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Endodontics Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
avina@uw.edu Anvina Paranjpe Biomaterials in Endodontics 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

OHS Faculty Research
Email Name Area Website
joyan@uw.edu Jonathan An Biological mechanisms of aging in the context of oral health, translational interventions Web profile
pbyers@uw.edu Peter Byers Inherited disorders of connective tissue, molecular mechanisms of genetic disorders, splicing, protein folding, abnormal protein retention, genetic basis of several periodontal diseases Web profile
dchi@uw.edu Donald Chi Oral health inequities, Medicaid, fluoride hesitancy, oral health behaviors, social determinants of health, food insecurity, cystic fibrosis Website
sochung@uw.edu WHASUN CHUNG Oral innate immunity – Role of taste receptors in host immune responses; HIV infection and oral innate immunity in children Web profile
rdarveau@uw.edu Richard Darveau Oral Health Sciences, Periodontics, Microbiology microbiology, immunology Web profile
ceci@uw.edu Cecilia Giachelli Ectopic calcification, inflammation, cell-substrate interactions, tissue engineering and regeneration Web profile
hujoel@uw.edu Phillipe Hujoel Nutrition, Radiation Web profile
llman@uw.edu Lloyd Mancl Statistical applications to dental research with particularly interest in caries and oral health disparities. Web profile
chrismck@uw.edu Christy McKinney Cleft, feeding and growth, environmental exposures, child oral health, epidemiology, data science Website
dfrc@uw.edu Peter Milgrom Dental public health, applied clinical pharmacology
popowics@uw.edu Tracy Popowics Biomechanics of dental tissues, periodontal ligament regeneration, craniofacial growth Website
clr333@uw.edu Cameron Randall Dental/orofacial pain, dental fear and anxiety, oral health behaviors and behavior change interventions, providers’ implementation of evidence-based practice, workforce well-being, behavioral and social sciences in dentistry Website
hannele@uw.edu Hannele Ruohola-Baker Craniofacial regeneration, Tooth development, Ameloblasts, Stem cells, regeneration, Computer based protein design for regeneration and medicine Website
sarikaya@uw.edu Mehmet Sarikaya Molecular Biomimetics approach to technology and medicine Materals Science and Engineering

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
bgandara@uw.edu Beatrice Gandara Problems of salivary Epidemiology and risk factor determination for tooth wear. Problems of salivary function and impact on oral health. Saliva as a diagnostic fluid. Web profile
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
daughv@uw.edu Virginia Daugherty Health services research related to RIDE/SLR 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 bacterial pathogenesis focusing on virulence factors such as lipid A and outer membrane vesicles; gene expression of virulence genes in health vs. disease.
jsmclean@uw.edu Jeffrey McLean Microbiome, Oral inflammation, Gingivitis, Periodontitis 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 regenration. Web profile

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