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Faculty Areas of Research

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

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
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
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. Website
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
plee@uw.edu Peggy Lee Ultrasound use in dentistry, CBCT Web profile
yagerp@uw.edu Paul Yager Home diagnostics, global health, detection of pathogens, measurement of human disease biomarkers at POC. Web profile

Orthodontics Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
ghuang@uw.edu Greg Huang Orthodontic Clinical Research, openbite 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
daughv@uw.edu Virginia Plata Health services research related to RIDE/SLR Website
icwang@uw.edu Johnny Wang Dental implant integration and stability; Peri-implantitis treatment

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 Infared Web profile
haizhang@uw.edu Hai Zhang Dental implantology, Prosthodontics, Mineralized tissue regeneration. Tooth root development, cementum formation and regeneration. Web profile

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