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
- Anita Gohel, BDS, CAGS, PhD, associate professor and director of oral diagnosis & radiology. Research Area: Radiology imaging and interpretation
- Ying Wu, DDS, MSD, PhD, assistant professor. Research Area: Oral mucosal disease, orofacial pain, management of medical compromised patient, oral cancer and salivary gland disease
Health Policy & 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
- Woosung Sohn, DDS, PhD, DrPH, associate professor, Director of Advanced Specialty Education Program in Dental Public Health. Research Area: Cardiology and oral health disparities
Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Molecular & Cell Biology
- David Levin, PhD, professor and chair. Research Area: Biochemistry/molecular biology
- Maria Kukuruzinska, PhD, professor and associate dean for research. Research Area: Molecular and cell biology/development
- Carlos Hirschberg, PhD, professor. Research Area: Biochemistry/molecular biology
- Phillips Robbins, PhD, professor. Research Area: Molecular and cell biology
- Miklos Sahin-Toth, MD, PhD, professor. Research Area: Biochemistry
- John Samuelson, MD, PhD, professor. Research Area: Microbiology
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Pushkar Mehra, associate professor and chair. Research Area: Trauma, fracture, maxillofacial management and orthognathic surgery.
- Richard D’Innocenzo, DMD, MD, associate clinical professor. Research Area: Trauma, fracture, maxillofacial management and anesthesia
- Andrew Salama, DDS, MD, assistant professor. Research Area: Evaluating tongue motion and speech following reconstructive surgery and developing novel chemo-preventive medications for oral cancer
- Wael Youseff, DDS, DMD, CAGS, assistant professor. Research Area: Inferior alveolar and lingual nerve repair, facial pain syndrome – temporomandibular joint disease
Orthodontics
- Leslie Will, DMD, CAGS, MSD, professor and chair. Research Area: Normal and abnormal growth, treatment outcomes and diagnostic tools
- Bo Hou, DDS, MS, CAGS, PhD, assistant professor. Research Area: Cellular and molecular mechanisms that control orthodontic tooth movement
Orthopedic Surgery
Pediatric Dentistry
Periodontology & Oral Biology
- Salomon Amar, DMD, PhD, professor and director of inflammatory center. Research Area: Cell biology
- Serge Dibart, DDS, DMD, professor and program director. Research Area: Gingival epithelial cells
- Robert Gyurko, DDS, PhD, associate professor. Research Area: Periodontology/immunology/bone physiology
- Eva Helmerhorst, MS, PhD, associate professor. Research Area: Biochemistry
- Cataldo Leone, DMD, DMSc, professor and associate dean for academic affairs. Research Area: Biochemistry/periodontology
- Yoshiyuki Mochida, DDS, PhD, associate professor. Research Area: Molecular biology
- Frank Oppenheim, DMD, PhD, professor. Research Area: Biochemistry
- Erdjan Salih, PhD, associate professor. Research Area: Biomedical Sciences/Biochemistry/Bone Biology and Bone Cancer Interaction/Mass Spectrometry
- Philip Trackman, PhD, professor. Research Area: Cell biology
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
- Gurkan Goktug, DDS, assistant professor and director of prosthodontics residents’ lab. Research Area: Biomechanics of implants, immediate loading, soft tissue management around immediate implants, material consideration of implant supported over-dentures
