Donna Kritz-Silverstein, PhD
Dr. Kritz-Silverstein has a doctorate in social psychology with a minor in statistics from New York University and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD. Her areas of research include women’s health, heart disease risk factors, bone health, and cognitive function. For the past 23 years, she has been Co-Investigator and Principal Investigator on NIH funded Rancho Bernardo Study grants in addition to serving as Follow-up Coordinator for the study. Dr. Kritz-Silverstein has also served as Principal Investigator of the NIH funded Soy Health Effects (SHE) Study, and industry sponsored soy study (SOPHIA), Co-Investigator of an NIH funded randomized controlled clinical trial of DHEAS and a Department of Defense case-control study of breast cancer and bone mass. She has extensive experience (over 30 years) designing every type of study, data analysis, and writing manuscripts. Additionally, she has taught and mentored medical and doctoral students for the past 23 years, and pediatric dental residents for the past 5 years.
Areas of interest
1. Women’s health
2. Chronic disease (diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis/bone density, cognitive function)
3. Stress in dental students /Dental education
4. Increasing oral health knowledge and preventive oral health behaviors
5. Access to oral health care/Disparities in oral health care
6. Connection between oral health and physical health and disease
2. Chronic disease (diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis/bone density, cognitive function)
3. Stress in dental students /Dental education
4. Increasing oral health knowledge and preventive oral health behaviors
5. Access to oral health care/Disparities in oral health care
6. Connection between oral health and physical health and disease
Publications related to areas of interest
1. Kritz-Silverstein D, Barrett-Connor E, Wingard DL, Effect of parity on the later development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance. N Engl J Med 1989;321:1214-1219.
2. Kritz-Silverstein D, Barrett-Connor E, Wingard DL. Hysterectomy, oophorectomy, and heart disease risk factors in older women. Am J Public Health 1997;87:676-680.
3. Kritz-Silversein D, Schneider DL, Sandwell J. Breast cancer and bone mass in older women: is bone density prescreening for mammography useful? Osteoporosis Int 2006:17:1196-1201.
4. Kritz-Silverstein D, von Mühlen D, Laughlin GA, Bettencourt R. Effects of dehydroepiandrosterone supplementation on cognitive function and quality of life: the DHEA and Well-Ness (DAWN) Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56:1292-1298.
5. *Silverstein ST, Kritz-Silverstein D. A longitudinal study of stress in first year dental students. J Dent Educ 2010;74:836-848
2. Kritz-Silverstein D, Barrett-Connor E, Wingard DL. Hysterectomy, oophorectomy, and heart disease risk factors in older women. Am J Public Health 1997;87:676-680.
3. Kritz-Silversein D, Schneider DL, Sandwell J. Breast cancer and bone mass in older women: is bone density prescreening for mammography useful? Osteoporosis Int 2006:17:1196-1201.
4. Kritz-Silverstein D, von Mühlen D, Laughlin GA, Bettencourt R. Effects of dehydroepiandrosterone supplementation on cognitive function and quality of life: the DHEA and Well-Ness (DAWN) Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56:1292-1298.
5. *Silverstein ST, Kritz-Silverstein D. A longitudinal study of stress in first year dental students. J Dent Educ 2010;74:836-848
Contact Information:
University of California San Diego
Family and Preventive Medicine
9500 Gilman Dr., 0725
La Jolla, CA
USA 92093-0725
[email protected]
Family and Preventive Medicine
9500 Gilman Dr., 0725
La Jolla, CA
USA 92093-0725
[email protected]