Major Research Areas and Faculty Mentors
The DBMS PhD program offers unique graduate training opportunities in research laboratories equipped with state-of-the art technologies and access to several core facilities in campus. Faculty mentors in our graduate program are internationally renowned scientists carrying out innovative studies to answer timely research questions in dental, oral, and craniofacial sciences.
Current major areas of research include:
Dental Biomaterials
Oral Medicine and Oral Oncology
- Timothy Meiller DDS, PhD
- Ahmed Sultan BDS, PhD
Oral Microbial Pathogenesis
- Robert Ernst PhD
- Frederico Martinho DDS, MSc, PhD
- Mary Ann Rizk PhD
- Vivek Thumbigere Math BDS, PhD
Orofacial Neural and Pain Sciences
Tissue Engineering, Nanotechnology, and Regenerative Medicine
Skeletal Biology and Pathology