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University of California, San Francisco CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Elizabeth A. Mertz, PhD, MA
Position: Professor, Step 1 Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences School of Dentistry
Address: Box 1242 3333 Calif. St,Laurel Heights, 410 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143
Voice: 502-7934 Fax: 476-4113 Email: [email protected] Web: http://profiles.ucsf.edu/elizabeth.mertz
EDUCATION 1990 - 1994 Univ. of Southern California, Los BA Political Science Angeles, CA 1995 - 1997 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MA Public Affairs MN 2006 - 2010 University of California, San Francisco PhD Medical Robert Sociology Newcomer
LICENSES, CERTIFICATION 2004 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Qualifying Program 2004 SYMLOG Consulting Group Certification
PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD 1995 - 1997 University of Minnesota Research Humphrey Associate Institute 1997 - 2000 University of California, San Francisco Pub. Admin. Dentistry Analyst 2000 - 2003 University of California, San Francisco Sr. Pub Adm Dentistry Analyst 2003 - 2005 University of California, San Francisco Analyst IV Dentistry 2005 - 2010 University of California, San Francisco Analyst V Dentistry
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2010 - 2014 University of California, San Francisco Assistant Dentistry Professor in (Primary)Nursing Residence (Secondary) 2014 - 2016 University of California, San Francisco Assistant Preventive and Professor Restorative Dental Sciences (Primary), Social and Behavioral Sciences (Secondary) 2016 - 2018 University of California, San Francisco Associate Preventive and Professor Restorative Dental Sciences (Primary), Social and Behavioral Sciences (Secondary) 2018 - present University of California, San Francisco Professor Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences (Primary), Social and Behavioral Sciences (Secondary)
OTHER POSITIONS HELD CONCURRENTLY 2010 - present UCSF Healthforce Center (formerly the Affiliate Faculty Dentistry Center for the Health Professions) 2013 - present Philip R.Lee Institute for Health Policy Affiliate Faculty Institute for Studies Health Policy Studies 2013 - 2015 A.T. Still University Adjunct Faculty Arizona School (WOS) of Dentistry & Oral Health 2013 - 2015 Center for Research on Gender and the Affiliate Faculty University of Professions California, San Diego 2015 - present UCSF Global Health Sciences Affiliate Faculty Global Health Sciences 2019 - present California Initiative for Health Equity and Affiliate Faculty UC Berkeley Action
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HONORS AND AWARDS 1990 Golden Key Honor Society USC 1994 Beta Kappa Honor Society USC 1994 Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society USC 2008 Graduate Dean's Health Science UCSF Fellowship 2010 Distinguished Sociology Dissertation UCSF Award 2011 Columbia Visiting Professorship: Colombia University College of Dental Contemporary Issues in Dentistry Medicine 2014 Nominated and selected for program UCSF School of Dentistry "Strengthening Team Science & Work Life Satisfaction in the UC System" 2014 Selected as a 'young innovator' to be UCSF School of Dentistry highlighted on the website for 150th UCSF Anniversary Celebration 2017 Selected to be highlighted faculty in the UCSF School of Dentistry quarterly research newsletter 2019 Interviewed for special Future Of UCSF Magazine Medicine issue focused on what human health and delivery of care will look like in the year 2050 in terms of dentistry workforce supply and demand, capacity building, access to care, and evolving professional practice models.
KEYWORDS/AREAS OF INTEREST Health policy, health care workforce, health disparities, health equity, health services research, medical sociology, health professions education and regulation, access to care, quality improvement and measurement, program evaluation, leadership development, quantitative analysis (econometrics, multivariate statistics, SAS), and qualitative analysis (grounded theory, thematic analyses, Atlas TI) and mixed methods research.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
MEMBERSHIPS 1991 - 1994 Alpha Phi Fraternity, Beta Pi Chapter 1995 - 1997 Humphrey Institute Public Affairs Student Association 2002 - present American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) 2003 - 2005 American Public Health Association (APHA) 2003 - present AcademyHealth Association
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2006 - present American Dental Education Association (ADEA) 2006 - present American Sociology Association (ASA) 2009 - present International Association for Dental Research (IADR) 2010 - 2016 European Group on Organizational Studies (EGOS) 2015 - present International Center for Oral Health Inequalities Research and Policy (ICOHIRP)
SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 1991 - 1994 Alpha Phi Fraternity, Beta Pi Chapter Sports Chairperson 1995 - 1997 Humphrey Institute Public Affairs Student Association Vice President 2004 - 2004 Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors Dental Public Health Project 2004 - 2004 American Association of Public Health Dentistry Chair, Workforce Subcommittee 2006 - 2006 American Dental Hygiene Association Advisor for Masterfile Project 2008 - 2008 ASTDD Leadership Council Dental Leadership Invited Guest 2009 - 2014 National Board of Pharmacy Specialties Public Member 2011 - 2014 American Association of Public Health Dentistry Executive Council Member 2011 - 2012 American Association of Public Health Dentistry Communication Committee Chair 2012 - 2014 American Association of Public Health Dentistry Policy Committee & Governance Taskforce 2013 - 2013 American Dental Hygienists' Association, National Invited Participant Symposium, Transforming Dental Hygiene Education: Proud Past, Unlimited Future 2013 - 2013 American Dental Association, 2013 Prevention Summit Invited Participant 2015 - 2015 Board of Pharmacy Specialities Appeal Review Committee 2015 - 2016 American Association of Public Health Dentistry Associate Committee 2017 - 2019 AcademyHealth - Oral Health Interest Group Advisory Committee & Abstract Reviewer 2018 - 2019 AcademyHealth - Oral Health Theme Co-Leader
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SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS 2001 - present Ad hoc reviewer for ; Journal of Public Health Dentistry (40 papers), Journal of Dental Research (1 paper), Journal of the American Dental Association (4 papers), Health Affairs (8 papers), Journal of Rural Health (2 papers), Social Science and Medicine (2 papers) and the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (11 papers), Journal of Dental Education (7 papers) Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Care (1 paper) Health Services Research (2 papers), Race and Social Problems (1 paper), Family Medicine and Community Health (1 paper), European Journal of Health Economics (1 paper), Journal of Adolescent Health (1 paper), California Dental Association Journal (3 papers), American Journal of Public Health (1 paper), New England Journal of Medicine (1 paper), Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice (3 papers), JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (1 paper), Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry (2 papers), BMC Oral Health(1 paper), Inquiry (1 paper), International Dental Journal (1 paper), Applied Clinical Informatics (2 papers) Community Dentistry Oral Epidemiology (2 papers), Plos One (2 papers), Public Health Reports (1 paper), American Journal of Preventive Medicine (1 paper). 2007 - 2013 Editorial Board, Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2009 - 2010 Guest Editor, Special Edition, Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2011 - 2012 Guest Co-editor, Special Edition, Nursing Research and Practice 2016 - 2016 Advisory Meeting - Special Issue on Oral Health - Health Affairs, Invited to submit two articles, presented at national briefing on final issue (Dec 2016) 2017 - 2018 Lead author on revised textbook chapter on the dental workforce for the classic Burt and Eklund DPH textbook. 2017 - present Editorial Advisory Board, Dimensions of Dental Hygiene annual publication, Perspectives on the Midlevel Practitioner
INVITED PRESENTATIONS - INTERNATIONAL 2011 Global Oral Health Symposium Podium, Facilitator, Moderator 2012 International Association for Dental Research Annual Oral Presentation Meeting 2013 International Association for Dental Research Annual Organizer and Meeting Speaker in BEHSR Sponsored Symposium on HRS in Dentistry 2013 14th International Health Workforce Collaborative Invited Presentation Conference, Canada 2015 International Association for Dental Research Annual Poster Presentation Meeting
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2015 15th International Health Workforce Collaborative Poster Presentation Conference, United Kingdom 2017 International Association of Dental Research Annual Poster Meeting Presentations (3) 2017 International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology Oral Presentation 2018 17th International Health Workforce Collaborative Poster Presentation Conference, New Zealand. 2019 18th International Health Workforce Collaborative Poster Presentation Conference, Canada.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS - NATIONAL 2000 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Poster 2000 HRSA/HCFA Regional Workforce Center Meeting Invited Presentation 2000 Association for Health Services Research Annual Meeting Poster 2000 American Association of Public Health Dentist Annual Poster Meeting 2001 AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting Oral Presentation 2001 American Association of Public Health Dentistry Poster 2001 Federation of Special Care Dentistry Annual Meeting Oral Presentation 2003 American Public Health Association Annual Conference Oral Presentation 2003 AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting Poster 2003 National Oral Health Conference Poster 2004 AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting Poster 2004 National Oral Health Conference Poster 2005 American Dental Association, Workforce Taskforce Invited Presentation 2006 National Oral Health Conference Oral Presentation 2006 AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting Poster 2007 National Oral Health Conference Oral Presentation 2008 HRSA All Programs Conference Invited Presentation 2008 National Oral Health Conference Invited pre-session oral presentation 2008 National Oral Health Conference Poster 2009 National Oral Health Conference Concurrent Session Moderator
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2009 Institute of Medicine Workshop on the Oral Health Care Steering Committee/ Workforce Moderator 2010 Institute of Medicine Committee on Oral Health Initiative Invited Presentation 2010 National Network for Oral Health Action Invited Presentation 2010 Pew Conference on Partnering for Policy Change--- Invited Presentation Children's Oral Health 2011 AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting Poster and Podium Presentation 2011 Institute of Medicine Oral Health Initiative Dissemination Invited Presentation Event 2011 American Sociology Association Oral Presentation 2011 PBS Newshour Interview 2012 Developing a Vision for Oral Health Quality Improvement Invited Presenter in an Era of Accountability 2012 Children's Dental Health Project: Board of Directors Invited Presentation 2012 National Oral Health Conference Plenary speaker, panel speaker, oral presentation 2012 American Association of Dental Consultants Invited Presentation 2012 National Health Disparities Summit Poster 2013 Community Catalyst Advocates Group Webinar 2013 A National Dialogue on Oral Health Needs and Workforce Invited Presentation Solutions in Indian Country 2015 National Health Policy Forum Invited Presentation 2015 National Oral Health Conference Oral Presentation and Poster Presentation 2015 Funders Oral Health Policy Group Meeting Keynote Speaker 2016 National Oral Health Conference Submitted Session & Oral Presentation & Routndtable 2016 Health Affairs Policy Briefing - Special Issue on Oral Keynote and paper Health - December presentation 2017 National Oral Health Conference Poster Presentation (2) 2017 AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting Poster Presentation
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2017 Funders Group on Oral Health Presentation 2018 AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting Oral Presentation & 2 Poster Presentations 2018 AAMC Health Workforce Conference Oral Presentation 2018 National Oral Health Conference Oral Presentation 2019 American Institute of Dental Public Health - 2019 Presentation Colloquium 2019 AcademyHealth: Annual Research Meeting & Oral Health Oral Presentation Interest Group
INVITED PRESENTATIONS - REGIONAL AND OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS 1998 Biennial Meeting of the Ohio League for Nursing Podium 1999 UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies Podium 1999 Health Care in California in the New Millennium Podium 1999 Health Professions Analysis for Primary Care: Workshop Workshop for PCO's and PCA's 1999 7th Annual Technical Assistance Workshop: California Podium Cooperative Agreement 2000 8th Annual Technical Assistance Workshop: California Podium Cooperative Agreement 2000 Region VIII Dental Infrastructure Project Podium 2000 The California Society of Pediatric Dentists Podium 2000 The California Dental Association Workshop 2001 Oral Health / Total Health: California Responds to the Podium Surgeon General's Report 2001 Oregon Area Health Education Center Workforce Summit Podium (Plenary) 2001 Oregon Public Health Association Annual Meeting Podium 2002 California Dental Association Podium 2002 California Primary Care Association: Oral Health Summit Podium 2003 California Rural Health Policy Council Podium 2003 Health Dialogues, KQED Radio Media Presentation 2004 Oral Health Access Council Podium 2004 Southwest State Office of Rural Health Annual Meeting Podium
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2004 California Legislative Rural Caucus & California State Podium Rural Health Association 2005 Ohio Health Policy Council Workshop 2005 CA Taskforce on Oral Health and Special Needs Podium 2006 Alaska Public Health Nursing Conference Podium (Plenary) 2006 California Dental Association Board of Trustees Podium 2006 California Rural Health Association, Governor's Workforce Podium Panel 2007 Sacramento Statistical Society Podium 2008 CPAC Legislative Briefing on Oral Health, Sacramento Podium Capital Building 2009 Professions in Oral Health, Virtual Dental Home Advisory Workshop Board 2009 Community Voices, Capital Public Radio Media Presentation 2010 Washington Dental Learning Network Workshop 2011 California Statewide Taskforce on Oral Health for People Podium with Disabilities and Aging Californians 2011 Columbia University Visiting Professorship: Contemporary Visiting Scholar Issues in Dentistry (Student Seminar, Faculty Meet and Greet, Keynote Lecture for Dental School) 2014 Oregon Oral Health Coalition Annual Conference Podium (Keynote) 2017 California Briefing - Health Affairs - Special Issue on Oral Presenter Health 2018 Oregon Health Sciences University - Toni Eigner-Barry Research Dean's Lectureship Presentation 2019 California Wellness Foundation - Oral Health Planning Research Meeting presentation 2019 Wisconsin Oral Health Coalition Keynote Speaker
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 2003 Leadership California 2012 Maximizing your leadership potential: Coro Center for Civic Leadership 2014 School of Dentistry Faculty Leadership Development Program 2015 Teach for UCSF (2 of 9 courses completed for the General Teaching Certificate) 1. Delivering Effective Feedback, 2. Developing Curriuculm
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GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 1996 - 1997 Marin Women's Commission Intern 2000 - 2000 HRSA Region VIII Dental Infrastructure Project Advisor 2000 - 2009 Oral Health Access Council Member Co-Chair, Policy Subcommittee 2005 - 2005 Ohio Department of Health - Workforce Committee Technical Assistance 2006 - 2010 The San Francisco Foundation - Oral Health Initiative Advisory Board 2006 - 2006 California HealthCare Foundation Denti-Cal Advisory Board 2007 - 2007 Institute of Medicine (IOM)- Dental Workforce Planning Invited Member Meeting 2008 - 2008 NIDCR - RO3 Small Research Grants for Data Analysis Reviewer and Statistical Methodology, Panel 2008/10 ZDE1 MK (37) 2008 - 2010 Virtual Dental Home Project Advisory Board Chair 2008 - 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) - Oral Health Workforce Steering Committee Workshop 2010 - 2011 Institute of Medicine (IOM) - Committee on Oral Health Member Initiative 2011 - 2012 California Public Health Alliance for Workforce Excellence Member 2012 - 2013 RWJF Systematic Screening and Assessment of Expert Panel Workforce Interventions Designed to Promote Oral Health Member and Prevent Dental Disease 2012 - 2013 National Leadership Committee on Quality Improvement Member in Oral Health 2012 - 2012 NIH - R21 - Behavioral and Social Science Research on Reviewer Understanding and Reducing Health Care Disparities, Panel 2013 / 01 HDEP 2013 - 2013 University of Iowa Public Policy Center and College of National Advisory Dentistry. Impact of the ACA on the oral health safety net. Committee 2014 - 2014 California Department of Public Health (HRSA Prime) Advisory Committee Values-Based Oral Health Purchasing System for California 2014 - 2014 National Governors Association Policy Academy Advisor Workgroup on Dental Safety Net 2014 - 2015 Center for Oral Health, GIS Project on Medicaid Dentist Technical Advisor Supply
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2015 - 2015 The National Academies. National Research Council Committee Member Committee on Education, Training and Certification Pathways to Skilled Technical Jobs 2015 - 2015 National Health Policy Forum: Dental Workforce and Expert Panel Access Briefing Member 2015 - 2015 NDA-HEALTH NOW San Francisco/Oakland Advisory Committee 2015 - present California Department of Public Health, California Oral Advisory Committee Health Program 2017 - 2018 NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) program Reviewer (x2) 2018 - 2018 Federal Trade Commission Expert Witness 2018 - 2020 Surgeon General's 2nd Report on Oral Health Report Contributor 2018 - 2019 NIH Peer Review (the Social Sciences and Population Grant review (x2 Studies Study Section [SSPS-B]) cycles, 4 grants) 2019 - 2019 NIH Peer Review (the Social Sciences and Population Grant review (1 Studies Study Section [SSPS-A]) cycle, 1 grant) 2019 - 2019 NIH Peer Review (Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Grant review (1 Review Group 2019/10 ZRG1 HDM-A (56)) cycle, 1 grant) 2019 - 2019 California Select Senate Committee on the Social UC expert Determinants of Health testimony
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
SERVICE ACTIVITIES SUMMARY I have a long-standing and strong commitment to service focused on improving the US health care system in regard to advancing oral health. Nationally, I was a member of two prestigious National Academies efforts; first the Institute of Medicine Committee on Oral Health (2010- 2011) and second the National Research Council Committee on the Skilled Workforce (2015- 2017). My service on these committees was invited due to my unique sociological, policy and health services research perspectives on the health care delivery system and health professions, especially in dentistry. I have dedicated time to professional organizations both in dentistry and health services research as a board member, committee chair and member, and journal reviewer, and have served on advisory boards for numerous local and state organizations seeking expertise in objective evaluation and research. I am part of an international collaborative group founded in 2015 focused on oral health disparities worldwide. I served as an invited guest editor for two special issues of national journals. In 2010, stemming from interest in the IOM Oral Health Workforce workshop, I served as the sole guest editor of a special issue of The Journal of Public Health Dentistry (JPHD) that examined workforce innovations in the context of dental care delivery improvements. In this role, I secured funding from the California HealthCare Foundation to support publication of the special issue, and I solicited and edited over a dozen manuscripts in addition to preparing one of my own. The articles in this special issue remain among the top downloads of JPHD. In 2012 I served as a co-editor and co-author on a special issue of Nursing Research and Practice that examined nursings role in oral health care delivery, contributing to a growing
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At UCSF, I have played an active role on committees and workgroups to advance the overall mission and function of the Healthforce Center (formerly the Center for the Health Professions), where I have worked since 1997. I led our OE pre-award transition and IT system transition, and participated as core faculty in the succession planning for a new director, all significant undertakings. As well, I have developed and deployed leadership impact evaluation efforts for the Center's suite of programs. I have been engaged in numerous faculty activities in the School of Dentistry, providing service in strategic planning and candidate reviews, assisting the department chair with data collection and analysis in his initiative to improve the organizational culture, participating on a select committee focused on bringing quality improvement activities to the curriculum, and chairing a student status committee (4 year commitment). I have served two terms on Faculty Council (2015-2021) and will have chaired it twice in this tenure which comes with responsibility of organizing our annual retreat and being a liaison to the Academic Senate. As well, I have served a three year term on both academic planning and budget (APB) and admissions committee (2016-19). In 2016 I joined the SOD research advisory committee. In 2018 was elected my department representative for the Health Sciences Compensation Plan Committee (HSCP) for a four year term, and appointed to my department research finance planning committee for 2019. In 2017-18 I served on the climate survey work group in SOD, and have now transitioned to be a member of the newly formed Diversity committee. Finally, in 2018-19 I led one of seven workgroups preparing for our 7-year accreditation visit and assisted with numerous meetings during the site visit.
In service to the wider UCSF community, I reviewed abstracts for the UCSF Health Disparities Symposium, and have been a reviewer on the social and behavioral sciences committee of the Resource Allocation Program (RAP) since 2016. I was invited to serve on the Chancellor's Committee for Family Life due to my perspective of being a SOD faculty member with small children and also my previous engagement with the Mission Bay UCSF childcare center. This committee was particularly rewarding for me personally having navigated the challenges of maternity leave, breastfeeding, and childcare while balancing academic productivity since the birth of my two children in 2011 and 2014. As faculty council chair, I serve as ex-officio on UCSF Academic Senate Executive Council and APB. In 2019 I was appointed to chair a Stewardship review committee for the Dr. Lietman, director of the Proctor Foundation.
In summary, I am invited and volunteer at many levels to assist organizations and individuals to understand, research, and address the challenges facing our oral health care system as it undergoes increasing pressure to transform delivery of care and reform professional practice to meet the oral health needs of a changing society. Personally, I volunteer in my community to teach basketball skills to girls, and I co-founded the organization Women with Altitude to raise global awareness about domestic violence. This organization produced a full length movie about overcoming obstacles which is now distributed worldwide.
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UCSF CAMPUSWIDE 2012 - 2014 UCSF Health Care Disparities Annual Symposium Abstract Reviewer 2015 - 2018 UCSF Campus Committee on Family Services Committee Member 2016 - present Resource Allocation Program, Health Policy & Social Committee & Science Section Proposal Reviewer 2017 - 2018 Chancellors Council Member 2019 - 2019 Stewardship Review Committee, Proctor Foundation Chair 2019 - 2020 Chancellors Council Member -
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY 2000 - 2000 School of Dentistry Analysis of Graduate Practice Analyst Patterns 2003 - 2003 RWJ Pipeline to Professions Grant Assistance Presentation to Funders 2010 - 2010 D1 Mentoring Program Mentor 2011 - present School of Dentistry Admissions Process Interviewer 2011 - 2012 Global Oral Health Steering Committee Member 2011 - 2012 Global Oral Health Symposium 2012 Steering Committee Member 2012 - 2012 Presentation on Dental Quality Policy at SOD Faculty Presenter Retreat 2013 - present Oral and Craniofacial Sciences Graduate Group Elected Member 2014 - 2018 D1 - D4 Status Committee Chair 2015 - 2015 Post-Baccalaureate Dental Program Mock Interviewer 2015 - 2015 Search Committee - Ladder Rank Position Member 2015 - present School of Dentistry Faculty Council Member, PRDS Vice-Chair (2016-17 & 2018-19), Chair (2017-2018 & 2019- 20) 2015 - present School of Dentistry Research Advisory Council Member 2016 - 2016 Search Committee - Adjunct Position Chair 2016 - 2019 Admissions Committee Member 2016 - 2019 Academic Planning and Budget Member
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2017 - 2019 Accreditation Committee Self-study lead for Institutional Effectiveness 2017 - 2018 Climate Survey Workgroup Member 2017 - present Diversity Committee Member 2018 - 2022 Compensation Plan Committee PRDS Representative 2019 - 2019 Research and Clinical Excellence Day Judge
SCHOOL OF NURSING 2014 - 2014 Sociology Program Review Alumni Contributor
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE - Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences: 2005 - 2005 Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health Strategic Planner, Strategic Planning Member 2010 - 2010 PRDS Chair Candidates Reviewer 2011 - 2011 Senior Employee Search (Ethnographer) Participant 2012 - 2012 PRDS/OEDPH Chair Search Reviewer, Interviewer 2013 - 2015 SYMLOG Consultant for Improving PRDS Culture Initiative Consultant, Survey, Analysis and Presentation 2014 - present Dental Public Health Residency Advisory Committee 2016 - 2017 Strategic Planning Employee Satisfaction Survey Development - - Healthforce Center (Formerly Center for the Health Professions) 1999 - 2008 IT System Manager 2000 - 2005 Website Committee Chair 2001 - 2002 Editorial Board Chair 2004 - 2009 Communications Board Member 2005 - 2008 Curriculum Development Committee Member
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2009 - 2015 Center Evaluation Team Lead Faculty 2011 - 2012 CHP Leadership transition committee Member - Chair for IT and OE-Pre Award Transitions 2012 - present Research Faculty Group Member
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE 1998 - 2005 Marin Women's Commission Career Advisor Speaker for Career Days at High School 2000 - 2000 Health Careers Pathway Program San Francisco Unified Mentor School District 2001 - 2010 Women with Altitude Co-founder; financial officer
CONTRIBUTIONS TO DIVERSITY
CONTRIBUTIONS TO DIVERSITY My research on the health professions workforce exhibits my deep commitment to examining issues of diversity and the impact of workforce diversity on health equity. My work has been used in program development at UCSF and informs our SOD holistic admissions review efforts. My research contributions continue to support efforts to understand disparities within the Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health (CANDO), work that has culminated in health disparities focused grants including a UH2 from NIDCR and R01 from NIMHD. In my teaching, I mentor a diverse set of students and junior faculty and am committed to supporting the success of these individuals. I serve on both the the SOD climate and diversity committee which are focused directly on improving the institutional culture for our diverse set of staff, learners and faculty.
TEACHING AND MENTORING
TEACHING SUMMARY My overall teaching goal is to bring a broad health policy, health services research and sociological understanding of issues confronting the dental delivery system (i.e. quality improvement) to our students, faculty and graduates so they can be better informed consumers of policy information and more strategic in their efforts to improve health and health care. My teaching approach is to create real-world, hands-on projects that require students to apply critical thinking skills to analysis of current events in the context of appropriate theoretical models.
In 2014 I became the course director for the MHA 203 health policy course in the interdisciplinary Masters in Health Administration and Interprofessional Leadership (MS-HAIL) program in the graduate division and school of nursing. In Winter 2017 I updated this online course to reflect the rapidly changing health policy environment, including updating texts, articles, content and links. Students continue to comment to me that this course opened their eyes and empowered them to become more policy engaged.
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I bridge this general content in health policy to the School of Dentistry through a focus on teaching dental care policy and health services research methodology, leadership development, and topical lectures in dental care services research. These topics and approaches are an important addition to the dental curriculum as critical elements in preparing the next generation of leaders in dental care -- leaders that will enter the workforce in a time of rapid health system change and be essential to shaping and improving the dental delivery system of the future.
My lecture on the state of quality improvement in dental care is highly regarded and has been requested repeatedly by students and faculty alike, and integrated as a core annual talk in three courses. I continue to be approached by students looking for mentorship who have a strong interest in policy issues but lack other avenues to gain exposure and experience with these topics. I guest lecture every year in existing courses to provide research methodological expertise, updates on current policy and practice issues, and other hot topics such as workforce changes in dentistry. Dental students and residents, dental hygiene masters students, and even dental faculty have little formal exposure to health policy and health services research outside the lectures and courses I conduct, and yet dental policys evolution will have a large impact on the future practice of dentistry.
I have developed curricula for and continue to teach as needed in leadership development programs at the Healthforce Center (formerly Center for the Health Professions) since 2003, including courses utilizing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the System for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups (SYMLOG) assessments in which I am certified.
FORMAL TEACHING Not Academic Yr Course No. & Title Teaching Contribution School Class UCSF Size
1999 - 2017 UCSF Dental Public CE Lectures (5 total) Dentistry 30 Health Seminar Series
X 2002 - 2002 ADHA Association Research seminar 75 National Conference
2003 - 2010 Continuing Education, Organized year-long course/ Pharmacy 30 Pharmacy 4 lectures
X 2009 - 2010 UOP Year One Dental Oral Health Policy Lecture 100 Class
2009 - 2009 Continuing Education, Facilitate leadership summit Pharmacy 250 Pharmacy
2009 - 2009 Continuing Education, Develop year long course / 6 Pharmacy 15 Pharmacy lectures
2009 - 2010 Continuing Education, Develop clinic course/ 2 Medicine 30 Medicine lectures
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Not Academic Yr Course No. & Title Teaching Contribution School Class UCSF Size
2010 - 2011 DPH200--Ethical and Discussion Group Leader, Dentistry 18 Behavioral Review of Final Papers Considerations in Clinical and Research Aspects of Dentistry
2010 - DPH210--Summer Guest Lecture, Discussion Dentistry 18-30 present Research Methods Group Leader
2010 - 2015 SciMtd117-- Discussion Group Leader, 1 Dentistry 112 Foundations for 2 hour session, Final Scientific Inquiry Presentation Grader, Midterm proctor
2010 - 2015 UCSF CTSI Mentor Course on leading a team Medicine 30 Development Program
2010 - 2010 Continuing Education, 3 session lectures Pharmacy 15 Pharmacy
2011 - DH206--Leadership in Guest Lecture, 2 3 hour Dentistry 12 present Dental Hygiene sessions
2011 - DH221 - Master's Guest Lecture, 2 hours Dentistry 12 present Seminar in Dental Hygiene
2012 - OCS 220 - Oral and Guest Lecture Dentistry 35 present Craniofacial Sciences Seminar Series
2013 - 2014 Introduction to Guest Lecture - MBTI Dentistry 90 Dentistry
2013 - 2016 DH220 - Master's Guest Lecture, 3 hours Dentistry 5 Seminar I in Dental Hygiene
2013 - IDS 186 - Dental Guest Lecture, 0.5 hours Dentistry 25 present Research Elective
2013 - 2013 CFAR Mentor Teamwork Medicine 25 Development Program
2013 - 2013 Continuing Education, Health Care Environment, Pharmacy 15-30 Pharmacy Leadership Time Managment Institute
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Not Academic Yr Course No. & Title Teaching Contribution School Class UCSF Size
2014 - 2017 Dental Public Health Field work primary mentor Dentistry 2 (DPH) 420: Dental Public Health Field Work
2014 - 2017 DPH 400: Dental Primary Mentor Dentistry 2 Public Health Projects
2014 - MHA203: Leadership Faculty of Record Grad 24-48 present and Health Policy
2016 - DPH 177: Global Oral 30 minute guest lecture on Dentistry 25 present Health Seminar mentored fellowship
2017 - 2019 OR CRA FAC 250 Mentored Research Dentistry 1
2019 - 2019 ObGyn & Guest Lecture-High Value Medicine 12 Reproductive Care Seminar Sciences 170.13.
2018 - 2019 DPH410 - Board Prep Guest Lecture/ Facilitator Dentistry 4 Seminar (2x)
2019 - 2019 C-Flex - Facilitator Dentistry 25 Understanding the 360
INFORMAL TEACHING 1998 - 1998 Nursing course lecture, Pacific Union College 1999 - 2016 UCSF Dental Public Health Seminar Series - CE Lecture (multiple lectures, about 1x every 2 yrs) 2003 - 2010 Continuing Education, Pharmacy - Organized year-long course/4 lectures 2004 - 2004 Facilitated Roundtable. National Oral Health Conference 2005 - 2005 Teambuilding and SYMLOG, Laguna Honda Hospital 2005 - 2005 SYMLOG session, School of Pharmacy 2005 - 2005 SYMLOG session, Center for the Health Professions 2006 - 2006 MBTI & Teambuilding, Laguna Honda Hospital 2006 - 2006 On-Lok Senior Services Team Building 2006 - 2006 IACUC-Advanced UC Davis Team Building and Conflict Negotiation 2007 - 2007 Sociology of Dentistry, SBS Seminar Series 2008 - 2009 Center Services Seminar Series (2 lectures) 2009 - 2009 Time Management, Center Services
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2010 - 2010 Practice Model Change in Dentistry, Center Services Seminar Series 2011 - 2011 Project Management, San Francisco Quality Culture Series 2012 - 2012 UCSF School of Dentistry LeaDERs Faculty Seminar Series 2012 - 2012 UCSF Dept of Pulmonology - MBTI Teamwork 2016 - 2016 Colombia School of Dentistry: DDS-MPH Student Session 2014 - 2016 Atlas.TI training program for research staff and summer fellows 2017 - present Evidence-based dentistry journal club presenter
MENTORING SUMMARY I mentor graduate students and serve on thesis and doctoral dissertation committees, oversee research fellowships and advise dental and dental hygiene students and residents. Students interested in dental policy and social science research regularly request my mentorship because they have interest in the real-world applicable research in which I am engaged within dentistry. All of the dental students and residents I have formally mentored have presented their research work at the annual SOD Research and Clinical Excellence Day. Nine of these students have won fellowship awards (i.e. California Pediatric Dental Society Fellowship, Global Oral Health Fellowship and Delta Dental Summer Research Fellowship) to support their mentored research with me, attesting to the significance and quality of their work. I also mentor three junior faculty who I meet with regularly to support their career development.
PREDOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED OR MENTORED Dates Name Program or Mentor Type Role Current School Position
2000 - 2000 Carolyn UC Berkeley Research/Schola Supervised research Director of Manuel-Barkin SPH, rly Mentor year Delivery, Goldman Simplyhealth SPP London, UK
2002 - 2002 Joshua Orlans UC Berkeley Research/Schola Supervised summer Social SPH rly Mentor internship Worker, Veteran's Administratio n
2003 - 2004 Robyn Gerdes UC Berkeley Research/Schola Supervised summer Partnership SPH rly Mentor internship Healthplan of California
2004 - 2004 Gena UC Berkeley Research/Schola Supervised summer Unknown Anderson SPH rly Mentor internship
2005 - 2006 Ruby Jain UCSF Post- Research/Schola Supervised research Physician, Bac rly Mentor project Texas Presbyterian Dallas
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Dates Name Program or Mentor Type Role Current School Position
2005 - 2005 Lily Workman UCSF Dental Research/Schola Supervised Dentist Student rly Mentor independent research project
2005 - 2005 Joel Mefford UC Berkeley Research/Schola Supervised summer Doctoral SPH rly Mentor internship Student, UCSF
2010 - 2010 Jolie Goodman UCSF Post- Research/Schola Supervising research GPR Baccalaureat rly Mentor project Resident e Program
2010 - 2011 Teresa Do, D1 Mentoring Career Mentor Mentor Graduated Katina Landon, Program Michale Rabizadeh, Radka Varimozova
2011 - 2012 Serai Graham UCSF Project Mentor Supervising research Working in Master's in project private Dental practice Hygiene
2012 - 2013 Jeff Lee & SFSU Post- Research/Schola Research Mentor Dental School Rachel Chapa Baccalaureat rly Mentor Supervisor e Program
2012 - 2013 Hani UCSF Project Mentor Supervising research Graduated Mohsenzahed Master's in project Dental Hygiene
2012 - 2013 Matthew UCSF Dental Research/Schola Summer Research In School Chang Student rly Fellowship Mentor,Project Mentor
2013 - 2014 Booth Haley UCSF Dental Research/Schola Global Oral Health Dentist at Student rly Fellowship Research FQHC and Mentor,Project Project part time Mentor faculty at UCSF
2012 - 2015 Carolyn Keagy UCSF Research/Schola Thesis Committee Research Sociology rly Mentor Fellow at Doctoral Kaiser Student Permanente
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Dates Name Program or Mentor Type Role Current School Position
2013 - 2014 Sylvia UCSF Dental Research/Schola Summer Research In School DeAguilar Student rly Mentor Fellowship
2015 - 2015 Andrew University of Research/Schola External Examiner for Employed in Northcott Manchester rly Mentor Thesis the UK Doctoral Student
2015 - 2015 Keely UCSF Dental Research/Schola Summer Research Endo Walgama Student rly Fellowship Resident at Mentor,Project UCLA Mentor
2016 - 2016 Laura Augilar UCSF Dental Research/Schola Summer Research In School Student rly Fellowship Mentor,Project Mentor
2015 - 2016 Jean Calvo UCSF Dental Research/Schola Prof-Path Summer Pediatric Student rly Scholar Resident Mentor,Project @UCSF Mentor
2016 - 2016 Irene Louie UCSF Dental Research/Schola Research Fellowship In School Student rly Mentor,Project Mentor
2017 - 2017 Vida Bao UCSF Dental Research/Schola Summer Research In School Student rly Fellowship Mentor,Project Mentor
2018 - 2018 Brett Parks UCSF Dental Research/Schola Global Oral Health In School Student rly Fellowship Mentor,Project Mentor
2018 - 2019 Ivette Maruri UCSF Dental Research/Schola Capstone In School Hygiene rly Mentor Student
2019 - 2019 May Hao UCSF Dental Research/Schola Summer Research In School Student rly Mentor Fellow
2018 - 2021 Kristen Doctoral Research/Schola Thesis Committee COO, WDG Simmons Student, rly Mentor Pacific University
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND RESIDENTS MENTORED Dates Name Fellow Mentor Role Faculty Role Current Position
2008 - 2011 Aparna Aghi UCSF Research/Schola Supervised research Dental Pediatric rly thesis Faculty/Privat Resident Mentor,Project e Practice Mentor
2009 - 2009 Corrine Moody UCSF Research/Schola Supervised research Employed Nursing rly Mentor practicum Master's Program
2011 - 2013 Carrie Tsai UCSF Research/Schola Supervised research Pediatric Pediatric rly thesis Dentist Dental Mentor,Project Resident Mentor
2012 - 2013 Alexandra UCSF Research/Schola Chair of research thesis Pediatric Malebranche Pediatric rly Mentor committee Dentist Dental Resident
2013 - 2014 Olumide UCSF Dental Research/Schola Project Mentor Dentist Bolarinwa Public Health rly Resident Mentor,Project Mentor
2015 - 2017 Zeeshan Raja UCSF Dental Research/Schola Project Mentor Dentist Public Health rly Resident Mentor,Project Mentor
2016 - 2019 Tera Poole Orthodontics Research/Schola Thesis chair Orthodontis Resident rly Mentor,Project Mentor
2018 - 2020 Sepideh UCSF Dental Research/Schola Project Mentor DPH resident Banava Public Health rly Mentor at UCSF Resident
FACULTY MENTORING Dates Name Position while Mentor Type Mentoring Role Current Mentored Position
2016 - present Cristin Kearns Assistant Research/Schola Quarterly Assistant Adjunct rly Mentor Adjunct Professor Professor
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Dates Name Position while Mentor Type Mentoring Role Current Mentored Position
2017 - present Kristin Hoeft Assistant Research/Schola Monthly Assistant Adjunct rly Mentor Adjunct Professor Professor
2017 - 2019 Eni Obadan Assistant Career Mentor Monthly Assistant Professor Professor
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES SUMMARY Health services and policy research is a rich field with a long and distinguished history at UCSF. Dental health services research is nascent in comparison, and yet increasingly becoming critical as the dental care field enters a time of rapid transformation. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has reshaped the dental marketplace, the dental workforce is evolving with the advance of technology and introduction of new types of providers, and new models of medical- dental integration are being explored. New science on the oral-systemic connection is pushing translational researchers to develop cross-cutting approaches. Faculty at the School of Dentistry collectively are rethinking how to best prepare students to be dentists of the future. Designing inter-professional practice, implementing quality metrics and improvement, developing value-based purchasing, and finding effective means of translating science to evidence based practice are all critical issues that dentistry now faces. Health services and policy research is needed more than ever to inform, support and guide these practice and policy changes.
My research program centers on advancing this dental health services and policy body of work. My public policy and sociology training provide me with a strong theoretical base along with quantitative and qualitative methodological expertise, while 22 years of research at UCSF has provided deep content knowledge of both dental and broader health care issues. These skills and knowledge, combined with my UCSF affiliations and connections to dental health services researchers around the globe, position me to successfully continue my already well- established portfolio of research. The United States is not alone in facing challenges and rapid change in ensuring access to high-quality dental care, therefore I am actively working with an international network of dental health services researchers who collaboratively can advance the understanding of dental care delivery systems and professions and supply this evidence to policy makers, educators, and practitioners working to address the oral health care needs of the public.
My creative work has evolved during my career at UCSF, which spans 12 years as a staff researcher (five of which I was also a doctoral student) and ten years as SOD faculty. Supply, demand, distribution and diversity of the workforce has been the staple of my scholarship: from medical education, to nursing practice, to dental workforce, to pharmacy leadership roles, this research has been based on the examination of how the health professions shape the changing health care environment, how they are shaped by it, and what the implications are of this dynamic for access to high quality, affordable health care. Using both primary data collection and analyses of secondary data I have pioneered studying the dental and dental hygiene workforce, producing a number of articles and reports examining labor market trends, shortages, diversity (or lack thereof) and supply projections. This work is currently funded through a HRSA cooperative agreement that funds the Oral Health Workforce Research
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Center, of which I am PI at UCSF. These workforce analyses have had direct policy impact by contributing to the national policy discussion about mechanisms to address the distribution and composition of health providers, an ongoing problem that contributes to poor access to health care, and a topic upon which I am a known national expert.
Proposed dental care delivery system reforms provide the basis for a forward-looking agenda that will examine the capacity, diversity and differentiation of the dental workforce, as well as focusing on modalities for delivering preventive dental care. Utilization of primary care providers and the creation of new dental providers are underway, even though quality issues, the scope of practice of new providers, and appropriate supervision levels are unresolved. I am well-prepared to lead health services and policy research that will inform dental leaders and policy makers about the impacts and value of such reforms, as shown by my award to lead a three year evaluation of a national Dental Therapy Initiative evaluation and a new award to examine the impact of policy change in California on adult dental access. My work leading a national sample survey of Underrepresented Minority Dentists is the first comprehensive documentation of the contributions of minority providers to minority oral health care. A key publication from this work was included in the first special issue of Health Affairs on Oral Health, and I was asked to present at policy briefings in both Washington DC and Sacramento on the topic.
I am currently PI on an R01 funded by NIMHD. This disparities study examines outcomes between Medicaid and commercially insured children receiving a standardized preventive care protocol, building from a UH2 feasibility study funded by NIDCR. This work moves dental health services and policy research from its traditional focus on provider supply to a more nuanced examination of evidence-based practice and progress toward the Triple Aim in dental care. This study built on our work examining the implementation of clinical decision support tools in the electronic dental record of a large group dental practice. That study was the first to examine the impact on providers, workflow and patient satisfaction of clinical decision support in dental health. As an acknowledged expert in this arena, and a pioneer in scholarship on these topics, I expect to lead the way in developing an expanded knowledge base on all aspects of the dental workforce with a broad goal of improving access, efficiency, and the transparency and measurement of quality care.
Research on the dental care delivery system and the dental workforce is rarely framed within sociological theory or practice. Understanding challenges and changes in the dental care field will require the use of a wide sociological lens that can fully account for the power of the professions to enact or prohibit change, alongside empirical health services and policy research that documents trends in the organizational, environmental and social context and demonstrates where and how improvements can be made.
RESEARCH AWARDS - CURRENT 1. 1R01DE024166-01A1 Co-Investigator 2 % effort Walji (PI) NIH/National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial 03/01/2015 02/29/2020 Research Implementing Dental Quality Measures in Practice $ 70,000 direct/yr $ 350,000 total 1
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Despite large investments in providing dental care, there is little understanding of the return in terms of quality. In this project we seek to assess how 11 organizations perform on well- defined quality measures. The results of this project will help to develop evidence-based recommendation to improve the quality of oral healthcare delivered in the future.
2. Contract Principal Investigator 15 % effort Mertz (PI) W.K. Kellogg Foundation 6/1/2017 5/31/2020 Evaluation of a Dental Therapy Initiative $ 230,000 direct/yr $ 660,000 total 1 This project will examine the implementation of dental therapists in the US PI 3. Contract Principal Investigator 10 % effort Moore (PI) Health Research, Inc. (HRSA Prime) 09/01/2017 08/31/2022 Oral Health Workforce Research Center $ 75,000 direct/yr $ 375,000 total 1 The goal of this project is to develop a workforce resource and research center to study the oral health workforce. PI on subcontract, lead one study per year and contribute to core Center operations 4. R01MD013719 PI 25 % effort Mertz (PI) NIHMD 3/1/2019 11/30/2023 Reducing Oral Health Disparities in Children: $ 500,000 direct/yr $ 2,500,000 total Assessing the Multilevel Impact of a Standardized 1 Preventive Dental Care System
5. R01MD013719-S PI 3 % effort Mertz (PI) NIMHD 10/1/2019 11/30/2023 NH/PI Supplement $ 125,000 direct/yr $ 125,000 total 1
6. Contract PI 20 % effort Mertz (PI) WestHealth Institute 02/01/2019 01/31/2021 Assessing Dental Care Access for Adults in California $ 180,000 direct/yr $ 360,000 total 1 This project will produce a set of -evidence-based findings to guide policy development with an overall goal of improving the oral health of older adults in California. PI
RESEARCH AWARDS - SUBMITTED 1. G13LM013012 PI 15 % effort Mertz (PI)
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NLM 1/1/2019 12/31/2021 Separation or Integration? The Fractured History of $ 50,000 $ 150,000 total American Dental Care Policy direct/yr 1
2. R01HS026496 PI 25 % effort Mertz (PI) AHRQ 7/1/2019 12/31/2023 Improving quality of oral healthcare outcomes through $ 400,000 $ 2,000,000 total evidence-based, patient-centered decision-making direct/yr 1
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RESEARCH AWARDS - PAST 1. Bridge Funding Co-PI Mertz & White (PI) UCSF Chancellor, Deans Office and Department 01/01/2018 12/31/2018 UCSF Bridge Funding $ 100,000 $ 100,000 total direct/yr 1 UCSF Bridge Funding to support work with high potential for future funding that is having a gap and risks losing team PI 2. Co-I Spetz (PI) Massachusetts Health Policy Commission 9/1/2018 12/31/2018 Workforce Consulting $ 75,000 direct/yr $ 75,000 total 1 Health care workforce analysis supplement Contributor 3. 1UH2DE025504-01 Co-Principal Investigator Mertz (PI) NIH/National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial 9/18/2015 8/31/2018 Research Evaluating Standardized Preventive Care to Reduce $ 385,919 $ 795,000 total Dental Disparities in Children direct/yr 1 Dental caries, and its resulting cavities, is the most common disease of childhood, causing significant costs to individuals and society. This project will provide the empirical foundation for the development of strategies to reduce health disparities through evidence-based dental system redesign in the era of health care reform and accountability. co-PI 4. PI Mertz (PI) UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) 2/1/2017 7/30/2018 Separation or Integration? The future of oral health $ 40,000 direct/yr $ 40,000 total care delivery in the US 1
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This pilot study will lay the groundwork for an examination of dentistrys path to its current policy state, aiming 1) to map the evolution of contemporary U.S. dental care policy and practice since 1950, (2) to elucidate the policy circumstances leading to the dental systems separation from the rest of health care, and (3) to explore the implications of this ongoing separation for the future of oral health policy, and especially for system reform. PI 5. Co-I Obadan-Udoh (PI) Dental Quality Alliance 2017 2018 Testing Adult Dental Quality Measures $ 125,000 $ 125,000 total direct/yr 1 The purpose is to test adult dental quality measures using Medicaid claims data Co-I 6. 4925-01 Principal Investigator Moore (PI) Health Research, Inc. (Subcontract to DHHS Health 9/1/2014 8/31/2017 Resources and Services Administration Prime Award 1U81HP278430103 ) Oral Health Workforce Research Center (OHWRC) $ 55,970 direct/yr $ 112,000 total 1 The goal of this project is to develop a workforce resource and research center to study the oral health workforce.
7. 1U81HP26494-01-00 Co-Investigator Spetz (PI) Health Resources and Services Administration 9/1/2013 8/31/2017 UCSF Health Workforce Research Center in Long $ 305,000 $ 1,500,000 total Term Care direct/yr 1 The goal of this study is to conduct a program of policy-oriented research to collect, analyze, and report data on issues surrounding the long-term care workforce and its impact on high quality, efficient long-term care across the nation and within states.
8. Contract Co-Investigator Coffman (PI) National Governors Association Association Center for 8/24/2015 4/30/2016 Best Practices Technical Assistance Program Health Care Workforce: Aligning Policies to Practices $ 50,000 direct/yr $ 50,000 total Technical Assistance Program 1
As needed expertise and review 9. Research Grant Principal Investigator Mertz (PI) W.K. Kellogg Foundation 8/1/2014 7/30/2015 Attitudes and Practices of Minority Dentists $ 57500 direct/yr $ 57500 total 1
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The goal of this project is to analyse a national sample survey of minority dentists to determine what predicts attitudes toward new workforce models and to examine practice patterns of American Indian/Alaska Native Dentists. Lead faculty responsible for all design and conduct of study 10. Co-Investigator Mutha (PI) The California Endowment 6/1/2014 11/30/2014 Creating a Theory of Change Management for Workforce Investments
11. Research Grant Principal Investigator Mertz (PI) Skourtes Institute 7/1/2013 12/31/2016 Implementation assessment of the incorporation $ 75,804 direct/yr $ 113,707 total clinical decision support tools into an integrated group 1 dental practice The goal of this project is to assess the attitudes and acceptance of clinical decision support tools in a large group dental practice
12. President's Fund Principal Investigator Mertz (PI) Dentaquest Foundation 7/1/2012 06/30/2014 Increasing the Capacity of Underrepresented Minority $ 40,000 direct/yr $ 65,000 total Dentists in the US 1 Sample survey and needs assessment of URM dentists in the US.
13. Research Grant Principal Investigator Mertz (PI) RAP Grant (UCSF Internal) 07/01/2012 12/31/2013 The Delivery of Dental Care Services in Long Term $ 30,000 direct/yr $ 30,000 total Care Settings 1 Organizational analysis of the delivery of dental care in skilled nursing facilities in California
14. Research Contract Principal Investigator Mertz (PI) Bronx Lebanon Dental Center 01/01/2012 12/31/2013 A Survey of Underrepresented Minority Dentists $ 40,000 direct/yr $ 80,000 total 1 Sample survey and needs assessment of URM dentists in the US.
15. 16736 Principal Investigator Mertz (PI) California HealthCare Foundation 1/15/2012 10/15/2013 Designing a Sustainable Dental Leadership Program $ 45,000 direct/yr $ 52,181 total 1
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Development of a training program for health center dentists in leadership
16. Research Grant PI Mertz (PI) HRSA Prime/California Department of Public 07/01/2011 08/31/2012 Health/UOP Oral Health Workforce: Elimination of Adult Denti-Cal $ 68,500 direct/yr $ 68,500 total in California 1
17. Internal Award Co-Investigator Center for the Health Professions 03/01/2010 06/30/2012 Leadership Program Evalution $ 10,000 direct/yr $ 40,000 total 1
18. 5P30DE020752 New Faculty Gansky (PI) NIH/NIDCR 09/01/2009 08/31/2012 New faculty development for research to reduce oral $ 699,630 $ 1,389,712 total health disparities direct/yr 1
19. Research Contract Co-investigator Mutha (PI) Blue Shield Foundation 01/01/2011 12/31/2011 Transforming Clinics in the Era of Health Reform $ 347,826 $ 347,826 total direct/yr 1
20. Training Award Program Director Kaiser Permanente 07/01/2004 06/30/2011 Pharmacy Leadership Continuing Education Program $ 240,000 $ 1,680,000 total direct/yr 1
21. Research Grant PI Mertz (PI) University of the Pacific 04/01/2009 03/31/2011 RDHAP Follow-up Survey $ 30,000 direct/yr $ 30,000 total 1
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Pew Charitable Trusts 11/01/2009 01/31/2011 Collaborative Practice in Dental Care $ 48,800 direct/yr $ 54,200 total 1
23. Training Award Program Director Pacific Institute for Women's Health 03/01/2009 03/31/2010 Pharmacy Forward Continuing Education Training $ 35,000 direct/yr $ 35,000 total 1
24. Training Award Program Director North East Medical Center 06/01/2009 03/31/2010 Leveraging Leadership Continuing Education Program $ 41,000 direct/yr $ 41,000 total 1
25. Research Grant Co-PI California HealthCare Foundation 09/01/2009 01/31/2010 California Oral Health Workforce Policy Framework $ 30,000 direct/yr $ 30,000 total 1
26. Research Grant PI California HealthCare Foundation 01/01/2008 02/29/2008 Development of a Peri-Natal Dental Survey $ 11,331 direct/yr $ 11,331 total 1
27. Training Award Program Director Catholic Healthcare West 07/01/2006 06/30/2008 Pharmacy Leadership Continuing Education Program $ 120,000 $ 240,000 total direct/yr 1
28. Research Grant PI California Program on Access to Care 03/01/2007 01/31/2008 Evaluation of RDHAP Practice $ 27,540 direct/yr $ 27,540 total 1
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29. #5U76MN10001-02 Co-investigator HRSA/BHPr 09/01/1997 08/31/2006 Center for California Health Workforce Studies $ 175,000 $ 1,575,000 total direct/yr 1
30. Research Grant PI California Dental Association 06/01/2005 07/31/2006 Survey of Dental Hygienists In California $ 109,286 $ 127,500 total direct/yr 1
31. Research Grant Project Director American Dental Association Foundation 01/01/2006 06/30/2006 Innovations in Dental Education $ 18,275 direct/yr $ 18,275 total 1
32. Gift Program Director Cardinal Health Systems 12/01/2003 04/30/2005 Pharmacy Leadership Study $ 45,872 direct/yr $ 45,872 total 1
33. Pilot NIH Grant #U54 DE Project Director Grumbach (PI) 142501 Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health 09/30/2003 03/31/2004 Developing a Survey of Dental Hygienists $ 15,000 direct/yr $ 15,000 total 1
34. Grant BNN02K Project Director Grumbach (PI) California Program on Access to Care 06/01/2003 11/30/2003 Evaluation of State Strategies to Recruit Oral Health $ 34,700 direct/yr $ 34,700 total Care Providers to Underserved Areas in California 1
35. Grant #1713-01 Project Director Health Research, Inc. (prime: HRSA #2300 20003) 09/01/2002 11/30/2003
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Defining the Public Health Care Workforce $ 28,461 direct/yr $ 28,461 total 1
36. Pilot NIH Grant #U54 DE Project Director Grumbach (PI) 142501 Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health 03/30/2002 09/30/2002 Dental Health Professional Shortage Area $ 10,000 direct/yr $ 10,000 total Methodology 1
37. #5U76MN10001-02 Project Director US Bureau of the Health Professions 01/01/2001 08/31/2001 Arizona Dental Services $ 15,425 direct/yr $ 15,425 total 1
38. Grant 99-1123 Project Director California HealthCare Foundation 12/15/1999 12/15/2000 The California Dental Access Project $ 90,812 direct/yr $ 90,812 total 1
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Levison D, Mertz E. Health effects of high population. Health and Environment Digest, 1997; April 2. Mertz E, Grumbach K. Community characteristics that predict the low supply of dentists in California, Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 2001; 61(3):172-177. 3. Mertz, E. and O'Neil, E. The growing challenge of providing oral health care services for all Americas. Health Affairs. 2002; 21(5)65-77. 4. Grumbach K, Hart G, Mertz E, Coffman J, Palazzo L Who is caring for the underserved? A comparison of primary care physicians and non-physician clinicians in California and Washington. Annals of Family Medicine. 2003; 1(2):97-104, July-August. PMCID: PMC1466573 5. Grumbach K, Miller J, Mertz E, Finocchio L. How much public health in public health nursing practice? Journal of Public Health Nursing. 2004; May-Jun;21(3):266-76 6. Rittenhouse DR, Mertz E, Keane D, Grumbach K. No exit: An evaluation of measures of physician attrition. Health Services Research. 2004; 39(5): 1571-88. PMCID: PMC1361084.
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7. Mertz E, Jain R, Breckler J, Chen E, Grumbach K. Foreign versus domestic education of physicians for the United States: A case study of South Asian physicians in California. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2007; 18(4) November. 8. Louie C, Mertz E, Penfil B, O'Neil E. A pharmacy leadership action study. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2009; 49(1): January-February. 9. Mertz E, Mouradian W. Addressing children's oral health in the new millennium: Trends in the dental workforce. Academic Pediatrics. Special issue on Children's Oral Health. December. 2009; 9(6): 433-439. PMCID: PMC2814077 10. Mertz E, Finocchio L. Improving oral health care systems through workforce innovations. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 2010; 70 (s1), ps1-s5. PMCID: PMC3325903. 11. Mertz E, Glassman P. Alternative practice dental hygiene in California: Past, present, future. California Dental Association Journal. Special Issue. 2011; 39(1): 37-46. January. PMCID: PMC3325901. 12. Kitchener M, Mertz E. Professional projects and institutional change in healthcare: The case of American dentistry. Social Science and Medicine. 2012; 74:372-380. Online Oct 23, 2010 (Epub). PMCID: PMC3116978 13. Glassman P, Harrington M, Mertz E, Namakian M. The virtual dental home: Implications for policy and strategy. The California Dental Association Journal. Special Issue. 2012; 40(7):605-07. July. PMCID: PMC3477859. 14. Fulmer T, Jablonski R, Mertz E, George M, Russell S. Oral health. Nursing Research and Practice. 2012; Volume 2012, Article ID 809465, 2 pages. PMCID: PMC3399457. 15. Wides, C., Brody, H. Alexander, C., Gansky, S., and Mertz, E. (2013) Long-term outcomes of a program to increase dental school enrollment of economically disadvantaged and under-represented minority students: The Dental Post-Baccalaureate Program. The Journal of Dental Education. 77(5) 537-547. May. PMCID: PMC3718543. 16. Brocklehurst P, Tickle M, Birch S, Glenny A, Mertz E, Grytten J. The effect of different methods of remuneration on the behaviour of primary care dentists. Effective practice and organisation of care group. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013; Issue 11. 17. Brocklehurst P, Mertz E, Jerkovic K, Littlewood A, Tickle M. Direct access to dental care professionals: An evidence synthesis. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 2014; 74(4): 326- 35. DOI:10.1111/jphd.12062. 18. Wides C, Rab-Alam S, Mertz E. Shaking up the dental safety-net: elimination of optional adult dental Medicaid benefits in California. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2014; 25 (1 Suppl):151-64. Feb. PMID: 24583494. PMCID: PMC4175711 19. Wides C, Mertz E, Lindstat B, Brown J. Building leadership among laboratory-based and clinical and translational researchers: the University of California, San Francisco experience. Clinical and Translational Science. 2014; Feb. 7(1): 69-73. PMID: 24405661. PMCID PMC 4224438 20. Jablonski R, Featherstone J, Mertz E, Fulmer T. Beyond pediatrics: maintaining oral health across the lifespan. The Nurse Practitioner. 2014;39(6):39-48. PMID: 24841464.
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21. Tsai C, Wides C, Mertz E. Dental workforce capacity and California's expanding pediatric Medicaid population. California Dental Association Journal. 2014; 42(11):757-768. PMID: 25417534. 22. Mertz E, Wides C, Cooke A, Gates P. Tracking workforce diversity in dentistry: importance, methods, and challenges. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 2016; Winter;76(1):38-46. Epub 2015 Jul 15. DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12109. PMID 26183241. PMCID PMC4714954. 23. Mertz E, Bolarinwa O, Wides C, Gregorich S, Simmons K, Vaderhobli R, White J. (2015) Provider attitudes toward the implementation of clinical decision support tools in dental practice. The Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice. 2015; 15(4):152-163. December. PMID: 26698001. 24. Mertz E, Kearn R. California pioneers new workforce models: With the registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, California remains ahead of the curve in expanding the roles of dental hygienists. Dimensions of Dental Hygiene. 2016;10(3):32-34. 25. Mertz E. The dental-medical divide. Health Affairs. December. 2016; 35(12):2168-2175. PMID: 27920303 26. Mertz EA, Wides CD, Kottek A, Calvo CD, Gates PE. Under-represented minority dentist: Quantifying their numbers and characterizing the communities they serve. Health Affairs. 2016; December. 35(12):2190-2199. PMC5364808/NIHMS849618, PMID:27920206. 27. Mertz EA, Wides CD, Gates P. The American Indian and Alaskan native dentist workforce in the United States. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 2017; Mar; 77(2):125-135. PMID: 27966789. PMCID: PMC5471137 28. Mertz E, Wides C, Calvo J, Gates P. The Hispanic and Latino dentist workforce in the United States. J Public Health Dent. 2017; Mar; 77(2):163-173. PMID: 28025830. PMCID: PMC5476499 29. Mertz E, Wides C, White J. Clinician attitudes, skills, motivations and experience following the implementation of clinical decision support tools in a large dental practice. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice. 2017;17(1):1-12, March. PMID: 28259309. 30. Mertz E, Calvo J, Wides C, Gates P. The black dentist workforce in the United States. J Public Health Dent. 2017; Mar; 77(2):136-147. PMID: 27966789. PMCID: PMC5471137 31. Mertz E, Spetz J, Moore J. Pediatric Workforce Issues.. Dental Clinics of North America. July 2017; 61(3):577-588. PMID: 28577638. 32. Kumar SV, Bangar S, Neumann A, Kookal KK, Yansane A, Tokede O, Obadan-Udoh E, Mertz E, Simmons K, Even J, Mullins J, White J, Kalenderian E, Walji MF. Assessing validity of existing dental sealant quality measures. J Am Dent Assoc. September 2018; 149 (9):756764.e1. https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(18)30312-X/fulltext. PMID: 29980245 33. Fisher-Owen S, Mertz E. Preventing oral disease alternative providers and places to address this commonplace condition. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2018; Oct;65(5):1063-1072. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2018.05.011. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30213349. PMID: 30213349. 34. Walgama K, Wides C, Kottek A, Mertz E. The impact of federal and state policy on oral health care delivery in long-term care settings. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and
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Underserved. Nov 2018; 29(4):pp. 1570-1586. DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2018.0113. PMID: 30449764. 35. Neumann, A*. , Kumar, S*. , Bangar, S. , Kookal, K. K., Spallek, H. , Tokede, O. , Simmons, K. , Even, J. , Mullins, J. , Mertz, E. , Yansane, A. , Obadan‐Udoh, E. , W hite, J. , Walji, M. and Kalenderian, E. (2019), Tobacco screening and cessation efforts by dental providers: A quality measure evaluation. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 79: 93- 101. doi:10.1111/jphd.12298. PMID: 30566752. 36. Cheng, J., Gregorich, S., Gansky, S., Fisher-Owens, S., Kottek, A., White, J. & Mertz, E. (2019) Constructing matched groups in dental observational health disparity studies for causal effects. JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 2019; Mar 11. PMID: 30931723. doi: 10.1177/2380084419830655. 37. White JM, Mertz EA, Mullins JM, Even JB, Guy T, Blaga E, Kottek AM, Kumar SV, Bangar S, Vaderhobli R, Brandon R, Santo W, Jenson L, Gansky SA: Developing and Testing Electronic Health Record-Derived Caries Indices. Caries Res 2019. doi: 10.1159/000499700 38. Obadan-Udoh E, Lupulescu-Mann N, Charlesworth C, Muench U, Jura M, Kim H, Schwarz E, Mertz E, Sun B. Opioid prescribing patterns after dental visits among beneficiaries of Medicaid in Washington state in 2014 and 2015.The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2019; 150:4.PMID: 30922457 39. Walji MF, Kumar SV, Bangar S, Neumann A, Kookal KK, Yansane A, Tokede O, Obadan- Udoh E, Mertz E, Simmons K, Even J, Mullins J, White J, Kalenderian E. Author's Response. J Am Dent Assoc. 2019 Jan;150(1):5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2018.11.017. PMID: 30611326 40. Neumann, A; Kumar, SV, Bangar, Suhasini; Kookal, Krishna Kumar; Spallek, Heiko; Tokede, Oluwabunmi; Simmons, Kristen; Even, Joshua; Mullins, Joanna; Mertz, Elizabeth; Yansane, Alfa; Obadan-Udoh, Enihomo; White, Joel; Walji, Muhammad; Kalenderian, Elsbeth. Number of Pregnant Women at the Dentist and the Care they Receive: A Dental Quality eMeasure Evaluation. Journal of Dental Education. xx(x); p 2019. June Online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21815/JDE.019.123 41. Mertz et al (under review) Women in Dentistry. Medical Care Review.
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS 1. Institute of Medicine (IOM) Advancing oral health in America. Washington, DC. The National Academies Press. 2011 2. Vujicic M, Bernabe E, Neumann D, Quinonez C, Mertz E. Dental care. World Scientific Handbook of Global Health Economics and Public Policy. Vol.2. Richard Scheffler (ed). Imperial College Press. 2016. 3. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Building Americas skilled technical workforce. Washington DC. The National Academies Press. 2017. 4. Mertz E, Moore, J., Self, K. and Maxey, H. The oral health workforce. in Dental Public Health textbook (eds Dye, Okunseri & Macharenas). Elsiver. (forthcoming 2019) 5. Elizabeth Mertz, PhD, MA, Cynthia Wides, MA, Matthew Jura, MSPH, Aubri Kottek, MPH, Christopher Toretsky, MPH, and Paul Gates, DDS, MBA "Attitudes toward emerging workforce models among underrepresented minority dentists: Implications for improving
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the oral health of the public" Chapter 32 in (eds Evans) Oral Health in America: Removing the Stain of Disparity. APHA Press. 2019.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS 1. Mertz E. 1996 Marin county employee workforce and salary analysis, Marin, CA. 1997. 2. Coffman J, Mertz E. Pew health professions commission (1998) Beyond the balanced budget act of 1997: Strengthening Federal GME Policy, San Francisco: Pew Health Professions Commission. October. (Note: This is a peer reviewed report) 3. Showstack J, Mertz E. Physician workforce planning in the United States: The market as an allocation mechanism. Prepared for the Third International Medical Workforce Conference. Cambridge, UK, November 13-15, 1998. 4. Mertz E. 1997 Marin county dmployee workforce and salary analysis, Marin, CA. 1999. 5. Grumbach K, Coffman J, Liu R, Mertz E. Strategies for increasing physician supply in medically underserved communities in California, Berkeley, CA: California Policy Research Center, University of California. (Note: This is a peer reviewed report) 1999. 6. Grumbach K, Mertz E, Coffman J. Underrepresented minorities and medical education in California: Recent trends in declining admissions. San Francisco: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, Center for the Health Professions, March 1999. 7. Mertz E, Finocchio L. A snapshot of California's local health departments. San Francisco: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, Center for the Health Professions, June 1999. 8. Grumbach K, Kerns J, Coffman J, Mertz E. Evaluating the effects of Title VII of the health professions education assistance act of 1976 on access to care in medically underserved areas. Unpublished paper completed for the Division of Medicine, US Bureau of the Health Professions, HRSA. 1999. 9. Mertz E, Grumbach K, MacIntosh L, Coffman J. The geographic distribution of dentists in California: Dental shortage areas 1998. San Francisco: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, Center for the Health Professions, January 2000. 10. Manuel-Barkin C, Mertz E, Grumbach K. The distribution of Medicaid dental services in California. San Francisco: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, Center for the Health Professions, December 2000. 11. Mertz E, Manuel-Barkin C, Isman B, O'Neil E. Improving oral health care systems in California: A report of the California dental access project. San Francisco: Center for the Health Professions, December 2000. 12. Orlans J, Mertz E, Grumbach K. Dental health professional shortage area methodology: A critical review. San Francisco, CA: Center for the Health Professions, UCSF, October 2002. 13. Miller J, Grumbach K, Mertz E. Nursing for the public's health: A profile of public health nurses in five California counties. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, University of California - San Francisco, December 2002.
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14. Mertz E, Anderson G, Grumbach K, O'Neil E. Evaluation of strategies to recruit oral health care providers to underserved areas of California. CPRC Brief. Vol 16. No 5. September. 2004. (Note: This is a peer reviewed report) 15. Mertz E, Anderson G, Grumbach K, O'Neil E. Evaluation of strategies to recruit oral health care providers to underserved areas of California. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, UCSF Center for the Health Professions. 2004. 16. Wilson E, Grumbach K, Huebner J, Agrawal J, Bindman AB. (2004). Medical student, physician, and public perceptions of health care disparities. Family Medicine. 36(10): 715- 21. (Acknowledged Contributor for Statistics) 17. Mertz E, Grumbach K. The distribution and composition of Arizona's dental workforce and practice patterns: Implications for access to care. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, UCSF Center for the Health Professions. 2004. 18. Center for Health Workforce Studies. Public health workforce study. Rockville, Maryland: Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Information & Analysis, Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS. January 2005. (Note: This is a peer reviewed report) 19. Penfil B, Mertz E. The pharmacy safety net in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions. July 2005. 20. Mertz E. California Survey of Dental Hygienists, 2005-2006: A workforce profile. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions. March 2007. 21. Grumbach K, Odom K, Chen E, Vercammen-Grandjean C, Mertz E. California physician diversity: new findings from the California medical board survey. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for California Health Workforce Studies. April 2008. 22. Mertz E. Registered dental hygienists in alternative practice: increasing access to dental care in California. Berkeley, CA: California Policy Research Center, University of California. 2008.(Note: This is a peer reviewed report) 23. Mertz E. Registered dental hygienists in alternative practice: Increasing access to dental care in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.2008. 24. Mertz E. Addressing children's oral health in the new millennium: Trends in the dental workforce. White Paper for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), to report on progress made in addressing the recommendations contained in the 2000 Surgeon General's Report "Oral Health in America" (SGROH) with respect to children's oral health. 2008. 25. Mertz E. A closer look at healthcare workforce needs in the west: Oral healthcare. Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, November 2008. 26. Mertz E, Bates T. California dental hygiene labor market report. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions. November 2008. 27. Mertz E. Reshaping professional boundaries and organizational forms in American dentistry: A case study of registered dental hygienists in alternative practice. Dissertation, University of California, San Francisco. 2010. 28. Mertz E, Lindler V, Dower C. Collaborative practice in American dentistry: Practice and potential. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions. January 2011.
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29. Wides C, Bates T, Mertz E. Registered dental hygienists in alternative practice in California, 2009: Descriptive report. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions. December 2011. 30. Center for the Health Professions. Indicators of high performance for community health centers. Report prepared for the Blue Shield of California Foundation. 2012. 31. Rab Alam S, Wides C, Mertz E. The Impact of the elimination of optional adult dental benefits from Denti-Cal on the California dental safety-net. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions. December 2012. 32. Wides C, Marks A, Durgan S, Mertz E, Mutha S. Leadership in action: The role and impact of the CHCF health care leadership program's California health improvement project (CHIP). San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions. February 2013.
33. Langelier M, Moore J, Mertz E. Case sudies of federally qualified health centers to understand the integration of primary care and oral health services and the use of innovative oral health workforce to increase access to care. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany. 2015. 34. Mertz E, Wides C. Evolving delivery models of dental care services in long-term care settings: 4 state case studies. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany. January 2016. 35. Langelier M, Wang S, Surdu S, Mertz E, Wides C. Trends in the development of the dental service organization model: implications for the oral health workforce and access to services. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; August 2017. 36. Raja Z, Wides C, Kottek A, Mertz E. The evolving pipeline of Hispanic dentists in the US. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; September 2017. 37. Amah N, Jura M, Mertz E. The long term impact of post-gradaute dental training. Rensselaer, NY: Oral Health Workforce Research Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; July 2019.
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS 1. This 2012 article stemmed from my dissertation work, Professional Projects and Institutional Change in Healthcare: The Case of American Dentistry published in Social Science and Medicine, examines sociologically the development of alternative practice archetypes in American Dentistry through the professionalization projects of dental hygienists. This paper is one the very few theoretically rich sociological examinations of dental care ever to be published in this highly regarded journal. Author: conceived of the research project and hypotheses, obtained the data, performed qualitative and quantitative analyses, drafted the initial manuscript, addressed reviewers' concerns and approved final manuscript.
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2. Shaking up the Dental Safety-Net: Elimination of Optional Adult Dental Medicaid Benefits in California was chosen as part of a special journal issue focused on the roll out of the Affordable Care Act and the impact on vulnerable populations. This paper informs policy makers in States as they weight the decision to expand Medicaid under the ACA and the implications of including optional benefits such as adult dental care. Senior Author: designed the research project, hypotheses, and the data analyses, collected primary data, edited the initial manuscript and approved final manuscript. 3. Underrepresented minority dentist: Quantifying their numbers and characterizing the communities they serve (2016) was a follow up to Community Characteristics that Predict the Low Supply of Dentists in California, (2001), both of which I led. This paper was featured in the first ever special issue on oral health of Health Affairs, and was among the first contemporary research to establish the link between the race/ethnicity of dental practitioners and their propensity to serve underserved communities, and the first to pursue this line of inquiry over time. This work informs the ongoing examination of the dental workforce issues of supply, demand, distribution, and diversity -- all topics that are still of great national concern -- and has been followed by large philanthropic and federal investments in dental education to address workforce diversity. Lead Author: obtained data, performed analyses, drafted initial manuscript, addressed reviewer concerns and approved final manuscript 4. "The impact of federal and state policy on oral health care delivery in long-term care settings"' was published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, following multiple years of data collection from stakeholders, and policy analysis related to key findings. This paper is the first to comprehensively examine policy barriers on a state by state basis to the already difficult process of engaging dental care providers in this setting. The findings provide a clear set of recommendations for policy change to improve the dire state of dental care for seniors living in long-term care. Senior Author: Designed the research project, hypotheses, and the data analyses, oversaw collection of primary data, edited the initial manuscript and approved final manuscript. 5. Most recently, the publication, Developing and testing electronic health record-derived caries indices" in Caries Research, 2019, is the first ever development of an EHR-based caries (dental decay) outcome measure replicating the long standard of Decayed, Missing, Filled, Teeth (DMFT) used in national epidemiological studies. This work provides a clinical outcome measure for use in health services research in dental care, formerly restricted only to treatment and utilization measures. Senior Author: PI on UH2 grant that produced this work, contributed at all stages, data extraction, design, writing, editing, addressed reviewer concerns and approved final manuscript.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS 1. Mertz E, Grumbach K. Community characteristics that predict the supply of dentists in California. Association for Health Services Research Annual Meeting. 2000.
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2. Mertz E, Grumbach K, MacIntosh L, Coffman J. Geographic distribution of dentists in California: Dental shortage areas, 1998. American Association of Public Health Dentistry Annual Meeting. 2000. 3. Mertz E, O'Neil E, Manuel-Barkin C, Isman B. Improving access through safety net expansion and system integration. American Association of Public Health Dentist Annual Meeting. 2001. 4. Gall T, Mertz E, Snow L. Affecting change through collaboration. Federation of special care dentistry 2001 Annual Meeting. 2001. 5. Mertz E, White J, Wacloff J, Hayward, K. The availability of Medicaid dental services in Arizona. American Public Health Association Annual Conference. 2003. 6. Orlans J, Mertz E, Grumbach K. Methods and policy for oral health personnel planning. AcademyHealth Annual Conference. 2003. 7. Orlans J, Mertz E, Grumbach K. Dental health professional shortage areas: Methods and policy. National Oral Health Conference.2003 8. Mertz E, Anderson G, Grumbach K, O'Neil E. Evaluation of strategies to recruit oral health care providers to underserved areas of California. AcademyHealth Annual Conference. 2004. 9. Mertz E, Anderson G, Grumbach K, O'Neil E. Evaluation of strategies to recruit oral health care providers to underserved areas of California. National Oral Health Conference.2004. 10. Mertz E, Grumbach K. Development of a survey of dental hygienists in California. National Oral Health Conference. 2006. 11. Mertz E, Keane D, Grumbach K. A survey of registered dental hygienists in California. Academy Health. 2006. 12. Mertz E. Examination of dental hygienists increasing role in improving access to care. National Oral Health Conference. 2007. 13. Mertz E. Registered dental hygienists In alternative practice. National Oral Health Conference. 2008. 14. Mertz E. National progress to increase the oral health workforce diversity, capacity, and flexibility. National Oral Health Conference. 2009. 15. Mertz E. Improving dental delivery systems through workforce innovations, National Oral Health Conference. 2010. 16. Wides C, Spetz J, Mertz E. Predictors of alternative dental hygiene practice. IADR. Submitted, accepted and had to be withdrawn because investigator was unable to attend meeting for a medical reason. 2011. 17. Wides C, Spetz J, Mertz E. Predictors of alternative dental hygiene practice. AcademyHealth. 2011. 18. Mertz E, Glassman P. Registered dental hygienists in alternative practice: Increasing access to dental care in California. 2011. 19. Mertz E. Independent dental hygiene practice: The logic of professions in institutional maintenance and change. American Sociological Association. 2011.
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20. Wides C, Brody H, Alexander C, Gansky S, Mertz E. Long-term outcomes of a program to increase dental school enrollment of economically disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students: The Dental Post-baccalaureate Program. NAMMI National Conference. Oral Presentation (Brody). 2011. 21. Wides C, Spetz J, Mertz, E. Predictors of alternative dental hygiene practice. UCSF Health Care Disparities Symposium. Oral Presentation (Wides). 2011. 22. Mertz E, Glassman P. Registered dental hygienists in alternative practice: Increasing access to dental care in California. UCSF Health Care Disparities Symposium. Oral Presentation. 2011. 23. Wides C, Brody H, Alexander C, Gansky S, Mertz E. Long-term outcomes of a program to increase dental school enrollment of economically disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students: The dental post-baccalaureate program. UCSF Health Care Disparities Symposium. Poster. 2011. 24. Mertz E, Glassman P. Registered dental hygienists in alternative practice: Increasing access to dental care in California. UCSF School of Dentistry Research and Clinical Excellence Day. Poster. 2011. 25. Wides C, Spetz J, Mertz E. Predictors of alternative dental hygiene practice. UCSF School of Dentistry Research and Clinical Excellence Day. Poster. 2011. 26. Wides C, Brody H, Alexander,C, Gansky S, Mertz, E. Long-term outcomes of a program to increase dental school enrollment of economically disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students: The dental post-baccalaureate program. UCSF School of Dentistry Research and Clinical Excellence Day. Poster. 2011. 27. Wides C, Spetz J, Mertz E. Predictors of alternative dental hygiene practice. National Oral Health Conference. Oral Presentation. 2011. 28. Wides C, Brody H, Alexander C, Gansky S, Mertz E. Long-term outcomes of a program to increase dental school enrollment of economically disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students: The dental post-baccalaureate program. National Oral Health Conference. Oral Presentation. 2011. 29. Wides C, Rab-Alum S,Tsai C, Mertz E. The impact of cuts to adult Medcaid dental benefits on the oral health safety net workforce in California. National Oral Health Conference. Oral Presentation. 2012. 30. Mertz E, Wides C, Cooke A. Improving access to dental care through diversity: The data disconnect. International Association of Dental Research. Oral Presentation. 2012. 31. Mertz E, Wides C, Cooke A, Gates P. Underrepresented minority dentists in the United States. UCSF Health Disparities Symposium. Poster. 2013. 32. Mertz E, Bolarinwa O, Vaderhobli R, Pollick H, White J. Implementing clinical decision support tools in a large group dental practice: Baseline data. National Oral Health Conference. Poster. 2014. 33. Mertz E, Bolarinwa O, Vaderhobli R, Wides C, White J. Implementing clinical decision support tools in a large group dental practice: Baseline data. AcademyHealth. Poster. 2014.
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34. Mertz E, Wides C, Cooke A, Gates P. Surveying the underrepresented minority dental workforce in the US, 2013. AcademyHealth Workforce Interest Group Meeting. Poster. 2014. 35. DeAguiar S, Mertz E. Feasibility of assessing pediatric dental benefit enrollment in California. UCSF School of Dentistry Research and Clinical Excellence Day. Poster. Presentation. 2014. 36. DeAguiar S, Mertz E. Feasibility of assessing pediatric dental benefit enrollment in California. International Association of Dental Research. Poster Presentation. 2015. 37. Mertz E, Bolarinwa O, Vaderhobli R, Simmons K, Wides C, White J. Implementation of Clinical Decision Support Tools in a Large Group Practice. International Association for Dental Research. Poster Presentation. 2015. 38. Mertz E, Bolarinwa O, Vaderhobli R, Simmons K, Wides C, White JM. Implementation of clinical decision support tools in a large group practice. National Oral Health Conference. Poster Presentation. 2015. 39. Mertz E, Wides C, Calvo J, Gates P. Quantifying the disproportionate share of dental care provided by underrepresented minority dentists. UCSF Annual Health Disparities Symposium. Oral Presentation. 2015. 40. Mertz E, Wides C, Gate P. What predicts attitudes toward new workforce models among minority dentists. National Oral Health Conference. Oral Presentation. 2015. 41. Mertz E, Wides C, Walgama K. Evolving delivery models for providing dental care services in long-term care settings: Practice and policy. National Oral Health Conference. Poster Presentation. 2016. 42. Mertz E. Improving oral health through technology-supported evidence-based preventive dentistry: Factors leading to implementation success and enabling future disparities research. National Oral Health Conference. Panel Session Presentation. 2016 43. Mertz E, Moore J, Langelier M. Oral health workforce research center. National Oral Health Conference. Roundtable Presentation. 2016. 44. Mertz E, Wides C, Walgama K.The Dental Gap: Mismatch between policy and oral care delivery needs for individuals in long-term care settings. UCSF Annual Health Disparities Symposium. Poster Presentation. 2016. 45. Hoeft KS, (UCSF), Kottek A (UCSF), Sharber M (WDG), Forsberg G (UCSF), Simmons K (WDG & Skourtes), White J (UCSF), Mertz EA. (UCSF) Process and outcome of phone recruitment for a multi-clinic study. International Association of Dental Research, Annual Research Meeting 2017. 46. Kottek A (UCSF), Hoeft KS (UCSF), White J (UCSF), Mertz EA. (UCSF) Implementing care coordination in a large dental care organization; International association of dental research, Annual Research Meeting 2017. 47. White JM, Mertz EA, Mullins JM, Even JB, Guy T, Blaga E, Kottek A, Kumar SV, Bangar S, Vaderhobli R, Calinisan R, Brandon R, Santo W, Gansky SA. Validating caries indices from an electronic health record. International Association of Dental Research, Annual Research Meeting 2017.
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48. Kottek A (UCSF), Hoeft KS (UCSF), White J (UCSF), Mertz EA. (UCSF) Implementing care coordination in a large dental dare organization; National Oral Health Conference. Poster. 2017. 49. Raja Z, Wides C, Kottek A, Mertz EA. (UCSF) The evolving pipeline of the Hispanic dentist workforce. National Oral Health Conference. Poster. 2017. 50. Mertz E, Wides C, Kottek A, Gates P. Quantifying the disproportionate share of dental care provided by underrepresented minority dentists; Academy Health, Annual Research Meeting. Poster Presentation. 2017. 51. Kottek A, Hoeft KS, White JM, Mertz EA. Implementing care coordination in a large dental care organization. Academy Health, Annual Research Meeting. Poster Presentation 2017. 52. Vijan P, Mertz EA. Cultural and organizational differences in dental leadership attributes. Department of Global Oral Health, UCSF School of Dentistry. Abstract # 2.085_NEP 53. Kottek AM, Schwarz E, Sinnott M, Kalenderian E, White JM, Mertz EA. Comparative analysis of oral health systems approaches to preventing and arresting caries in a pediatric Medicaid patient population (abstract). AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; June 23, 2018; Seattle, WA. 54. Hoeft KS, Kottek A, Simmons K, White J, Mertz E. Pediatric patient acceptability and adherence to a home care products within a risk-based caries prevention program in a large dental care organization(abstract). AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; June 23, 2018; Seattle, WA. 55. Mertz, Gansky, Hoeft, Cheng, Resch, Kottek, Simmons, Hughes, Fisher-Owens, Schwarz, Walji, White. Feasibility assessment of applying health services research methods to evaluating dental disparities in children. Oral presentation at Interest Group Meeting). AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; June 23, 2018; Seattle, WA. 56. Hoeft, Kottek, Simmons, White, Mertz (2018) Parent and child recall, comprehension, and acceptability of caries risk level designations in the dental clinic, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo; November 12, 2018; San Diego, CA. 57. Obadan-Udoh E, Lupulescu-Mann N, Charlesworth C, Muench U, Jura M, Kim H, Schwarz E, Mertz E, Sun B. 'Opioid prescribing patterns following dental visits among Washington state Medicaid beneficiaries', presented at the National Oral Health Conference, Memphis, TN, April 15-17, 2019. 58. Amah, G, Jura, M, Mertz, E. Long term impact of post-graduate dental training. AcademyHealth Washington DC, June 3-5, 2019.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP In 2017-18 and again in 2019-20 I was elected chair of the school of dentistry faculty council. As chair in both cases I was tasked with participating in significant issues of concern including recruitment for a new Dean, planning and execution of our SOD accreditation, and revisions to many of the committees of the council (Admissions, EPC, ABP, Scholarship, Student Status) bylaws and functions. I planned two all-school retreats and liaison with multiple other senate committees in this role. As well, I have been elected to be my department representative on our Health Sciences Compensation Plan committee. Finally, I was asked to Chair a stewardship review for the Proctor Foundation.
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OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES 1. I developed four leadership program curricula, for a community health center, a pharmacy advocate group, for clinical dental directors, and for master's dental hygiene students. I have developed (or contributed to the development) of many leadership development curricular modules at Healthforce Center including: 2. I developed a new online course for MHA203, bringing together traditional content in a mixed media environment, and have updated this annually.
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION Media Coverage • A Tale of Two Hygienists - Podcast on Dental Workforce Issues (2019) • Health Affairs Briefings on special oral health issue (DC and Sacramento) Dec 2016 and May 2017. • KQED California Report, KQED, Interview on Denti-Cal. (May 7, 2015) http://www.californiahealthline.org/insight/2015/demand-up-in-calif-for-dental-care-services-yet- hurdles-to-access-remain • Live Interview on Dental Care, KCBS Radio, 5/2/14, 6:20 pm. • Quoted on front page of SF Chronicle 2/1/2013 (Print Date). Joesph, Drew (2013) Dental Clinic proves importance of care. SF Chronicle. January 31. News. • Mieszkowski, Katharine. (2012) Hundreds Line up for Free Dental Care in Oakland. The Bay Citizen. March 25. Sunday. E Mertz was interviewed and quoted • PBS Newshour - Two part series on access to dental care. Interviewed and included in story. 11/11/2011. • Community Voices, Capital Public Radio 2009. • Health Dialogues, KQED Radio, 2003.
Significant Grants Submitted I submitted grant applications to several large funding initiatives that constituted a significant portion of work but that unfortunately were not funded at the initial submission, but eventually led to the current work I have underway.
1.R03 (PAR 09-182) Proposal number 1 R03 DE022373-01. 2011. U.S. Health System Workforce Capacity for Delivering Preventive Oral Health Care. *led to my current HRSA cooperative agreement.
2. R21 (PA11-261) Proposal number 1 R21 DE023444-01 2012. Clinical Guidelines for Dental Caries Management. * while not resubmitted in original form, these two grants directly enabled the UH2/3 Grant later funded.
3. American Dental Association. Economics of mid-level dental providers. $1.6 million. ADA decided to suspend RFP process due to lack of funds to support work. *recent WKKF $800K grant received on this same topic.
4.Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations Challenge. Evaluation of the Virtual Dental Home. $11 million. Received favorable reviews and were encouraged to resubmit in the second round. Facilitated a RWJF planning process that ended in awarding UCSF a $900,000 grant to evaluation this program and 11 others across the country.
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5. RWJF Investigators Award, $335,000. LOI was accepted for a full proposal (only 51 of 179 advanced). Full proposal was not funded (only 8 of 51 funded). Revised for a RAP (funded) and a G13 is in progress to continue the work.
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