UFCD Faculty Research Interests

Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science

Emily J Bartley

Emily J Bartley PhD

Assistant Professor, Director of Communication and Outreach (PRICE)
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida

Yenisel Cruz-Almeida MSPH, PhD

Associate Professor & Associate Director, Pain Research & Intervention Center Of Excellence
Bill Duncan

Bill Duncan PhD

Clinical Associate Professor
Olga S Ensz

Olga S Ensz DMD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Community-Based Outreach
Research Interests:
  • Access to care
  • Health disparities and Social determinants of health
  • Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Roger B Fillingim

Roger B Fillingim PhD

Associate Dean Of Planning And Institutional Effectiveness, Distinguished Professor, Director Of PRICE
Tumader Khouja

Tumader Khouja BDS, MPH, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Soamy Montesino Goicolea

Soamy Montesino Goicolea

Research Assistant Professor
Steven D Pratscher

Steven D Pratscher

Research Assistant Professor
Joseph L Riley

Joseph L Riley PhD, MS

Professor & Associate Dean For Faculty Affairs
Astha Singhal

Astha Singhal BDS, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor
Pedro A Valdes Hernandez

Pedro A Valdes Hernandez Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
  • Aging
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Chronic Pain
  • MRI
  • Neuroimaging

Endodontics

Roberta Pileggi

Roberta Pileggi DDS, MS

Senior Executive Associate Dean; Chair, Program Director & Professor of Endodontics; Associate Dean for Advanced & Graduate Education; Director, School of Advanced Dental Sciences

Oral Biology

L J Brady

L J Brady

Professor & Director Of Graduate And Postdoctoral Research Training And Career Development
Ana Duran-Pinedo

Ana Duran-Pinedo PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
  • Education
  • Microbiology
  • Microbiome
Jorge Frias-Lopez

Jorge Frias-Lopez PhD

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Metatranscriptome
  • Microbiome
  • Oral cancer
  • Periodontal disease
  • Systems biology
Frank Gibson

Frank Gibson Ph.D.

Professor, DMD/PhD Program Coordinator
Research Interests:
  • Bacterial pathogenesis
  • Host-pathogen interaction
  • Infection and systemic disease
  • Inflammation
Daesong Jang

Daesong Jang PhD

Research Assistant Scientist
Jessica Kajfasz

Jessica Kajfasz BSc, PhD

Research Associate Professor
Nadeem Khan

Nadeem Khan Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Host-pathogen interaction
  • Lung mucosal immunology
  • Regenerative medicine
  • Respiratory polymicrobial infections
  • Vaccine immunology
Kaylie L.N. Lam

Kaylie L.N. Lam Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Email: llam1@ufl.edu
Research Interests:
  • Clinical Microbiology
  • Gut Microbiome
  • Host-pathogen interaction
  • Immunotherapy
  • Molecular genetics and biology of pathogenic bacteria and their drug resistance
Jose A Lemos

Jose A Lemos PhD

Professor
Research Interests:
  • Bacterial pathogenesis
  • Bacterial physiology
  • Biofilm
  • Dental caries
  • Enterococcus
  • Streptococcus
  • Stress responses
Luis R Martinez

Luis R Martinez PhD, MS, MBA

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Central nervous system fungal infections
  • Fungal biofilms
  • Fungal pathogenesis and immunology
Bernadett Papp

Bernadett Papp Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Ann Progulske-Fox

Ann Progulske-Fox PhD

Distinguished Professor & Program Director
Zsolt Toth

Zsolt Toth

Associate Professor
Alejandro Walker

Alejandro Walker

Research Assistant Professor
Shannon M Wallet

Shannon M Wallet PhD

Chair And Professor, Department Of Oral Biology | Louis And Marge Atkins Endowed Professor
Lin Zeng

Lin Zeng PhD

Associate Professor
Research Interests:
  • Bacterial genetics
  • Bacterial pathogenesis
  • Bacterial physiology
  • Biofilm
  • Carbohydrate metabolism
  • Dental caries
  • Microbiome

Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences

Indraneel Bhattacharyya

Indraneel Bhattacharyya DDS, MSD

Professor & Division Director, Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology
Clinical Interests:
  • Lichen planus
  • Mouth ulcers
Research Interests:
  • Surgical pathology
Seunghee Cha

Seunghee Cha DDS, PhD

Professor
Clinical Interests:
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Salivary gland disorders
  • Sjögren syndrome
Research Interests:
  • Autoimmune Disease
  • Clinical outcomes studies
  • Clinical therapeutic studies
  • Clustering and classification
  • biomarker discovery
Anita Gohel

Anita Gohel BDS, PhD

Chair & Clinical Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences; Program Director, Advanced Education in Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
Research Interests:
  • Advanced diagnostic imaging
  • CBCT imaging applications
Mohammed N Islam

Mohammed N Islam BDS DDS

Clinical Professor & Residency Program Director
Clinical Interests:
  • Mouth ulcers
  • Oral cancer
  • Salivary gland tumors
Joseph Katz

Joseph Katz DMD

Professor
Clinical Interests:
  • Burning Mouth Syndrome
  • Lichen planus
  • Mouth ulcers
  • Sjögren syndrome
Pamela R Sandow

Pamela R Sandow DMD

Associate Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid; Clinical Professor
Clinical Interests:
  • Head and Neck Cancer

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Basak Ayaz

Basak Ayaz MSc, PhD

Research Assistant Scientist
Research Interests:
  • Chronic Pain
  • Hypertension
M F Dolwick

M F Dolwick DMD, PhD

Professor | Chair, Oral Surgery | Director Of Hospital Dentistry
Clinical Interests:
  • Cleft lip and palate
William C Martin

William C Martin DMD, MS, FACP

Director & Clinical Professor
Clinical Interests:
  • Dental Implants

Orthodontics

Sarah H Abu Arqub

Sarah H Abu Arqub BDS, M.Sc., M.Dent.Sc.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
  • Clinical Trials Design & Analysis
  • 3D Imaging
  • AI in Orthodontics
  • Advances in clear aligner therapy
  • Biology of Orthodontic Tooth Movement
  • Impacted canines
  • Interactive learning in dental education
  • Mini-screws Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion
  • Multidisciplinary treatment approach
  • Retention and relapse in orthodontics
  • Social media and Orthodontics
  • Tele-Orthodontics and Dental Monitoring
  • systematic reviews and meta analysis
Calogero Dolce

Calogero Dolce DDS, PhD

Professor & Chair, Orthodontics
Shannon Holliday

Shannon Holliday

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email: holl@ufl.edu
Divakar Karanth

Divakar Karanth BDS, MDS, MS, MOrth RCS

Clinical Associate Professor, College of Dentistry
Research Interests:
  • 3D Printing and Biomaterials
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence in Orthodontics
  • Biology of Orthodontic Tooth Movement
  • Bone Regeneration
Charles G Widmer

Charles G Widmer D.D.S., M.S.

ASO PROFESSOR
Clinical Interests:
  • Orofacial Pain
Xianrui Yang

Xianrui Yang DMD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
  • AI in Orthodontics
  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Biology of Orthodontic Tooth Movement
  • Bone Regeneration
  • Clinical and translational science

Periodontology

Kesavalu N Lakshmyya

Kesavalu N Lakshmyya B.V.Sc., M.Sc., S.C.C.

Professor
Karin C Schey

Karin C Schey DMD, MS

Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Interests:
  • Dental Implants
  • Gum biopsy
  • Periodontal Disease / Gum Disease
Research Interests:
  • Dental implants
  • Microbiome
  • Periodontal disease
  • Periodontics

Prosthodontics

Bruna Garcia

Bruna Garcia DDS, MS, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Sherif Hosney

Sherif Hosney BDS, MS, FACP

Clinical Assistant Professor & Program Director, Advanced Education in Prosthodontics
Research Interests:
  • Dental implants
  • Digital Dentistry
  • Prosthodontics

Restorative Dental Sciences

Maria L Aguilar

Maria L Aguilar DDS, MSD, MS-CI

Clinical Professor
Alex J Delgado

Alex J Delgado DDS, MS

Director Of Continuing Dental Education & Associate Professor
Josephine F Esquivel-Upshaw

Josephine F Esquivel-Upshaw DMD

Interim Director & Professor, Division of Prosthodontics
Clinical Interests:
  • Bridges
  • Dental Fillings
  • Dental Implants
  • Dental crowns
Valeria V Gordan

Valeria V Gordan DDS, MS

Associate Dean For Research & Distinguished Professor
Clinical Interests:
  • Dental care – adult
  • Dental cavities
Dayane Oliveira

Dayane Oliveira DDS, MS, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor
Margarete C Ribeiro Dasilva

Margarete C Ribeiro Dasilva DDS, MS, PhD

Clinical Professor
Clinical Interests:
  • Denture problems
  • TMJ Disorders
  • Toothaches
Mateus G Rocha

Mateus G Rocha DDS, MS, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor & Director, Center For Dental Biomaterials
Clinical Interests:
  • Dental Fillings
  • Dental Implants
  • Dental care – adult
  • Dental cavities
  • Dental crowns
Research Interests:
  • Dental Materials
  • Machine Learning
  • Restorative Dentistry
Jean-Francois Roulet

Jean-Francois Roulet DDS, PhD

Professor & Director of the Center for Dental Biomaterials
Clinical Interests:
  • Dental care – adult