Benjamin Chaffee, DDS, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor
D_Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
[email protected]
+1 415 476-9226

The overarching goal of our team’s epidemiologic research program is to understand how various behaviors, biological attributes, and contexts influence health and disease distributions across populations. Application of such knowledge aims to inform future public health practices, health policies, and clinical guidelines that elevate the health of patients and communities. A research focus has been understanding tobacco use perceptions and behaviors among adolescents, particularly new and emerging products and in the context of evolving tobacco regulatory policies. Other areas of interest include engaging dental professionals in providing patients with tobacco cessation support, early-life experiences in relation to childhood oral health, and prevention-focused, patient-tailored approaches to manage oral disease.

Publications

Evert J, Drain P, Hall T (eds). Developing Global Health Programming: A Guidebook for Medical and Professional Schools, 2nd Ed. San Francisco: Global Health Education Collaborations Press

Evert J, Drain P, Hall T (eds). Developing Global Health Programming: A Guidebook for Medical and Professional Schools, 2nd Ed. San Francisco: Global Health Education Collaborations Press

Torres HM, Altin N, Amanzadeh B, Carlson K, Chaffee BW, Frazier M, Gillette K A, Johns P, Johnson A, Lauckner H, O’Hearn S, Mulla M, Pedersen DM, Pedersen KJ, Shaw S, Tucker D, Wilson L. Global Health: Health Sciences and Team Based Care. In: