Dr Helena Schuch
Senior Research Fellow
School of Dentistry
Researcher biography
Dr. Helena Schuch is a senior research fellow at the School of Dentistry, University of Queensland.
She is a dentist and an oral epidemiologist with special interest in social epidemiology. Helena is also interested in methods to estimate causal inference and on applying machine learning techniques to predict oral health outcomes.
She completed her PhD in Oral Epidemiology at the University of Adelaide (2018) and is currently in the Editorial Board of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology.
Qualifications: BDS, MScDent, PhD
Research Interests: Oral health inequalities. Life course epidemiology. Causal inference methods. Machine learning applied to oral health.
Publications
Journal Articles
Echeverria, M. S., Schuch, H. S., Cenci, M. S., Motta, J. V.S., Bertoldi, A. D., Hallal, P. C. and Demarco, F. F. (2022). Trajectories of Sugar Consumption and Dental Caries in Early Childhood. Journal of Dental Research, 101 (6), 724-730. doi: 10.1177/00220345211068743
Moreno-Betancur, Margarita, Lynch, John W., Pilkington, Rhiannon M., Schuch, Helena S., Gialamas, Angela, Sawyer, Michael G., Chittleborough, Catherine R., Schurer, Stefanie and Gurrin, Lyle C. (2022). Emulating a target trial of intensive nurse home visiting in the policy-relevant population using linked administrative data. International Journal of Epidemiology. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac092
Moraes, Rafael R., Cuevas-Suarez, Carlos E., Escalante-Otarola, Wilfredo G., Fernandez, Maria R., Davila-Sanchez, Andres, Grau-Grullon, Patricia, Fernandez, Eduardo, Lopez, Tania M., Grazioli, Guillermo, Arana, Luis A., Rondon, Luis F., Torrez, Willy B., Lima, Giana S., Schuch, Helena S., Correa, Marcos B. and Demarco, Flavio F. (2022). A multi-country survey on the impact of COVID-19 on dental practice and dentists' feelings in Latin America. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1) 393, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07792-y
Bastos, João L., Constante, Helena M., Schuch, Helena S., Haag, Dandara G., Nath, Sonia, Celeste, Roger K., Guanizo-Herreño, Carol C., McCallum, Mary J. and Jamieson, Lisa M. (2022). Where are race-based oral health inequities bound? Protocol for a systematic review on interventions to tackle racial injustice in dental outcomes. Systematic Reviews, 11 (1) 41, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s13643-022-01911-w
de Oliveira, Luísa J. C., Cademartori, Mariana G., Schuch, Helena S., Barros, Fernando C., Silveira, Mariângela F., Correa, Marcos B. and Demarco, Flávio F. (2021). Periodontal disease and preterm birth: Findings from the 2015 Pelotas birth cohort study. Oral Diseases, 27 (6), 1519-1527. doi: 10.1111/odi.13670
Haag, D., Schuch, H., Ha, D., Do, L. and Jamieson, L. (2021). Oral health inequalities among Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. JDR Clinical and Translational Research, 6 (3), 317-323. doi: 10.1177/2380084420939040
Silveira, Ethieli Rodrigues, Cademartori, Mariana Gonzalez, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Armfield, Jason A. and Demarco, Flavio Fernando (2021). Estimated prevalence of dental fear in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Dentistry, 108 103632, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103632
Silveira Schuch, Helena, Venâncio Fernandes Dantas, Raquel, Menezes Seerig, Lenise, S. Santos, Iná, Matijasevich, Alícia, J.D. Barros, Aluísio, Glazer Peres, Karen, Peres, Marco Aurélio and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities explain the association between source of drinking water and dental caries in primary dentition. Journal of Dentistry, 106 103584, 103584. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103584
Nascimento, Gustavo G., Seerig, Lenise M., Schuch, Helena S., Horta, Bernardo L., Peres, Karen G., Peres, Marco A., Corrêa, Marcos B. and Demarco, Flavio F. (2020). Income at birth and tooth loss due to dental caries in adulthood: the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort. Oral Diseases, 26 (7), 1494-1501. doi: 10.1111/odi.13373
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Nascimento, Gustavo G., Peres, Karen Glazer, Mittinty, Murthy N., Demarco, Flavio Fernando, Correa, Marcos Britto, Gigante, Denise Petrucci, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Peres, Marco Aurelio and Do, Loc Giang (2019). The controlled direct effect of early-life socioeconomic position on periodontitis in a birth cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188 (6), 1101-1108. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz054
Lorenzo-Erro, Susana Margarita, Massa, Fernando, Álvarez-Vaz, Ramón, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Correa, Marcos Britto and Peres, Marco Aurélio (2018). The role of contextual and individual factors on periodontal disease in Uruguayan adults. Brazilian Oral Research, 32 e62. doi: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2018.vol32.0062
Armfield, Jason M., Crego, Antonio, Schuch, Helena S. and Luzzi, Liana (2017). The role of cognitions in short-term temporal changes in dental fear among Australian adults: the role of cognitions in dental fear change. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 78 (1), 32-40. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12232
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Peres, Karen G., Singh, Ankur, Peres, Marco A. and Do, Loc G. (2017). Socioeconomic position during life and periodontitis in adulthood: a systematic review. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 45 (3), 201-208. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12278
Schuch, Helena S, Haag, Dandara G, Kapellas, Kostas, Arantes, Rui, Peres, Marco A, Thomson, W M and Jamieson, Lisa M (2017). The magnitude of Indigenous and non-Indigenous oral health inequalities in Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 45 (5), 434-441. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12307
Silveira Schuch, Helena and Giang Do, Loc (2017). School-based oral hygiene education program has long-term positive effects on oral health indicators. Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice, 17 (1), 65-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2017.01.002
Simões, Roberto Cuchiara, Goettems, Marília Leão, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Torriani, Dione Dias and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2017). Impact of malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life of 8-12 years old schoolchildren in Southern Brazil. Brazilian dental journal, 28 (1), 105-112. doi: 10.1590/0103-6440201701278
Singh, Ankur, Harford, Jane, Schuch, Helena S., Watt, Richard G. and Peres, Marco A. (2016). Theoretical basis and explanation for the relationship between area-level social inequalities and population oral health outcomes - A scoping review. SSM - Population Health, 2, 451-462. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.06.001
Laguzzi, Patricia Nicola, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Medina, Lucy Derrégibus, de Amores, Andrea Rodríguez, Demarco, Flavio Fernando and Lorenzo, Susana (2015). Tooth loss and associated factors in elders: results from a national survey in uruguay. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 76 (2), 143-151. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12123
Schuch, Helena Silveira, dos Santos Costa, Francine, Torriani, Dione Dias, Demarco, Flávio Fernando and Goettems, Marília Leão (2015). Oral health-related quality of life of schoolchildren: Impact of clinical and psychosocial variables. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 25 (5), 358-365. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12118
Boscato, Noeli, Schuch, Helena S, Grasel, Claudia E and Goettems, Marilia L (2015). Differences of oral health conditions between adults and older adults: a census in a Southern Brazilian city. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 16 (9), 1014-1020. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12588
Schuch, H. S., Peres, K. G., Do, L. G. and Peres, M. A. (2015). Can socioeconomic trajectories during the life influence periodontal disease occurrence in adulthood? Hypotheses from a life-course perspective. Medical Hypotheses, 84 (6), 596-600. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.03.011
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Correa, Marcos Britto, Torriani, Dione Dias, Demarco, Flávio Fernando and Goettems, Marília Leão (2015). Perceived dental pain: Determinants and impact on brazilian schoolchildren. Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache, 29 (2), 168-176. doi: 10.11607/ofph.1414
Goettems, Marília Leão, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Demarco, Flávio Fernando, Ardenghi, Thiago Machado and Torriani, Dione Dias (2014). Impact of dental anxiety and fear on dental care use in Brazilian women. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 74 (4), 310-316. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12060
Goettems, Marília Leão, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Hallal, Pedro Curi, Torriani, Dione Dias and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2014). Nutritional status and physical activity level as risk factor for traumatic dental injuries occurrence: A systematic review. Dental Traumatology, 30 (4), 251-258. doi: 10.1111/edt.12102
Baldissera, Rudimar A., Corrêa, Marcos B., Schuch, Helena S., Collares, Kauê, Nascimento, Gustavo G., Jardim, Patrícia S., Moraes, Rafael R., Opdam, Niek J.M. and Demarco, Flávio F. (2013). Are there universal restorative composites for anterior and posterior teeth?. Journal of Dentistry, 41 (11), 1027-1035. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2013.08.016
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Goettems, Marília Leão, Correa, Marcos Britto, Torriani, Dione Dias and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2013). Prevalence and treatment demand after traumatic dental injury in South Brazilian schoolchildren. Dental Traumatology, 29 (4), 297-302. doi: 10.1111/edt.12003
Goettems, Marília Leão, Azevedo, Marina Sousa, Correa, Marcos Britto, Da Costa, Catiara Terra, Wendt, Flávia Priescht, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Bonow, Maria Laura Menezes, Romano, Ana Regina and Torriani, Dione Dias (2012). Dental trauma occurrence and occlusal characteristics in Brazilian preschool children. Pediatric Dentistry, 34 (2), 104-107.
Correa, Marcos Britto, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Collares, Kauê, Torriani, Dione Dias, Hallal, Pedro Curi and Demarco, Flavio Fernando (2010). Survey on the occurrence of dental trauma and preventive strategies among Brazilian professional soccer players. Journal of Applied Oral Science, 18 (6), 572-576. doi: 10.1590/S1678-77572010000600007