Full-Time Faculty
 
        Shandra Coble
Associate Professor 
SDB 607
(205) 934-4122Research Interests: Outcomes of Endodontic Treatment; Rotary Instrumentation
 
        Ashraf F. Fouad
Professor 
SDB 609
(205) 934-5373 or (205) 975-5067Research Interests: Pathogenesis of pulpal and periapical disease, association of systemic disease with apical periodontitis and with outcomes of endodontic treatment, dental pulp regeneration, vital pulp therapy, antibiotic resistance in endodontic infections and effectiveness of antimicrobial therapies in endodontics.
 
        Fang Gu
Assistant Professor
SDB 610
(205) 975-8604Research Interests: Clinical Outcomes and Implementation Science; Oral Cancer and Bone Marrow Microenvironment; Oral Microbiology Infection and Host Response
 
        Mohamed Khass
Assistant Professor 
SDB 708
(205) 975-1043Research Interests: Osteoimmunology (interactions between B cells and the skeleton system), B cell, T cell, osteoporosis, arthritis, vaccines, immunogenetics, autoimmunity, immunoglobulin repertoire development and function, cancer biology, stem cell biology.
 
        Yu Shin Kim
Professor
SDB 801
(205) 934-3421Research Interests: Chronic pain, dental and craniofacial pain, chronic itch, substance addiction mechanisms, dementia and Alzheimer's disease
 
        Manila Shindé
Assistant Professor 
SDB 603
 Research Interests: Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, CBCT, TMD
 
        Can Wang
Assistant Professor
SDB 608Research Interests: Single cell biophysical studies; Bacterial adhesion force sensing; Host-microbial interactions in infectious diseases; Oral biofilms