School-based Programs

Dr. Berens graduated dental school at University of California at San Francisco, School of Dentistry (UCSF) and obtained her Masters in Public Health (MPH) at University of California Berkeley. She completed a residency in Dental Public Health at UCSF and is a diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health. She has been researching the implementation of an oral health promotion intervention for pregnant women attending group prenatal care. These studies are supported by the NIH/NIDCR and the UCSF Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health (CAN DO).

She teaches in the School of Dentistry's 1st and 2nd year curriculum, and also lectures within the School of Nursing and School of Medicine about integrating oral health into overall health. Currently, she is co-leading the San Francisco Children's Oral Health Collaborative which oversees the implementation of San Francisco children's oral health strategic plan–a UCSF CTSI San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership (SF HIP) initiative.