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Larry L. Cunningham, Jr., D.D.S., M.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Research Focus: Maxillofacial trauma, inflammatory mediators, BMP-2 Delivery System

Robert Danaher, Ph.D.
  Research Assistant Professor
  Research Focus: Herpes Simplex Virus, Latency, Gene Induction, RT-PCR

Dolph R. Dawson III, D.M.D., M.S.
  Clinical Research Scientist
  Research Focus: Periodontal Infection and Inflammation, Aging, Periodontal Therapy

Reny De Leeuw, D.D.S., Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  Chief, Division Orofacial Pain
  Research Focus: Temporomandibular disorders, Orofacial Pain, TMJ internal derangements, TMJ osteoarthrosis, Neuroimaging, fMRI, estrogen

Jeffrey L. Ebersole, Ph.D.
  Alvin L. Morris Professor of Oral Health Research
  Director, Center for Oral Health Research
  Associate Dean for Research

Octavio A. Gonzalez, D.D.S., M.S.
  Ph.D. Research Student
  Center for Oral Health Research
  Research Focus: Immune response, Human Gingival Fibroblast, inflammatory cytokines, Periodontal disease and HIV-1 exacerbation.

Brad Huang, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S.
  Research Scientist III
  Research Focus: Inflammation, signal transduction, genetic fingerprinting, genetic polymorphism

Sreenatha Kirakodu, Ph.D.
  Research Scientist III

Mengtao Li, Ph.D., M.D.
  Research Assistant Professor
  Research Focus: IMolecular virology, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV), human cytomegalovirus (hCMV), HIV, recombinant virus, immune evasion, viral reactivation, cytokines, immune responses, periodontitis, bacteria-virus interaction

Yi-Ling Lin, D.D.S., D.M.Sc.
  Research Assistant Professor
  Research Focus: Bone, osteoclasts, transcription factor, transcriptional regulation, microphthalmia

Craig Miller, D.M.D., M.S.
  Professor - Oral Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
  Research Focus: Herpes simplex virus

John Novak, Ph.D., M.S., LDS, BDS
  Professor of Periodontics
  Associate Director, Center for Oral Health Research
  Research Focus: Periodontal Infection and Inflammation, Aging, Periodontal Therapy, Neutrophil Biology.

Karen Novak, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  Research Focus: Periodontal Disease, Microbiology, Prokaryotic Molecular Biology

Pam Stein, D.M.D.
  Assistant Professor

Judy Skelton, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor - Director of Curriculum
  Research Focus: Educational program development, outcomes assessment, childhood caries prevention

Mark Thomas, D.M.D.
  Division Head, Periodontology
  Program Director, Graduate Periodontology
  Safety and Infection Control Officer
  Research Focus: Bone regeneration; link between periodontal disease and systemic disease; implantology

Juan F. Yepes, D.D.S., M.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Division of Oral Diagnosis,
  Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology
  Research Focus: Oral Medicine, Dry Mouth, Xerostomia, Burning Mouth Syndrome, Orofacial Pain, Oral Radiology