Mina Habibian, DMD, MSc, PhD
Director Community Oral Health Master and Certificate
Dr. Habibian is a board-certified public health dentist. She started her research career in dental public health in 1991 at the University of London, where she pursued her master’s degree and PhD. She is a Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health. Dr. Habibian’s interests include Early childhood caries, Integration of Oral health with systemic health, oral epidemiology.
Current & Upcoming Courses
| COH 717 | 1 unit | Practicum 3 This course incorporates a service learning approach involving a partnership between the student, community organization, and designated faculty or research team members |
| COH 712 | 1 unit | Practicum 2 This course incorporates a service learning approach involving a partnership between the student, community organization, and designated faculty or research team members |
| COH 711 | 1 unit | Practicum 1 This course incorporates a service learning approach involving a partnership between the student, community organization, and designated faculty or research team members |
| COH 707 | 2 units | Epidemiology Explores the fundamental understanding of epidemiology that concerns various domains and disciplines, and apply the epidemiologic principles in community health projects. |
| COH 705 | 2 units | Research and Biostatistics in Healthcare Healthcare research encompasses a wide range of research disciplines including basic and applied research. This course introduces participants to the research process with emphasis on different types of research methods and designs frequently used to study health and health care delivery. |
| COH 704 | 3 units | Environmental Health Sciences Environmental factors affecting community health and evidence-based approaches to control or reduce the risks of these health problems. |
| COH 593b | 2 units | Capstone Project Preparation and presentation of research capstone experience of the program, final report needs to be of a quality that it could be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. |
| COH 593a | 2 units | Capstone Project Instructs ways to successfully conduct a systematic review by covering the 5 steps: Formulating the research question, searching the literature, assessing the quality, summarizing the evidence and interpreting the findings. |