Graduate School Bulletin

Faculty of Oral Biology and Pathology Department

Distinguished Professors

Golub, Lorne, M., D.M.D., 1963, M.Sc., 1965, University of Manitoba, Canada; Cert. Periodontics, 1968, Harvard School of Dental Medicine: Synthesis maturation and degradation of collagen in oral tissues; effect of inflammation on diabetes and collagen metabolism, on the flow and cellular and chemical constituents of gingival fluid, and relevance to diagnosis and management of the periodontal patient; therapeutic potential of tetracyclines as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases.

Professors

Gu, Ying, Ph.D. 2002, D.D.S., 2002, Stony Brook University: Link between Oral and Systemic Diseases.

Ghazizadeh, Soosan, Ph.D. 1994, Stony Brook University: Epithelial stem cell biology, Salivary gland biology, Tissue regeneration, cell plasticity, cutaneous gene therapy.

London, Steven D., D.D.S., 1981, Ph.D., 1987 University of Pennsylvania: Mucosal immunity, viral immunology, mucosal vaccine development especially as related to salivary gland inoculation, viral pathogenesis.

Simon, Marcia,, Ph.D. 1981, Brandeis University: Biology of oral and cutaneous epithelial and mesenchymal cells, retinoid metabolism and the control of differentiations, wound healing, development and assessment of products for treatment of chemical and thermal burn injury.

Associate Professors

Walker, Stephen G., M.Sc., 1987, University of Guelph, Canada; Ph.D. 1994, University of British Columbia, Canada. Oral Microbial ecology in health and disease; Microbial diagnostics; Antibiotic susceptibility testing. 

Clinical Assistant Professors

Jagwani, Raveena Sharma, D.D.S. 2002, Stony Brook University: Diagnostic oral biology and clinical dentistry with a focus on special needs/treatment of patients with xerostomia. Translational oral biology.

Adjunct Professors

Rafailovich, Miriam, Ph.D., 1981, Stony Brook University: P roperties of polymers in confinement at surfaces and interfaces, organic/ inorganic nanocomposites, flame retardant polymers, electrospun scaffolds, cell/surface interactions, templated biomineralization, nanorheological measurements, neutron and x-ray scattering and reflectivity from organic thin films.

 

Research Faculty
Gao, Jay G., Ph.D. 1989, Institute of Genetics, Fudan University, China Shanghai. Cutaneous and hepatic retinoid metabolism, regulation of lipolysis and lipogenesis,.

Lee, His-Ming, Ph.D. 1996, SUNY at Stony Brook: α-Proteinase Inhibitors in Periodontal Disease: Serpinolytic Inhibition by Doxycycline,.

 

Oral Biology and Pathology Program Faculty

Richard Faber, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

Zachary Faber, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

Hechang Huang, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

Robert Lopatkin, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

Antonino Russo, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

Robert Schindel, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

Vincent Iacono, Periodontology

Srinivas Myneni, Periodontology

Georgios Romanos, Periodontology

Marcus Abboud, Prosthodontics and Digital Technology

Dan Colosi, Prosthodontics and Digital Technology

Rafael Delgado-Ruiz, Prosthodontics and Digital Technology

Mina Mahdian, Prosthodontics and Digital Technology

Jerome Cymerman, Endodontics

Thomas Manders, Endodontics

Clarissa Amarillas, General Dentistry

Ana C. Botta, General Dentistry

Ying Gu, General Dentistry

Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering

Chad Korach, Mechanical Engineering