Education

• Postdoctoral, Medical Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1994-1996
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Indiana University, Hematopoiesis, 1993-1996
• PhD, Molecular, Cellular Biology and Pathobiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 1993
• MS, Clinical Immunology, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1989
• Medical Technology Internship, University Hospital of Jacksonville, 1982
• BS, Biology Jacksonville University, 1981

Research Interests

Ameloblasts, anatomy, animal models, biochemistry, bone, cell biology, enamel, fluorosis, gene expression, genetics, integration of genetics in DDS curriculum

Research Summary

Genetic basis for acquired and congenital defects of the oral/craniofacial/dental complex. Normal variation of oral and craniofacial structures

Availability to Mentor

Undergraduate/college student, graduate student, undergraduate DDS or DH student, and junior faculty member