In 2018, Dr. Carlo joined the School of Dental Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences.
Dr. Carlo received a BS in Biology from Utica College of Syracuse University and earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University at Buffalo (The State University of New York) with a research focus on the impact of TGF-beta signaling on development of parasitic organisms. Dr. Carlo trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in the Department of Developmental Biology and later became an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Buove College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston. In her role at Northeastern, Dr. Carlo made significant contributions to both the undergraduate and graduate curricula in the School of Pharmacy by developing innovative courses and establishing teaching laboratories.
Dr. Carlo has extensive teaching experience in such interdisciplinary topics as microbiology, molecular biology, pharmaceutical sciences, and biotechnology. Dr. Carlo is the course director of Microbiology for both predoctoral and dental hygiene students at the School of Dental Medicine and is a participating faculty member in a variety of courses within these degree programs. Her teaching interests include the creation of interactive, online learning modules that can be utilized for online/hybrid course design and the application of teaching technologies to support active learning in the classroom. Dr. Carlo earned a graduate certificate in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Pittsburgh and in 2023, Dr. Carlo was appointed as the Director of Online Education for the School of Dental Medicine to expand the School’s online course offerings and programs.