Ryan Richard Ruff

Associate Professor

New York University

Biography

Dr. Ryan Richard Ruff, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and education researcher studying school health and child development. He is an associate professor in the department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion at New York University with appointments at the College of Dentistry and the School of Global Public Health. Dr. Ruff is the Principal Investigator of the PRISMS lab (Pragmatic Research Implementing Sustainable Medicine in Schools), which currently includes the CariedAway research network, the BASICS trial of adaptive school-based preventive interventions, and the PROMISES effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial. He is also the director of the Biostatistics Core, supporting additional collaborations in oncology, biomaterials, and molecular pathobiology.

Interests

School health
Oral disease epidemiology
Pragmatic clinical trials

Education

PhD in Research, Statistics, & Evaluation
University of Virginia
MPH in Epidemiology
Harvard University
MPhil in Education Policy
Cambridge University
BAMT in Education
University of Virginia

PRISMS Lab

Selected Publications

Ryan Richard Ruff, Aditi Gawande, Qianhui Xu, Tamarinda Barry Godín (2025). Silver Diamine Fluoride vs Atraumatic Restoration for Managing Dental Caries in Schools: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 8(6)..

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Ryan Richard Ruff, Tamarinda J. Barry Godín, Richard Niederman (2024). Noninferiority of Silver Diamine Fluoride vs Sealants for Reducing Dental Caries Prevalence and Incidence: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 178(4)..

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Ryan Richard Ruff, Rami Habib, Tamarinda Barry Godín, Richard Niederman (2023). School-based caries prevention and the impact on acute and chronic student absenteeism. Journal of the American Dental Association, 154(8).

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Ryan Richard Ruff, Senthi S, Susser S, Tsutsui A (2019). Oral health, academic performance, and school absenteeism in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the American Dental Association, 150(2).

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Ryan Richard Ruff, Hillary Broder, Lacey Sischo (2017). Resiliency and socioemotional functioning in youth receiving surgery for orofacial anomalies. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 44(4).