Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health: CAN DO

Stuart A. Gansky, Professor in the Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health, is a biostatistician who has been working in health research for over 20 years. He has been at UCSF since 1996 after earning his doctorate in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His interests are in statistical methods applied to oral health, health disparities, and community intervention trials. He has collaborated in designing and analyzing clinical trials including early childhood caries prevention studies. He has published more than 85 peer reviewed papers in the health sciences. He directs the Data Coordinating Center for the three Early Childhood Caries Collaborative Centers at Boston University, University of Colorado, Denver, and UC San Francisco. He is Associate Director of the UCSF Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health. He has served on numerous National Institutes of Health Data and Safety Monitoring Boards as well as Special Emphasis Panels.