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 Associate Professor
  

  Targeted research, molecular epidemiology, and diagnostic technology brought to bear against tuberculosis and related diseases.

• Whasun Oh Chung, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor
  

  Oral Microbiology and Defensin Antimicrobial Peptides

• Timothy Cox, Ph.D., Adjunct Research Associate Professor
  

  Understanding the genetic and 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 and Acting Vice Chair
  

  Craniofacial Biology

• Kenneth Izutsu, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
  

  Salivary Gland Physiology and Pathophysiology

• 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, Jr., D.D.S., M.S.D., Professor and Acting Chair
  

  Oral Pathology, Secretory Mechanisms

• Manoj Muthukuru, B.D.S., M.M.Sc. (Periodontology), Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor
  

  Immunoregulation during chronic oral mucosal inflammation and Microenvironment conditioning for optimizing bone regeneration

• Sampath Narayanan, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
  

  Inflammation, Fibrosis, Wound Healing.

• Tracy Popowics, Ph.D., Associate Professor
  

  Dental Morphology

• Richard Presland, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director
  

  Molecular Basis of Epithelial Cell Differentiation.

• Douglas Ramsay, D.M.D, Ph.D., M.S.D., 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.

• Jeffrey Vieira, Ph.D., Adjunct Research Associate Professor
  

  Molecular biology of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).

• Carol Ware, Ph.D., Adjunct Research Professor
  

  Embryonic stem cells (ESC) and Human ESC (hESC).

• 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., Affiliate Professor
  

  Candidiasis.

• Paul Yager, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
  

  Research and development of biomedical diagnostic technology based on microbluidics.