The Use of Race and Ethnicity in Oral Health Research (LIVE ONLY)
Speaker
**This lecture will not be recorded**
Dr. Luisa N. Borrell is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), New York, NY. She is a social epidemiologist with a research interest on the role of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and neighborhood effects as social determinants of health. Her work on Hispanics’/Latinos’ racial identity brings attention to the need for disaggregated analyses by race as Hispanics/Latinos are a heterogeneous group with a mix of European, Native American and African ancestry. She also has expertise in research methods and analyses of large and spatially-linked datasets. Dr. Borrell is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. She has a Doctor in Dental Surgery and a Master in Public Health, from Columbia University, New York, NY, as well as doctorate in Epidemiological Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Finally, Dr. Borrell has an extensive record in mentoring master and doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows as well as junior faculty.
Disclosure: Dr. Borrell has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Description
The lecture will discuss the constructs of race and ethnicity in the U.S.; their use in research as well as the interpretations of their findings; and will provide recommendations to tackle racism in population oral health.
Educational Objectives
- Understand the constructs of race and ethnicity in the U.S.
- Understand how race and ethnicity are used in research as well as the interpretations of their findings
- Learn recommendations to tackle racism in population oral health
Contact
For information, please contact Penn Dental Medicine Continuing Dental Education at:
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu