University of Washington School of Dentistry: Department of Oral Biology
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Faculty
  • Sandra Bordin, Ph.D., Adjunct Research Professor, Regeneration and repair of oral human connective tissue
  • Peter Byers, M.D., Adjunct Professor, Collagen Expression
  • Gerard Cangelosi, Ph.D., Affiliate Research Assistant Professor, Targeted research, molecular epidemiology, and diagnostic technology brought to bear against tuberculosis and related diseases.
  • Whasun Oh Chung, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Oral Microbiology and Defensin Antimicrobial Peptides
  • Timothy C. Cox, PhD, Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Understanding the genetic & developmental mechanisms coordinating morphogenesis of the midface and contributing to the susceptibility to cleft lip and palate
  • Michael Cunningham, M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Pathogenesis of human malformation syndromes
  • Beverly Dale-Crunk, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Epithelial Proteins and Defensin Antimicrobial peptides
  • Richard Darveau, M.S., Ph.D., Professor, Bacteria/host interactions, LPS biochemistry, Host inflammatory response
  • David Eyre, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Biomineralization
  • Albert Folch, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Development of miniature cell culture tools for quantitative cell biology studies
  • Cecilia Giachelli, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Adhesion molecules and vascular biology processes
  • Susan Herring, Ph.D., Professor, Craniofacial Biology
  • Kenneth Izutsu, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Salivary Gland Physiology and Pathophysiology
  • Douglas Jackson, D.M.D., M.S,, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Craniofacial Pain
  • Susanne Kölare Jeffrey, D.D.S., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Senior Fellow and Part-time Lecturer, Saliva as a diagnostic fluid
  • Greg King, D.M.D., DMSc, Adjunct Professor, Bone remodeling, bone cells
  • Linda LeResche, Sc.D., Adjunct Professor, Behavioral and epidemiologic aspects of pain
  • Zi-Jun Liu, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Biology of craniofacial skeletons and musculatures, TMJ functions and TMD, Mechanism of orthodontic tooth movements and material properties of periodontal ligaments
  • Sheila Lukehart, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Pathogenesis and immune response to syphilis and other treponemal infections
  • Thomas Morton, D.D.S., M.S.D., Professor, Oral Pathology, Secretory Mechanisms
  • Sampath Narayanan, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Inflammation, Fibrosis, Wound Healing
  • Tracy Popowics, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dental Morphology
  • Richard Presland, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular Basis of Epithelial Cell Differentiation
  • Douglas Ramsay, DMD, Ph.D., MSD, Adjunct Professor, Mechanisms of Drug Tolerance, Mechanisms and Psychophysics of Pain
  • Morayma Reyes, M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stem Cells, Regenerative Biology
  • Frank Roberts, D.D.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Periodontics
  • Timothy Rose, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Molecular biology of tumor viruses, Cell growth, Differentiation and transformation
  • Bruce Rutherford, Ph.D., Lecturer Part-time, Mineralized tissue biology, tissue engineering, dentin, periodontal tissue and bone formation/regeneration, biomaterials.
  • Ram Samudrala, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Modeling proteomes
  • Martha Somerman, D.D.S. Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Cell Behavior and Molecular Approaches to restoring tissue
  • Patrick Stayton, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Engineering proteins for biotechnology, Biomaterials, and biomedical therapies/diagnostics
  • Paolo Vicini, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Mathematical and Statistical computer models of biological and biomedical systems.
  • Jeffrey Vieira, Ph.D., Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Molecular biology of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).
  • John Wataha, D.M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Biocompatibility
  • Eileen Watson, Ph.D., Professor, Salivary Gland Pharmacology and Regulation
  • Norma Wells, M.P.H., Adjunct Associate Professor, Dental Hygiene
  • Theodore White, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Candidiasis
  • Paul Yager, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Research and development of biomedical diagnostic technology based on microbluidics