Cristin Kearns, DDS, MBA

Associate Prof. in Residence
Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
[email protected]
+1 415 476-3896

Dr. Kearns is an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco with a joint appointment in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.

Publications: 

Third-party Compliance With State-Mandated Orthodontic Coverage for Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Care in California: An Insurance Claim Thematic Analysis.

The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association

Azizollahi R, Hubacek L, Oberoi S, Kearns C

Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/oralhealthinamerica

Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/oralhealthinamerica

National Institutes of Health, Kearns CE (Contributing Author)

Work site access to fluoridated tap water and retail beverages: An assessment of the University of California, San Francisco campuses.

Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)

Kalair N, Mousli LM, Jacobs LM, Schmidt L, Kearns C

The global oral health workforce - Authors' reply.

Lancet (London, England)

Benzian H, Guarnizo-Herreño C, Kearns C, Muriithi MW, Watt RG

The WHO global strategy for oral health: an opportunity for bold action.

Lancet (London, England)

Benzian H, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Kearns C, Muriithi MW, Watt RG

California Dentists' Engagement in Media Advocacy for Sugar Restriction Policies.

JDR clinical and translational research

Kearns CE, Urata J, Chaffee BW

Neoliberalism and Indigenous oral health inequalities: a global perspective.

Community dental health

Jamieson L, Kearns C, Ankeny R, Hedges J, Thomson WM

Beverage Advertisement Receptivity Associated With Sugary Drink Intake and Harm Perceptions Among California Adolescents.

American journal of health promotion : AJHP

Chaffee BW, Werts M, White JS, Couch ET, Urata J, Cheng J, Kearns C

Transnational corporations, obesity and planetary health.

The Lancet. Planetary health

Schmidt L, Mialon M, Kearns C, Crosbie E

The Lancet Oral Health Series: Implications for Oral and Dental Research.

Journal of dental research

Watt RG, Daly B, Allison P, Macpherson LMD, Venturelli R, Listl S, Weyant RJ, Mathur MR, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Celeste RK, Peres MA, Kearns C, Benzian H

Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action.

Lancet (London, England)

Watt RG, Daly B, Allison P, Macpherson LMD, Venturelli R, Listl S, Weyant RJ, Mathur MR, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Celeste RK, Peres MA, Kearns C, Benzian H

Oral diseases: a global public health challenge.

Lancet (London, England)

Peres MA, Macpherson LMD, Weyant RJ, Daly B, Venturelli R, Mathur MR, Listl S, Celeste RK, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Kearns C, Benzian H, Allison P, Watt RG

The sugar industry's influence on policy.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Kearns C, Schmidt L, Apollonio D, Glantz S

Guidelines to Limit Added Sugar Intake.

Annals of internal medicine

Kearns C, Schillinger D

Do Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Cause Obesity and Diabetes?

Annals of internal medicine

Schillinger D, Kearns C

Guidelines to Limit Added Sugar Intake: Junk Science or Junk Food?

Annals of internal medicine

Schillinger D, Kearns C

Sugar in the Spotlight.

Journal of the California Dental Association

Kearns CE

How a former dentist drilled the sugar industry

Mother Jones-online

Couzens CK

Why Mike Bloomberg's soda ban could actually work

The Daily Beast

Couzens CK, Taubes G.

Research Area: 
Clinical Research