|
Faculty Member |
Research Area |
School/ Department |
| Alejandro Almarza | Temporomandibular Joint / Pain. Understanding mechanisms of temporomandibular joint pain and osteoarthritis, using genetic rodent models. Development of novel biomaterials for joint tissue regeneration. |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Elia Beniash | Mineralized Tissues/Biomaterials. Formation, structure and function of mineralized tissues; bioinspired nanomaterials. |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Mariana Bezamat | Craniofacial Genetics/Phenomics of oral health and disease, in connection with systemic health, particularly with cancers and cardiovascular diseases. |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Bryan Brown | Tissue engineering Temporomandibular joint; Host response to biomaterials | Pitt Engineering/ Biomedical Engineering |
| Daniel Clark | Understanding the immune response in periodontal disease and bone regeneration. |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Periodontics |
| Sarah Gaffen | Host defense against infectious disease and autoimmunity. A subset of CD4+ T cells, known as "Th17 cells" based on production of the cytokine IL-17, plays a key role in driving autoimmunity. |
Pitt Med/ Immunology |
| Michael Gold | Pain, Neurobiology of nociceptive afferents and their role in peripheral mechanisms of pain. |
Pitt Med/ Neurobiology |
| Rebecca Green | Developmental Biology/Craniofacial Genetics. Understanding the relationships between genotype and phenotype in facial development. |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Eleanor Feingold | Human Genetics. Genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer's, Down syndrome, and dental and craniofacial traits |
Pitt Public Health/ Human Genetics |
| Giuseppe Intini | Tissue Engineering / Stem Cells/Cancer/Periodontal regeneration. Skeletal and cancer stem cells. |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Periodontics |
| Ariadne Letra | Craniofacial Genetics. Genetic basis of craniofacial and oral traits/conditions. Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying complex craniofacial and oral conditions. |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Steve Little | Drug Delivery/Tissue Regeneration Periodontal disease, Immunomodulation, Inflammation, Translational Research | Pitt Engineering / Chemical Engineering |
| Samantha Manna | Craniofacial Genetics. Effects of genetic variations on complex traits and disease |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Mary Marazita | Craniofacial Genetics. Genomics, etiology, and multi-omic studies of craniofacial birth defects and of oral health and disease in children and families |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Dobrawa Napierala | Biology of Mineralized Tissues - Molecular regulation of the biomineralization process; molecular mechanisms and animal models of mineralized tissues diseases |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Hyun Jung (HJ) Park | A. I. Meets Biology development of data-science techniques, AI-driven tools, and statistical inference methods to understand large-scale molecular dynamics. |
Pitt Public Health/ Human Genetics |
| John Shaffer | Statistics and Bioinformatics in Human Genetics. Genetic contributors to common complex human diseases, including craniofacial birth defects and oral health and disease. |
Pitt Public Health/ Human Genetics |
| Charles Sfeir | Tissue Regeneration/Mineralized tissues. Periodontal disease, Immunomodulation, Inflammation. Translational Research |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Periodontics |
| Fatima Syed-Picard | Scaffoldless Tissue Engineering / Stem Cells, nerve regeneration |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Juan Taboas |
Tissue Engineering of temporomandibular joint and dental pulp. Cell mechanobiology Translational Research |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
| Daniel Weeks | Statistical genetics, both methodological and applied, aimed at exploring the genetics and epigenetics of complex human disease. |
Pitt Med/ Human Genetics |
| Seth Weinberg | Craniofacial Genetics/Morphometry - Genetic epidemiology or craniofacial features and malformations; Morphometric studies of craniofacial morphology and variation |
Pitt Dental Medicine/ Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |