Raquel Mazer-Gurmendi

Raquel Mazer-Gurmendi serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral & Population Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry. She concurrently holds Scientist appointments in the School of Dentistry's Global Center for Craniofacial, Oral and Dental Disorders (GC-CODED), School of Medicine, and Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). Her leadership roles include Director of Community Collaborations and Director of the Division of Behavioral & Population Sciences.

Education:

• Doctor of Dental Medicine (DDS), University of Alabama at Birmingham (1996)
• Master of Public Health, Health Policy Analysis, Johns Hopkins University (1991)
• Master of Science, Dental Clinical Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1988)
• Doctor of Dental Science, University of Sao Paulo (1983)

Her research integrates public health dentistry with community-based interventions, focusing on geriatric oral healthcare access, behavioral determinants of oral health, and policy analysis for underserved populations. She pioneers clinical communication training models and examines systemic barriers in dental service delivery for seniors through community partnerships.

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Dr. Mazer-Gurmendi actively mentors graduate students as thesis committee member for Taillk Goncalves Gomes and Rawan Oueis. Her extramural funding includes an Alabama Department of Senior Services agreement (2024) and HRSA predoctoral training grants for public health dentistry (2022), supporting workforce development in geriatric and community dental care.

She operates within UAB's Global Center for Craniofacial, Oral and Dental Disorders (GC-CODED) and Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), driving community-academic partnerships to address oral health disparities through population-level interventions.