Research Faculty & Interests
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General Dentistry
Clinical Professor and Director of the Center for Clinical Research. Research Area: Public Health
Health Policy and Health Services Research
Professor and Director of Behavioral Science Research. Research Area: Motivating Health Behavior Change, mHealth and eHealth, Smoking Cessation and Public Health
Professor and Chair. Research Area: Epidemiology.
Professor and Assistant Dean for Community Practice. Research Area: Public health.
Associate Professor. Research Area: Public health.
Molecular and Cell Biology
Professor. Research Area: Molecular Mechanisms of RNA Processing in Trypanosomes
Professor and Chair. Research Area: Biochemistry/molecular biology.
Associate Professor. Research Area: Molecular biology.
Professor. Research Ares: Microbiology.
Associate Professor Research Area: Stem Cell Biology Using Molecular and Cellular Analyses and Mouse Genetics
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Associate Professor and Director of Research. Research Area: Global Health, Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer, Clinical Informatics
Associate Clinical Professor. Research Area: Trauma, fracture, maxillofacial management and anesthesia.
Associate Professor and Chair. Research Area: Trauma, Fracture, Maxillofacial Management and Orthognathic Surgery
Associate Professor and Director of the Clinical Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology Practice. Research area: pathology/oral biology.
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Professor and Chair. Research Area: Normal and Abnormal Growth, Treatment Outcomes and Diagnostic Tools
Orthopedic Surgery
Pediatric Dentistry
Periodontology
Professor and Program Director. Research Area: Gingival Epithelial Cells
Restorative Sciences/ Biomaterials
Professor. Research Area: Cell Biology/Oral Medicine
Associate Professor. Research Area: Biomaterials
Translational Dental Medicine
Professor and Associate Dean for Research. Research Area: Molecular and cell biology/development.
Associate Professor. Research Area: Bone Cell Biology and Mechanotransduction.