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Faculty Research Areas

Endodontics Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
avina@uw.edu* Anvina Paranjpe Biomaterials in Endodontics Web profile
lyap@uw.edu* Lindsey Yap Retrospective dental records, dental education, and endodontic outcomes/treatment Web profile

OMS Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
abburke@uw.edu* Andrea Burke Bone metabolism, craniofacial disorders, rare skeletal diseases, fibrous dysplasia, osteonecrosis, osteomyelitis, gender disparity in oral and maxillofacial surgery Web profile
agaal@uw.edu* Austin Gaal Oral and maxillofacial surgery; cleft lip and palate; cleft and craniofacial differences; craniofacial trauma Web profile
ivylin2@uw.edu* Ivy F Lin Climate action in dentistry, waste reduction in dentistry, effects of climate change on health, dental public health Web profile

Please refer to the Faculty Research Areas page in Oral Health Sciences for an extensive list.

Oral Medicine Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
mildac@uw.edu* Milda Chmieliauskaite Qualitative research, mixed-methods research, patient perspectives, burning mouth syndrome, neuropathy and systemic diseases/treatment related/postsurgical, chronic post-traumatic/post-surgical pain, taste/smell, education and specialty selection by dental graduates Web profile
ddean2@uw.edu* David R. Dean Oral chronic graft-versus-host disease, irAEs/Immunotherapy-associated mucositis, oral complications of cancer therapy, effect of oral microbiome on GVHD/Oral mucositis. Web profile
drangs@uw.edu* Mark Drangsholt Diagnosis and Causes of orofacial pain; evidence based medicine Web profile
kmespino@uw.edu* Kimberly Espinoza Disabilities, public health, medical sociology, special care dentistry Web profile
plee@uw.edu* Peggy Lee Ultrasound use in dentistry, CBCT Web profile

Orthodontics Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
ghuang@uw.edu* Greg Huang Orthodontic Clinical Research, openbite Web profile
slee1119@uw.edu* Sanghee (Sunni) Lee application of Artificial intelligence in Orthodontics, advances in clear aligner therapy Web profile
zjliu@uw.edu* Zi-Jun Liu Craniofacial Biology Web profile

Pediatric Dentistry Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
tmnelson@uw.edu* Travis Nelson Pediatric procedural sedation, pediatric restorative dentistry, dental care for Children with Special Needs Website
alsadem@uw.edu* Ana Seminario Global health, HIV, electronic health records, dental anomalies, refugee oral health Website

Periodontics Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
ddaubert@uw.edu* Diane Daubert Peri-implant disease prevalence and risk factors, and treatment modalities, along with periodontal and gingival diseases. Website
sumita@uw.edu* Sumita Jain Porphyromonas gingivalis pathogenesis focusing on virulence factors including lipopolysaccharide and outer membrane vesicles, with the goal of identifying anti-Pg therapeutics; and gene expression of virulence genes in health vs. disease, to identify diagnostic markers.
jsmclean@uw.edu* Jeffrey McLean Microbiome, Oral inflammation, Gingivitis, Periodontitis Website
icwang@uw.edu* Johnny Wang Dental implant integration and stability; Peri-implantitis treatment Web profile

Restorative Dentistry Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
ywchen@uw.edu* Yen-Wei Chen All ceramic restorations, Digital dentistry Web profile
akchung@uw.edu* Kwok-Hung Chung Biomaterials and Implant Biomechanics Web profile
samido@uw.edu* Sami Dogan Remineralization of dental hard tissues Web profile
mk33@uw.edu* Mats Kronstrom Implant dentistry, dental education, prosthodontics, decision making in dentistry Web profile
speedp@uw.edu* Pollene Speed-Mcintyre Restorative dentistry, Health disparities, access to dental care, implant dentistry, geriatric dentistry Web profile
arsadr@uw.edu* Ali Sadr Adhesive Dentistry/Digital Dentistry/Cariology, Non-destructive Imaging by Infrared Web profile
awee@uw.edu* Alvin G Wee Clinical translational aspects of color science with regard to teeth/skin and their respective restorative materials; Early detection of oral and oropharyngeal cancer; and Educational research in the area of restorative dentistry and prosthodontics. Web profile

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