Ryan Richard Ruff

Ryan Richard Ruff

Associate Professor

New York University

Biography

Dr. Ryan Richard Ruff, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and education researcher interested in school health and child development. He is currently an associate professor in the department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion at the New York University College of Dentistry and director of the Biostatistics Core, as well as an associated professor at the NYU School of Global Public Health. He is a Multiple Principal Investigator of the CariedAway school-based oral health research network, the contact PI of the Pragmatic Research to Implement Sustainable Medicine in Schools (PRISMS) project, and director @RASHLabs. He is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and a member of the American Statistical Association and the American Educational Research Association.

Interests

  • School health
  • Oral disease epidemiology
  • Biostatistics

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

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Associate Professor

New York University

May 2019 – Present New York, NY
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

New York University

Feb 2014 – Apr 2019 New York, NY
 
 
 
 
 

Director, Research & Evaluation Unit

New York City Department of Health

Oct 2011 – Jan 2014 New York, NY
 
 
 
 
 

Director of Research & Evaluation

New York City Department of Education

Jun 2010 – Sep 2011 New York, NY

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