June 2008)

Katz RV, Green BL, Kressin NR, Kegeles SS, Wang, MQ, James SA, Russell SL, Claudio C., McCallum J, The Legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Its Impact on Willingness to Participate in Biomedical Research Studies J of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (in press for Feb 2008)

Katz RV, Wang, MQ, Green BL, Kressin NR, Claudio C, Russell SL,.Participation in Biomedical Research Studies and Cancer Screenings: Perceptions of Risks to Minorities Compared to Whites in 7 U.S. Cities across 2 Surveys Cancer Control (in press for Jan 2009)

Katz RV, Claudio C, Kressin NR Green BL,Wang MQ, Russell SL. Willingness to
Participate in Cancer Screenings: Blacks vs Whites vs Puerto Rican Hispanics in the 3-City Cancer Screening Study, Cancer Control (in press for Jan 2009)