
Kimon Divaris , PhD, DDS
Professor
Dr. Claude A. Adams Jr. and Mrs. Grace P. Adams Term Professorship
Education
- Certificate, Pediatric Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
- Certificate, Global Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
- DDS, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Dentistry, 2005
Research Interests
Pediatric dentistry, dental caries, public health, genomics, inflammation, microbiome, behavioral sciences, dental education
Research Summary
Diverse research portfolio interrogating both proximal and distal determinants of oral health and disease, ranging from genomics of oral health traits and behavioral sciences to health disparities and dental education. Currently NIH-funded research is supported by grants U01-DE025046 (ZOE 2.0 study, “Genome-wide association study of early childhood caries”) and U01-HD052102 (Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS); Dental Caries Outcomes).
Availability to Mentor
Graduate student, postdoc