Faculty

		David Cappelli, DDS, PhD Associate Professor Department of Community Dentistry Cross-appointed in the School of Public Health Research Interests: Systemic diseases and periodontal disease; periodontal disease in non-human primate model; epidemiology of oral diseases. cappelli@uthscsa.edu http://dental.uthscsa.edu/admindept/comm.html

		Shuo Chen, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pediatric Dentistry Research Interests: Tooth and bone development; genetic diseases and gene regulation chens0@uthscsa.edu http://peddentdx.uthscsa.edu

		William P. Clarke, DDS, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology Research Interests: Systemic and periodontal disease effects on pregnancy; Bone metabolism; growth factors and implantology clarkew@uthscsa.edu http://pharmacology.uthscsa.edu/faculty_profiles.html

		David L. Cochran, DDS, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Periodontics Research Interests: Systemic and periodontal disease effects on pregnancy; Bone metabolism; growth factors and implantology cochran@uthscsa.edu http://periodontics.uthscsa.edu

		Lily Dong, PhD Associate Professor Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Obesity and type 2 diabetes, Molecular pathways in diabetes dongq@uthsca.edu http://www.uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty.asp

		Kevin J. Donly, DDS, MS Professor and Chair Department of Pediatric Dentistry Research Interests: Caries diagnosis and remineralization, clinical trials, dental materials donly@uthscsa.edu http://peddentdx.uthscsa.edu

		Shuo-Jiang Gao, PhD Professor Departments of Pediatrics Cross-appointed in the Department of Molecular Medicine Research Interests: Viral oncogenesis, herpesvirus latency and reactivation, Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) pathogenesis and molecular epidemiology gaos@uthscsa.edu

		Ken Hargreaves, DDS, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics Cross-appointed in the Departments of Pharmacology and Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Mechanism and management of pain and inflammation; regulation of C fiber neurosecretions; tooth pulp; clinical trials, analgesics hargreaves@uthscsa.edu http://endodontics.uthscsa.edu

		Stephen E. Harris, PhD Professor Department of Periodontics Cross-appointed in the Departments of Cellular & Structural Biology and Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: BMP signaling in bone; osteocyte response to mechanical stimulation; transgenic and other mouse models harris@uthscsa.edu http://periodontics.uthscsa.edu

		Michael Henry, DDS, PhD Professor Department of Endodontics Research Interests: Sodium channels in human and animal trigeminal pain; orofacial pain; neuroanatomy; electron and confocal microscopy henrym2@uthscsa.edu http://endodontics.uthscsa.edu

		Andrew Hinck, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry Research Interests: Solution NMR spectroscopy of proteins and nucleic acids; TGF-b and its interaction with the ligand binding domain of the TGF-b types I and II receptors; protein-RNA interactions hinck@uthscsa.edu http://www.biochem.uthscsa.edu/department/faculty.html

		David Kolodrubetz, PhD Professor Department of Microbiology Research Interests: Virulence mechanisms in periodontal pathogens; transcriptional regulation of virulence proteins by environmental cues; function of microbial surface layer proteins Kolodrubetz@uthscsa.edu http://www.uthscsa.edu/micro/faculty/blw/blw-research.html

		Ellen Kraig, PhD Distinguished Teaching Professor Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: T cells in periodontal disease and in autoimmune disorders; molecular biological techniques to study the immune system and alterations in disease kraig@uthscsa.edu http://www.uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty.asp

		Robin Leach, PhD Professor Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Genetics; prostate cancer; paget disease of the bone; chromosome 18; tumor suppressor gene leach@uthscsa.edu http://www.uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty.asp

		Feng Liu, PhD Professor Department of Pharmacology Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of insulin signal transduction; insulin receptors; insulin resistance liuf@uthscsa.edu http://pharmacology.uthscsa.edu/faculty_profiles.html

		Robert Marciniak, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine-Medical Oncology Cross-appointed in the Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Contribution of telomere processing to cancer and age-related changes marciniak@uthscsa.edu http://medicine.uthscsa.edu/ http://www.uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty.asp

		Thomas Patterson, MD Professor Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases Research Interests: Fungal infections; oral pharyngeal candidiasis; antifungal therapy and drug resistance patterson@uthscsa.edu http://medicine.uthscsa.edu/Infectious/

		Ralph Rawls, PhD Professor Department of Restorative Dentistry Cross-appointed in the Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: Dental restorative resins and polymeric biomedical materials; controlled release systems for drugs rawls@uthscsa.edu http://dental.uthscsa.edu/admindept/rest.html

		Spencer Redding, DDS, Med Professor Department of Dental Diagnostic Science Research Interests: Oral medicine; oral HSV and oral Candida infections in immunocompromized patients redding@uthscsa.edu http://ddsdx.uthscsa.edu/scope.html

		Bjorn Steffensen, DDS, MS, PhD Professor Department of Periodontics Cross-appointed in the Department of Biochemistry Research Interests: Structure-function of MMP interactions with substrates molecules; mechanisms of MMPs and matrix degradation; periodontal and cancer cell behavior in response to matrix cleavage. steffensenb@uthscsa.edu http://www.steffensen.uthscsa.edu/

		Sherry Werner, MD, PhD Professor Department of Pathology Research Interests: Role of growth factors in skeletal and dental development abboudwerner@uthscsa.edu http://pathologyweb.uthscsa.edu/faculty/

		Brian Wickes, PhD Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Research Interests: Molecular mechanism and genetics of oral Candida infections; Candida albicans biofilm formation; Medical mycology; animal models of invasive aspergillosis wickes@uthscsa.edu http://www.uthscsa.edu/micro/faculty/blw/blw-research.html

		Chi-Ko Yeh, DDS, PhD Professor Department of Dental Diagnostic Science Cross-appointed in the Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Salivary mechanisms in oral diseases; AIDS; Salivary based diagnosis yeh@uthscsa.edu http://ddsdx.uthscsa.edu/scope.html