Stanton Wolfe, D.D.S, MPH
Assistant Professor
1970, B.Sc., City University of New York, Brooklyn College
1974, D.D.S., New York University
1977, Residency, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1995, MPH, University of Connecticut
Brief Chronology of Professional Career
Dr. Wolfe, a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery, completed his residency and
fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical Center. His
professional career began as a professor in the Department
of OMFS at the University of CT Health Center (UCHC),
followed by 15 years of private clinical practice and
teaching, during which time he became a leader and
spokesperson for increased access to clinical care for
underserved populations, and the control of infectious
disease in healthcare practice. After receiving his Master
of Public Health degree, Dr. Wolfe dedicated himself to
public health education and community public health service
full-time. Prior to joining the UCHC Department of Community
Medicine and Health Care (CMHC) faculty, Dr. Wolfe served as
State Oral Health Director at the CT Department of Public
Health, where he created the CT Community Integrated Service
Systems project and OPENWIDE, a nationally recognized model
program for building community health capacity through
innovative education and training for health and human
services providers; as Professor and Head of Public Health
and Community Service at Tufts University School of Dental
Medicine; and as a Faculty Fellow of Tufts University
College of Citizenship and Community Service.
In addition to Dr. Wolfe’s teaching and research
responsibilities, he serves on the MPH Program Advisory
Committee; as Chair of the MPH Program Community
Partnerships Committee; and is the CMHC coordinating
director of the University of CT Undergraduate Public Health
Initiative.
Dr. Wolfe is the course instructor for the MPH Program’s
Practicum in Public Health, Field Experience in Public
Health, and Foundations of Strategic Planning ; an
instructor for the CMHC undergraduate Introduction to Public
Health and Introduction to Epidemiology courses; and a
conference leader for the UCHC HDH Clinical Epidemiology
course.
Dr. Wolfe’s research interests focus on program planning
and development, community engagement, and innovative
approaches to health education and training.
- CT Collaborative Undergraduate Public Health
Initiative, Association of Prevention Teaching
and Research, PI (2009 – 2010)
- The Development of a Curriculum Model that
Educates, Trains, and Motivates Students to be
Civically Engaged and Committed to Community
Service, and that is Integrated and Systematized
throughout Pre-Doctoral, Tufts University
College of Citizenship and Public Service, PI
(2004-2006)
- Oral Health Care Training and Provision of
Oral Health Care to Individuals with HIV, Ryan
White CARE, HIV/AIDS Bureau, DHHS Health
Resources and Services Administration, PI (2003
– 2005)
- An Ethnographic Determination of the
Cultural Issues Impacting Oral Health and Oral
Health Care Access, CT DPH/UConn Department of
Anthropology, state funded, Co-PI (2002-2004)
- Creation of an Action Plan for Oral Health in
Early Head Start/Head Start, DHHS Health Resources
and Services Administration, PI (2003)
- CISS - CT Community Oral Health Systems
Development Project, CT DPH, DHHS, Health Resources
and Services Administration, PI (1997-2001)
- Innovative and Integrated Use of Data for
Surveillance, Evaluation and Assessment,
Yale-Griffin Hospital Prevention Research Center,
Yale School of Medicine, DHHS CDC funded, Co-PI
(1999-2001)
- OPENWIDE - Integration of Oral Health into
Non-Dental Health and Human Services Practices,
funded by State of CT, CT Health Foundation, and
Patricelli Foundation, PI (2000-2002)
Handwerker W P & Wolfe SH. Where bad teeth come from:
Culture and causal force. Human Organization (2010);
69(4):398-406
Palmer C, Wolfe SH. Position of the American Dietetic
Association: The Impact of Fluoride on Health. Jour Amer
Dietetic Assoc(2005) 105(10):1620-1628
Wolfe SH, Huebner C. OPENWIDE: An Innovative Oral Health
Education and Training Program for Non-Dental Health and
Human Services Providers, Jour Dent Ed (2004) 68(5):513-521
Wolfe SH. The need for enhanced oral public health education
to build state infrastructure. Jour NAAHP (2004) 24(8):27-31
OPENWIDE: Oral Health Training for Non-Dental Health and
Human Services Providers, DHHS HRSA MCHB
http://www.mchoralhealth.org/openwide/
Oral Public Health and Community Service Programs, MIT/TU
Open Course Ware,
http://ocw.tufts.edu/courses/11/CourseHome
University of Connecticut Health Center
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
263 Farmington Avenue, MC 6325
Farmington, CT 06030-6325
Phone: (860) 679-5408
Fax: (860) 679-5464
Email: swolfe@uchc.edu
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