Sara Shain, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor                   

Email: sara.shain@dominican.edu                                                                                     

Office: Science Center room # 109

Phone: 415-482-1973

Fax: 415-482-1972

Academic Area

Mathematics

Educational Background

1982   San Francisco State University                   BA                                           Mathematics

1984   University of California, Los Angeles          MA                                          Biostatistics

1994   University of California, Los Angeles          Dr.P.H.                                   Biostatistics

Teaching and Research Interests

 My current research interests are promoting oral public health and research in dental and oral public health by identifying factors resposible for oral health disparities.

My teaching interests are currently Epidemiology, Statistics, and Biostatistics.

Professional Organizations

• Mathematical Association of American

• American Statistical Association

Selected Publications

• McDaniel KD, Cummings JL, Shain S.  The 'Yips': A Focal Dystonia Of Golfers; Neurology 39:192-5, 1989.

• Elashoff, JD, Cantor, RM, Shain, S.  Power and validity of methods to identify variability genes. Genetic Epidemiology, 8(6) 861-8, 1991.

• Elashoff JD, Jacknow AD, Shain SG, Braunstein GD.  Effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids on muscular strength.  Annals of Internal Medicine 115: 387-393, 1991

• Gansky SA, Weintraub JA, Shain S.  Multi-Pied Investigators: Parental periodontal predictors of oral health in adult children of a community cohort; Journal of Dental Research 77(Spec Iss B):707, 1998

• Nathan SD, Ross DJ, Belman MJ, Shain S.   Elashoff JD, Kass RM, Koerner SK Bronchiolitis obliterans in single-lung transplant recipients. Chest 107:967-972, 1995.

• W. Stephan Eakle, John D. B. Featherstone, Jane A. Weintraub, Sara G. Shain, Stuart A. Gansky.  Salivary fluoride levels following application of fluoride varnish or fluoride rinse;  Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology.  32(6), 462 - December 2004

• DJ Rowe, JA Weintraub, S Shain, J Yamamoto, MM Walsh.  Outcomes assessment related to professional growth and achievements of baccalaureate dental hygiene graduates; Journal of  Dental  Education  68(1): 35-43 2004

• J.A. Weintraub, F. Ramos-Gomez, B. Jue, S. Shain, C.I. Hoover, J.D.B. Featherstone, S.A. Gansky.   Fluoride Varnish Efficacy in Preventing Early Childhood Caries; Journal of Dental Research 85(2);172-176, 2006

• Chung LH, Shain, SG, Stephen,SM; Weintraub JA.  Oral Health Status of San Francisco Public School Kindergarteners 2000-2005, J. Pub. Health Dent.  66(4):  235-241, 2006

Awards and Honors

• 1984-1989                 DHHS National Research Service Award in Epidemiology

• 2006                           PTA Volunteer Recognition Award, SFUSD

Other Interests

2 kids, Cooking, Archery, and anything Tolkien or Star Trek.