Teresa A. Marshall

Teresa A. Marshall
Teresa A. Marshall, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry
Director, Student Research Program
Michael W. Finkelstein Centennial Professor of Teaching
Education: 
BS, University of Illinois, 1981
Dietetic Internship, University of Iowa, 1982
PhD, University of Iowa, 1987
Fellowship, Iowa Geriatric Education Center, University of Iowa, 1990-91
Brief Professional Resume: 

Dr. Marshall joined the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1991. She is a registered dietician and a professor in the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry. Dr. Marshall is currently serving as the University of Iowa Faculty Senate’s Vice-President.

Teaching Activities: 

Dr. Marshall coordinates and teaches the nutrition curriculum within the College of Dentistry. She is also the course director for Cariology (D1s) and the Student Research Minicourse (D1s).

Research Activities: 

Dr. Marshall's primary research activities address diet/nutrition, oral health, and systemic health in young children. She is also engaged in educational research activities evaluating student outcomes and/or facilitate student success.

Publications: 
  1. Marshall TA, Curtis AM, Cavanaugh JE, Warren JJ, Levy SM. Beverage intakes and toothbrushing during childhood are associated with caries at age 17 years. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2020; doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.08.087.
  2. Marshall TA, Curtis AM, Cavanaugh JE, Warren JJ, Levy SM. Identification of and associations among low, middle, and high body composition trajectories from age 5- to 17-years. Children (Basel). 2020; doi 10.3390/children7100192.
  3. Laurence B, Shara N, Gonzalez F, Harris D, Edmonds T, Grant-Mills D, Marshall T, Williams C, Farmer-Dixon CM, Southwell A. An approach to engaging schools in oral health initiatives: the Howard Meharry Adolescent Caries Study (HMACS). J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2020; 31(1):35-42.
  4. Blostein FA, Jansen EC, Jones AD, Marshall TA, Foxman B. Dietary patterns associated with dental careis in adults in the United States. Community Dent. Oral Epidemiol. 2019; doi:10/1111/cdoe.12509.
  5. Marshall TA. Dietary implications for dental caries: A practical approach on dietary counseling. Dent Clin N Am. 2019; 63:595-605.
  6. Hoskin ER, Johnsen DC, Saksena Y, Horvath, de Peralta, Fleisher MN, Marshall TA, Leone C. Dental Educators’ perceptions of educational learning domains. J Dent Edu. 2019; 83(1)79-87.
  7. Marshall TA, Curtis AM, Cavanaugh JE, Warren JJ, Levy SM. Child and adolescent sugar-sweetened beverage intakes are longitudinally associated with higher BMI z-scores in a birth cohort followed 17 years. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2019; 119(3):425-434. 
  8. Elangovan S, Guzman-Armstrong S, Marshall TA, Johnsen DC. Clinical decision making in the era of evidence-based dentistry. J Am Dent Assoc. 2018; 149(9):745-747.
  9. Levy SM, Eichenberger-Gilmore JM, Warren JJ, Kavand G, Letuchy E, Broffitt B, Marshall TA, Burns TL, Janz KF, Pauley C, Torner JC, Phipps K. Associations of fluoride intake with children’s cortical bone mineral strength measures at age 11. J Public Health Dent. 2018; doi 10.1111/jphd.12286.
  10. Marshall TA, Curtis AM, Cavanaugh JE, Van Buren JM, Warren JJ, Levy SM. Description of child and adolescent beverage and anthropometric measures according to adolescent beverage patterns. Nutrients. 2018; 10(8) pii:E958. doi: 10.3390/nu10080958.
  11. Marshall TA, Curtis AM, Cavanaugh JE, Warren JJ, Levy SM. Higher longitudinal milk intakes are associated with increased height in a birth cohort followed for 17 years. J Nutr. 2018; 148(7):1144-1149.
  12. Marshall TA, McKernan SC, Straub-Morarend CL, Guzman-Armstrong S, Marchini L, Handoo NQ, Cunningham MA. Evidence-based dentistry skill acquisition by second-year dental students. Eur J Dent Edu. 2018;22(3);e612-e618. doi: 10.1111/eje.12364.
  13. Marshall TA. Dietary assessment and counseling for dental erosion. J Am Dent Assoc. 2018; 149(2);148-152.
  14. Curtis AM, Van Buren J, Cavanaugh JE, Warren JJ, Marshall TA, Levy SM.  Longitudinal associations between dental caries increment and risk factors in late childhood and adolescence. J Public Heath Dent. 2018. Doi:10.1111/jphd12275.
  15. Dawson DV, Blanchette DR, Douglass JM, Tinanoff N, Kramer KWO, Warren JJ, Phipps KR, Starr DE, Marshall TA, Mabry TR, Pagan-Rivera K, Banas JA, Drake DR. Evidence of early emergence of the primary dentition in a northern plains American Indian population. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2018;3(2):161-169.
  16. Curtis AM, Cavanaugh JE, Levy SM, Van Buren JM, Marshall TA, Warren JJ. Examining caries aetiology in adolescence with structural equation modelling. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2017 Dec21. Doi:10.1111/cdoe.12359.
  17. Avasare T, Warren J, Qian F, Marshall T, Weber-Gasparoni K, Drake D. Longitudinal study assessing factors associated with mutans streptococci acquisition in infants and toddlers. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2017; 15:543-548.
  18. Marshall TA, Marchini L, Cowen H, Hartshorn JE, Holloway JA, Straub-Morarend CL, Gratton D, Solow CM, Colangelo, N, Johnson DC. Critical thinking theory to practice: using the expert’s thought process as guide for learning and assessment. J Dent Educ. 2017;81(8):978-985.
  19. Warren JJ, Van Buren JM, Levy SM, Marshall TA, Cavanaugh JE, Curtis AM, Kolker JL, Weber-Gasparoni K. Dental caries clusters among adolescents. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2017; 45(6):538-544.
  20. Marshall TA, Straub-Morarend CL, Guzman-Armstrong S, McKernan SC, Marchini L, Handoo NQ, Cunningham MA. An approach on defining competency in evidence-based dentistry. Eur J Dent Educ. 2018;22(1):e107-e115.
PubMed Publications: 

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National or International Professional Appointments and Activities: 

Dr. Marshall is a member of the American Dietetic Association, the Iowa Dietetic Association, the International Association for Dental Research, the American Dental Education Association, and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. She is past secretary of the Nutrition Education for Health Professionals practice group, past secretary-treasurer of the Nutrition Section, and past president of the Iowa Section of the International Association for Dental Research. She is a Research Editor for the Journal of the American Dietetic Association and a reviewer for multiple nutrition and dental journals.