The DBMS PhD program offers unique graduate training opportunities in research laboratories equipped with state-of-the art technologies and access to several core facilities in campus. Faculty mentors in our graduate program are internationally renowned scientists carrying out innovative studies to answer timely research questions in dental, oral, and craniofacial sciences. 

Current major areas of research include:  

Dental Biomaterials 

• Mary Anne Melo DDS, MS, PhD 
• Michael Weir PhD 
• Huakun Xu PhD 

Oral Medicine and Oral Oncology 

• Timothy Meiller DDS, PhD
• Ahmed Sultan BDS, PhD

Oral Microbial Pathogenesis 

• Robert Ernst PhD 
• Frederico Martinho DDS, MSc, PhD 
• Mary Ann Rizk PhD 
• Vivek Thumbigere Math BDS, PhD 

Orofacial Neural and Pain Sciences 

• Man-Kyo Chung DMD, PhD 
• Radi Masri DDS, MS, PhD  

Tissue Engineering, Nanotechnology, and Regenerative Medicine 

• Tao Lowe PhD 
• Abraham Schneider DDS, PhD 
• Michael Weir PhD 
• Huakun Xu PhD 

Skeletal Biology and Pathology 

• Meenakshi Chellaiah PhD 
• Vivek Thumbigere Math BDS, PhD