About

Research Interests Include:
Dental
Behavioral
Tobacco

Education:
BS, University of Minnesota

Joined the Institute:  1998

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article

Findings and future directions from a smoking cessation trial utilizing a clinical decision support tool. 

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice. 2022

Quantifying dental office-originating adverse events: the Dental Practice Study methods. 

Journal of patient safety. 2021

Dental Decision Simulation (DDSim): development of a virtual training environment. 

Journal of Dental Education. 2020

The Spanish language 5-item Oral Health Impact Profile. 

International Dental Journal. 2020

Development, validity and reliability of the Orofacial Esthetic Scale - Spanish version

2018

Reducing diabetes distress and improving self-management with mindfulness. 

Social Work in Health Care. 2018

Dental hygienists' usage of tobacco-cessation decision support tools in practice: a qualitative study

2015

Persistence of smoking-cessation decision support use in a dental practice. 

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015

Integrating tobacco dependence counseling into electronic dental records: a multi-method approach. 

Journal of Dental Education. 2014

Computer-assisted guidance for dental office tobacco-cessation counseling: a randomized controlled trial. 

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2013

Mindfulness-based stress reduction for family caregivers: a randomized controlled trial. 

The Gerontologist. 2013

Recruiting and retaining family caregivers to a randomized controlled trial on mindfulness-based stress reduction. 

Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2011

The effect of electronic health records on the use of clinical care guidelines for patients with medically complex conditions. 

Journal of the American Dental Association. 2011

A randomized controlled trial of telephone counseling with smokeless tobacco users: the ChewFree Minnesota study. 

Nicotine & tobacco research. 2008

Evaluating strategies and costs to recruit smokeless tobacco users. 

Addictive Behaviors. 2007

Physician-patient interaction for smoking cessation medications: a dance of mutual accommodation?. 

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2006

A randomized trial of telephone counseling with adult moist snuff users. 

American Journal of Health Behavior. 2004

Conference Poster

Like pulling teeth: designing clinical decision support to improve tobacco cessation in dental practice [poster]

2019

Usability evaluation of an evidence-based dental patient case simulator [poster]

2016

Dental SimCare: building a simulation system to train dentists [poster]

2013

Improving diabetes management with mindfulness-based stress reduction [poster]

2013

Integrating medical and dental data to improve quality and safety of dental care [poster]

2013

An innovative approach to improve hepatitis b screening rates in immigrant populations: the Global Health Wizard [poster]

2012

Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices: a randomized clinical trial [poster]

2011

Effectiveness of using e-health records to improve dental care for medically compromised patients [poster]

2011

Will dental providers use a computer-assisted guidance tool to support tobacco interventions [poster]?

2011

Comparative effectiveness of provider activation strategies using electronic health records to improve quality and safety of dental care for patients with medical conditions [poster]

2010

MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) for caregivers of people with dementia: the Balance Study [poster]

2010

Abstract

Assessing challenges to implementing tobacco cessation guidelines in dental offices [abstract]. 

Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2021

Implementation of an electronic dental record tool to increase referrals to a tobacco counseling quit line [abstract]. 

Implementation science. 2015

Improving mental health and diabetes management with mindfulness-based stress reduction [abstract] [presentation]

2014

Building a simulation system to train dentists to practice evidence-based dentistry [abstract]. 

Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013

Impact of mind-body and education-based interventions on physiologic markers of chronic stress in family caregivers of dementia patients [abstract]. 

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2009

Recruitment and retention of caregivers for patients with dementia: the Balance Study [abstract]. 

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2009

presentations

Presentation

Challenges in recruiting family caregivers to a clinical trial on MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) for stress reduction [presentation], Gerontological Society of America 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting

Dental providers use a computer-assisted tool to support tobacco interventions [presentation], AADR (American Association for Dental Research) Annual Meeting

Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices [presentation], American Dental Hygienists Association 90th Annual Session

Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices [presentation], AADR (American Association for Dental Research) Annual Meeting

Effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance for tobacco dependence in dental offices: a randomized clinical trial [presentation], Regional Oral and Systemic Health Conference

Improving diabetes management with mindfulness-based stress reduction [presentation], HMORN 20th Annual Conference: Embedded Research to Improve Health

Mindfulness-based stress reduction for caregivers: a randomized controlled pilot study [presentation], International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research (5th)

Personalizing tobacco cessation utilizing clinic decision support [presentation], American Association of Dental Research (AADR) Fall-Focused Symposium: Personalized Oral Health Care: Concept Design to Clinical Practice

Randomized clinical trials: computer-assisted tool for tobacco dependence interventions [presentation], IADR (International Association for Dental Research) 89th General Session and Exhibition/AADR (American Association for Dental Research) 40th Annual Meeting/CADR (Canadian Association for Dental Research) 35th Annual Meeting

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