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Patrick Smith, DMD, MPH

Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program

Assistant Professor 
Division of Prevention and Public Health
College of Dentistry

Email: psmith26@uic.edu

Patrick Smith, DMD, MPH, is Assistant Professor in the Division of Prevention and Public Health Science at the UIC College of Dentistry. His research uses community-based participatory methods to improve Black men’s engagement in oral health prevention and promotion. He is the recipient of a Research Scholar Grant from the Illinois Cancer Health Research (I-CHER) Center at the University of Illinois Cancer Center for a project focused on an engagement tool that will help dental providers initiate discussions with Black men about oral cancers and pharyngeal cancers. Black men are at the highest risk of dying from oral cancer compared with other men, and there is growing evidence that poor oral health increases the risk of oral cancer. 

Language : English

Education

  • PhD, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

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Research Focus

  • Cancer Prevention and Control
  • Dental Access To Care
  • Dental Education
  • Community-based Dental Education
  • Oral Disease Prevention