Brenda Heaton, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Dept of Health Policy & Health Svcs Research

PhD, Boston University School of Public Health
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health




Brenda Heaton received her PhD in Epidemiology from the BU School of Public Health, where her dissertation research focused on longitudinal analyses of periodontal disease predictors and systemic effects using data from the VA Dental Longitudinal Study (DLS). In addition to her research related to periodontal disease, she has a wide range of experience conducting oral health research among disadvantaged and minority populations, particularly residents of public housing, in her role as a co-investigator with the Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities (www.creedd.org).

She serves as a faculty member in the Dental Public Health postgraduate and residency program and is an active member of the Behavioral, Epidemiology and Health Services Research Scientific Group of the IADR, and was recently elected to the position of Secretary/Treasurer. Her current work includes collaborating in a large, community-based clinical trial of a behavioral intervention in public housing and is the principal investigator of a social network analysis, also conducted among women living in public housing. She has active collaborations with the Slone Epidemiology Center at BUSPH and their longitudinal cohort, the Black Women’s Health Study, within which she’s currently working on estimating periodontal disease associations through validation of self-report measures.

Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology


Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research




Social networks and oral health-related risk behaviors in public housing communities
08/15/2018 - 07/31/2023 (Multi-PI)
PI: Brenda Heaton, PhD, MPH
NIH/National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
5R01DE027985-03

Complex Systems Science Approaches to Addressing Oral Health Disparities
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
5R00DE025917-05

Photo-enhanced messaging to address dietary sugars as a common risk factor for chronic disease
08/01/2019 - 07/31/2021 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
5R21DE028993-02

Complex systems science approaches to oral health disparities
09/01/2016 - 08/31/2018 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
5K99DE025917-02



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2020 Photo-enhanced messaging to address dietary sugars as a common risk factor for chronic disease 5R21DE028993-02
2020 Complex Systems Science Approaches to Addressing Oral Health Disparities 5R00DE025917-05
2020 Social networks and oral health-related risk behaviors in public housing communities 5R01DE027985-03
2019 Photo-enhanced messaging to address dietary sugars as a common risk factor for chronic disease 1R21DE028993-01
2019 Complex Systems Science Approaches to Addressing Oral Health Disparities 5R00DE025917-04
2019 Social networks and oral health-related risk behaviors in public housing communities 5R01DE027985-02
2018 Complex Systems Science Approaches to Addressing Oral Health Disparities 4R00DE025917-03
2017 Complex Systems Science Approaches to Addressing Oral Health Disparities 5K99DE025917-02 1
2016 Complex Systems Science Approaches to Addressing Oral Health Disparities 1K99DE025917-01A1 1

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  1. Heaton B, Wright JA, Bond JC, Quintiliani LM. A measure development study of sugar-sweetened beverage-related knowledge, self-efficacy, and intention among urban, low-income adults. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 07; 21(1):69.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33413264
     
  2. Wang ML, Minyé HM, Egan KA, Heaton B. Community-based sugar-sweetened beverage intervention associated with short-term improvements in self-rated oral health. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2021 Jan 03.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33389770
     
  3. Sharma P, Fenton A, Dias IH, Heaton B, Brown CL, Sidhu A, Rahman M, Griffiths HR, Cockwell P, Ferro CJ, Chapple IL, Dietrich T. Oxidative stress links periodontal inflammation and renal function. J Clin Periodontol. 2020 Dec 27. PMID: 33368493
     
  4. Alshihayb TS, Kaye EA, Zhao Y, Leone CW, Heaton B. A quantitative bias analysis to assess the impact of unmeasured confounding on associations between diabetes and periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol. 2021 Jan; 48(1):51-60.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33031608
     
  5. Alshihayb TS, Kaye EA, Zhao Y, Leone CW, Heaton B. The impact of periodontitis exposure misclassification bias from partial-mouth measurements on association with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. J Clin Periodontol. 2020 Dec; 47(12):1457-1465.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32990981
     
  6. Heaton B, Streszoff D, Fox CH, Kaye EA, Gebel CM, Quintiliani LM, Garcia RI. Survey of Dental Researchers' Perceptions of Sexual Harassment at AADR Conferences: 2015 to 2018. J Dent Res. 2020 05; 99(5):488-497.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32125214
     
  7. Heaton B, Cherng ST, Sohn W, Garcia RI, Galea S. Complex Systems Model of Dynamic Mechanisms of Early Childhood Caries Development. J Dent Res. 2020 05; 99(5):537-543.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32122213
     
  8. Cozier YC, Heaton B, Bethea TN, Freudenheim JL, Garcia RI, Rosenberg L. Predictors of self-reported oral health in the Black Women's Health Study. J Public Health Dent. 2020 01; 80(1):70-78.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31840825
     
  9. Heaton B, Crawford AJ, Wimsatt MA, Henshaw M, Riedy CA, Barker JC, Garcia RI. A storytelling intervention reduces childhood caries risk behaviors among American Indian and Alaska Native mothers in Northern California. J Public Health Dent. 2019 09; 79(3):183-187.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31012105
     
  10. Henshaw MM, Borrelli B, Gregorich SE, Heaton B, Tooley EM, Santo W, Cheng NF, Rasmussen M, Helman S, Shain S, Garcia RI. Randomized Trial of Motivational Interviewing to Prevent Early Childhood Caries in Public Housing. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2018 Oct; 3(4):353-365.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30238060
     
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