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faculty mentors

General Dentistry

• Judith Jones, DDS, MPH, professor and chair. Research Area: Health Outcomes Research, Oral-systemic Relationships
• Paula Friedman, DDS, MSD, MPH, professor associate dean for administration and director, Geriatric Fellowship Program. Research Area: Geriatric Dentistry

Health Policy and Health Services Research

• Raul Garcia, DMD, MMS, professor and chair. Research Area: Epidemiology
• Michelle Henshaw, DDS, MPH, assistant professor and assistant dean for community practice. Research Area: Public Health
• Elizabeth Kaye, MPH, PhD, associate professor. Research Area: Public Health
• Ana Karina Mascarenhas, BDS, MPH, DrPH, associate professor. Research Area: Oral Epidemiology and Health Services Focusing on Access Utilization and Quality of Care in Orthodontics

Medicine/Infectious Diseases

• Frank Gibson, PhD, research assistant professor. Research Area: Microbiology

Molecular and Cell Biology

• Carlos Hirschberg, PhD, professor and chair. Research Area: Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
• Maria Kukuruzinska, PhD, professor. Research Area: Molecular and Cell Biology/Development
• Phillips Robbins, PhD, professor. Research Area: Molecular and Cell Biology
• Miklós Sahin-Tóth, MD, Ph.D, associate professor. Research Area: Biochemistry
• John Samuelson, MD, Ph.D, professor Research Area: Microbiology

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

• Vikki Noonan, DMD, DMSc, associate professor. Research Area: Pathology/Oral Biology

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• David Cottrell, DMD, associate professor and chair. Research Area: Oral Medicine/Surgery

Orthopedic Surgery

• Louis Gerstenfeld, PhD, associate professor. Research Area: Cell Biology/Bone
• George Barnes, PhD, assistant professor. Research Area: Cell Biology/Bone

Pediatric Dentistry

• Christopher Hughes, DDS, PhD, associate professor and chair. Research Area: Oral Microbiology

Periodontology and Oral Biology

• Salomon Amar, DMD, PhD, professor and associate dean for research. Research Area: Cell Biology
• Frank Oppenheim, DMD, PhD, professor and chair. Research Area: Biochemistry.
• Dana Graves, DDS, DMSc, professor. Research Area: Cell Biology
• Robert Gyurko, DDS, PhD, assistant professor. Research Area: Periodontology/Immunology/Bone Physiology
• Eva Helmerhorst, MS, PhD, assistant professor. Research Area: Biochemistry
• Alpdogan Kantarci, DDS, PhD, assistant professor. Research Area: Periodontology/Immunology/Molecular Biology
• Cataldo Leone, DMD, DMSc, professor and assistant dean for academic affairs. Research Area: Biochemistry/Periodontology
• Frank Oppenheim, DMD, PhD, professor and chair. Research Area: Biochemistry
• Philip Trackman, PhD, professor. Research Area: Cell Biology
• Thomas Van Dyke, DDS, PhD, professor. Research Area: Periodontology/Immunology

Restorative Sciences/Biomaterials

• Dan Nathanson, DMD, MSD, professor and chair. Research Area: Biomaterials
• Laisheng Chou, DMD, PhD, professor. Research Area: Cell Biology/Oral Medicine
• Russell Giordano, DMD, DMSc, associate professor. Research Area: Biomaterials