Research Theme: Oral Microbiology, Infection, and Host Response
 
        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.
 
        Chin-Chuan Fu
Professor
Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting Endowed Professorship in Comprehensive Dentistry 
SDB 617
(205) 996-5110 Research Interests: Dental Implants; Dental Materials with special focus in dental ceramics and dental cements; Oral Microbiology; CAD/CAM dental prostheses; Dental education 
 
        Nicolaas Geurs
Dean, School of Dentistry
Weatherford/Palcanis Endowed Professor
Dental Alumni-Joseph F. Volker Chair of Clinical Dentistry 
SDB 406
(205) 934-4720 Research Interests: Community outcomes of implant therapy; Clinical translation research of periodontal therapies; Regenerative medicine; Oral disease system health relationship 
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network  
 
        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
 
        Janice Jackson
Professor 
SDB 304
(205) 934-7016Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network 
 
        Amjad Javed
Professor  
SDB 714
(205) 996-5124 Research Interests: Craniofacial Development; Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis; Genetics of Mineralized Tissue; Cartilage Development and Degeneration; Cleido Cranial Dysplasia; Mineral Metabolism; Regulation of Bone Adiposity  
 
        Maninder Kaur
Associate Professor 
SDB 412
(205) 934-4506 Research Interests: Periodontal disease and periodontal therapy and its effects on adverse pregnancy outcomes; Inflammatory markers in gingival and serum samples in patients with systemic diseases and conditions, including anxiety/depression, diabetes, and pregnancy; Multilineage potential of gingival mesenchymal stem cells for dental tissue regeneration; Role of growth factors for bone regeneration at extraction sites; Nonsurgical treatments of periodontal diseases  
 
        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
 
        Jay Ponto
Assistant Professor 
SDB 415
(205) 975-3513 Research Interests: Functional outcomes in head and neck cancer surgery patients; neoadjuvant treatments in head and neck cancer; microvascular reconstruction techniques; craniomaxillofacial trauma
 
        Can Wang
Assistant Professor
SDB 608Research Interests: Single cell biophysical studies; Bacterial adhesion force sensing; Host-microbial interactions in infectious diseases; Oral biofilms 
 
        Ping Zhang
Professor 
SDB 801-A1
(205) 996-9803Research Interests: Osteoimmunology; Host/microbial interactions in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease and dental caries; Mucosal vaccines for oral infectious diseases; Adjuvant development and characterization