Faculty Researchers: Listed Alphabetically

Jolanta Aleksejuniene
Caries risk management in the elderly, ePortfolio learning, student-oriented learning in simulation courses
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Fernanda Almeida
Sleep Apnea
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Leandra Best
Education-related scholarly activities: Enhancing student, faculty and community awareness of problem-based learning at UBC
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Dieter Brömme
Lysosomal proteases and their role in health and disease
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Mario Brondani
Dental Public Health (CBPR and outreach initiatives); Dental psychometrics and positive health in old age (Culturally sensitivity); Community Service Learning and reflective journaling (Dental EducationéSocial Responsability); LGBT Issues
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Donald M. Brunette
Biomaterials: the effects of surface topography on cell behaviour and implant performance; Oral Malodor: effects of baking soda products on oral malodor
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Ross Bryant
Prosthodontics, Geriatrics, Patient-based assessments, Oral implants, Jawbone densitometry
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Karen Campbell
pediatric dentoalveolar trauma, behaviour guidance, alternative caries management approaches
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Ricardo M. Carvalho
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Babak Chehroudi
Cell/implant Interaction - Dental Morphology
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Jeffrey M. Coil
Pulp Biology, Endodontic Materials
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Bonnie J. Craig
Web-based, On-line Course Development and Evaluation; Quality Assurance in Health Care; Dental Hygiene Care in Residential Care Settings; Dental Hygiene Education
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Virginia M. Diewert
Prenatal Craniofacial Growth and Development, Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
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Lamia El-Adwar
Effect of medical grade monitors on radiographic interpretation and clinical management of oral pathology
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Ingrid M. Emanuels
Reflective Vision Learning, Clinical Simulation
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Sandra Fastlicht
Sleep Apnea
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Mark Fogelman
Teaching and learning enhancement
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Nancy Ford
Micro-computed tomography, x-ray imaging, physiological gating, small animal imaging, image quality
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Karen Gardner
Education, Peer Review, Clinical Simulation, e-Learning
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Markus Haapasalo
Research on novel strategies to eradicate oral biofilms
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Lari Hӓkkinen
Cell and Molecular Biology of Wound Healing
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Rosamund Harrison
Early childhood tooth decay interventions, community-based oral health promotion, randomized controlled trials, oral health disparities, disadvantaged children
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Hannu S. Larjava
keratinocyte integrins and wound healing; periodontal proteoglycans
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Denise Laronde
Oral cancer screening and risk prediction, including the use of clinical adjunctive devices, within the community
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Alan A. Lowe
orthodontics, obstructive sleep apnea, cephalometrics
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David MacDonald
Systematic review: diagnostic radiology, particularly of the Hong Kong Chinese
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Michael MacEntee
Prosthodontics; Geriatrics; Health Services; Public health; Prosthesis on oral implants
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Adriana P. Manso
Dental adhesive interfaces; resin dentin bond stability; color shade in resin composite
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Kavita Mathu-Muju
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Caroline Tram Nguyen
Cancer patient treatment and rehabilitation outcomes; oral side effects of treatments and medications in cancer patients and the elderly / Modalités de traitement pour patients atteints du cancer; effets des médicaments et traitements de patients âgés et/ou atteints du cancer sur leur santé buccale.
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Christopher M. Overall
Matrix metalloproteinase degradomics, biochemistry and function.
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Ben Pliska
Dental Sleep Medicine
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Catherine Poh
Community Screening and Management of High Risk Oral Precancers; Visualization Tool-Guided Surgery Approach for High Risk Oral Precancers; Molecular Targets for Intervention of High-Risk Oral Precancers
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Edward E. Putnins
Regulation of Epithelial Cell Proliferation, Migration, and Survival; Regulation of Epithelial Cell Behavior During Chronic Inflammatory Challenges; Bone Marrow Stem Cells
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James Everett Richardson
Personal Response Systems, Haptic Simulation
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Joy M. Richman
Craniofacial development, cleft lip and palate, tooth development, reptile tooth replacement, developmental biology
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Clive R. Roberts
Cell and Molecular Biology, Extracellular matrix biology, proteoglycans, wound healing, aberrant wound healing (fibrosis), cancer biology, protein engineering.
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N. Dorin Ruse
Biomaterials; Surface Characterization; Fracture mechanics; Fatigue; Finite element modeling/analysis; Structure-Properties Relationship
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Ya Shen
Predisposing factors in instrument failure, predictions of NiTi instrument life cycle
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Charles F. Shuler
Craniofacial development, oral carcinogenesis and gene therapy
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David Sweet O.C.
Forensic DNA from teeth, bones and saliva; Human bite-mark forensic evidence; Use of dental characteristics in human identification
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HsingChi von Bergmann
Curriculum and instruction in Dental Education; large-scale international comparative studies (e.g. TIMSS), problem-based learning; inquiry teaching, learning and assessment; college science teaching and evaluation (physics and mathematics education); history and philosophy of science in science education; opportunities to learn; and science curriculum studies in K-12.
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Joanne N. Walton
Oral implant prosthodontics, dental education
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John Douglas Waterfield
Animal Models/Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Eli Whitney
Critical thinking skills development, curriculum review and development
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Chris Wyatt
Prosthodontics, Geriatrics, Dental Disease Prevention, Oral Health Promotion
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Chris Zed
Oral health disparities with a specific interest in underserved and under-accessed communities in rural and urban settings and less-developed countries
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Lewei Zhang
The long term goal of my research is to characterize in stage-specific fashion the key genetic and phenotypic changes, and the relevant cell alterations in oral premalignant lesions with a higher potential for malignant transformation.
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