DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM:
Professor Andrew I. Spielman

PROGRAM COORDINATORS:
Professor Peter G. Sacks
Professor Kathleen Kinnally

The faculty of the New York University College of Dentistry, through the Graduate School of Arts and Science Department of Biology, offers courses and an opportunity for research in either the didactic or research-intensive track leading to the Master of Science degree in biology. This track is open to full-time students, alone or combined with advanced clinical training. The purpose of the track is to provide a comprehensive foundation in areas of modern oral biological sciences appropriate for careers in a dental specialty or teaching and research. Students have the opportunity to specialize in areas such as bone cell metabolism, cancer biology, connective tissue biochemistry, oral microbiology and immunology, chemical carcinogenesis, mechanisms of mineralization, periodontal wound healing, saliva and salivation, taste mechanisms, and tumor immunology. The courses are taught at the College of Dentistry in these areas of research and are supplemented with pertinent basic courses offered in the Graduate School of Arts and Science.

Faculty

William R. Abrams, Research Professor (proteome of oral fluids, HIV); Mani Alikahani, Assistant Professor (bone biology); Robert Boylan, Associate Professor (periodontal pathogens); Timothy G. Bromage, Professor (biological anthropology); Page W. Caufield, Professor (molecular biology/epidemiology/genetics of dental caries); Ronald G. Craig, Associate Professor (periodontal wound healing); Angela Kamer, Assistant Professor (periodontal disease link with systemic diseases); John S. Evans, Associate Professor (biomineralization); Joseph B. Guttenplan, Professor (chemical carcinogenesis); Kathleen Kinnally, Professor (mitochondrial electrophysiology, programmed cell death); Racquel Z. LeGeros, Professor (mechanisms of mineralization); David Levy, Associate Professor (mucosal immunology, HIV); Yihong Li, Associate Professor (caries research); Daniel Malamud, Professor (HIV and salivary diagnostics); Amir Moursi, Associate Professor (craniofacial growth); Joan Phelan, Professor (HIV and oral health in women); Dianne Rekow, Professor (tissue bioengineering); Peter G. Sacks, Professor (cancer biology); Deepak Saxena, Research Associate Professor (molecular biology/microbiology); Andrew I. Spielman, Professor (peripheral mechanisms of taste); Cristina Teixeira, Assistant Professor (growth plate chondrocyte differentiation, maturation, and apoptosis); Louis Terracio, Professor (muscle tissue engineering).

Detailed information on faculty and their research areas can be found at www.nyu.edu/dental/research/faculty/index.html.