Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences
Phone: 352-273-6775 Room: D8-6 P.O. Box 100414
Dr. I. Bhattacharyya
- Molecular basis of oral pre-cancer and cancer
- Clinical research on oral mucosal disorders such as burning mouth syndrome, lichen planus, pemphigoid, etc
- Epidemiological survey of various oral lesions submitted as biopsy specimen
Dr. S. Cha
- Investigation of pro-inflammatory microenvironment in the salivary glands to understand target tissue specificity in SjS: Molecular pathways involving inflammatory caspases and the inflammasome
- Investigation of molecular mechanisms of hyposalivation in SjS: Identification of altered trafficking of aquaporin-5 and calcium signaling pathways by anti-M3R autoantibodies
- Investigation of pathological roles of anti-M3R autoantibodies: Roles of different subclasses of anti-M3R antibodies, generation of monoclonal anti-M3R antibody, epitope mapping and autoantibody screening
- Identification of susceptibility genes by applying functional genomics and proteomics
- Application of receptor mediated siRNA delivery in SjS
- Development of preventive and therapeutic strategies to restore secretory function in patients with SjS.
Dr. D.M. Cohen
- Molecular diagnosis of oral cancer
- Vesicullo-bullous diseases
- Outcomes research
- Lichen planus
- Unusual oral tumors
Dr. J. Katz
- The Oral systemic connection receptor for advanced glycation end product (RAGE) role in oral diseases
Dr. M.K. Nair
- 3D imaging and image reconstruction schemes
- Image processing for select diagnostic tasks
- Applications of tomography
- Fractal analyses
- Other quantitative analyses
- MRI
Dr. P.R. Sandow
- Osteoradionecrosis
- Radiation caries
- Xerostomia, hyposalivation
- Candidiasis
- Taste and smell
- Cancer-related mucositis
Dr. C.M. Stewart
- Autoimmune disorders, salivary dysfunction, HIV/AIDS, Oral Medicine – manifestations of systemic diseases