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Program Director

Jose A Lemos
Department: DN-ORAL BIOLOGY

Jose A Lemos PhD

Professor

Co-Director

Shannon M Wallet
Department: DN-ORAL BIOLOGY

Shannon M Wallet PhD

Chair and Professor, Department of Oral Biology | Louis and Marge Atkins Endowed Professor

Program Administration

This program is supported by the College of Dentistry Office of Research. For questions, please contact the Training Grant Administrator.

Maria A Lalama
Department: DN-OFFICE OF RESEARCH

Maria A Lalama

Research Administrator II
Phone: (352) 294-5443
Ronda C Breton
Department: DN-OFFICE OF RESEARCH

Ronda C Breton

Associate Director Research Administration
Phone: (352) 273-8832

Internal Advisory Committee

  • Robert Burne, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, UF College of Dentistry
  • Roger Fillingim, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence, UF College of Dentistry
  • Isabel Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H., Dean, UF College of Dentistry
  • William Hogan, M.D., M.S., Professor and Director of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, UF College of Medicine
  • Wayne McCormack, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Scholar, Professor and Director of the UF Health Office of Biomedical Research Career Development, UF College of Medicine
  • Patricia Pereira, D.D.S., Ph.D., Clinical Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, UF College of Dentistry

External Advisory Committee

  • Mina Mina, D.M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Pediatric Dentistry at UConn School of Dental Medicine, Program Director of the NIDCR T90/R90 Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology Training Program, DMD/PhD Program Director at UConn Health
  • Stefan Ruhl, D.D.S., Ph.D., Professor of Oral Biology, University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and Dean Emeritus, University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Mentors

Professor College & primary/secondary Department Research Interest
Dr. Jacqueline Abranches, Associate Professor Dentistry / Oral Biology Streptococcal and fungal oral infections; clinical translational research
Dr. Jeannine Brady, Professor Dentistry / Oral Biology Host: pathogen interactions, bacterial adhesion, and immunomodulation
Dr. Seunghee Cha, Professor Dentistry / Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Biology Epigenetic regulation of autoimmunity, Sj?gren?s Syndrome, Stem cells/salivary glands
Dr. Edward Chan, Professor Dentistry / Oral Biology and Medicine / Anatomy & Cell Biology MicroRNA in cell biology, autoimmunity and oral cancer
Dr. Jia Chang, Associate Professor Dentistry / Periodontology & Oral Biology Bone development and turnover in inflammatory diseases
Dr. Jorge Frias-Lopez, Associate Professor Dentistry / Oral Biology Complex human microbial systems (microbiomes) & their interactions with the host
Dr. Frank Gibson III, Associate Professor Dentistry / Oral Biology Anaerobic bacterial infections, innate immunity and animal modeling
Dr. Jeffrey K. Harrison, Professor Medicine / Pharmacology & Therapeutics Significance of chemokine networks in the central nervous system and the development of malignant brain cancers
Dr. Gregory Hudalla, Associate Professor Engineering / Biomedical Engineering Biomaterials that direct host immune responses
Dr. Robert W. Huigens III, Associate Professor Pharmacy / Medicinal Chemistry Novel biofilm-eradicating agents that target human pathogens