Faculty & Staff
Ramzi Abou-Arraj
D.D.S., M.S.Associate Professor
Director, Graduate Periodontology Clinic
Assistant Director, Advanced Education in Periodontology This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-4984 Research Interests: Enhancing dental implant surfaces by targeted delivery of osteoinductive peptides; Esthetic soft tissue reconstruction; Enhancement of gingival biotype with autogenous grafts, acellular dermal matrix allografts, and novel soft tissue regenerative materials; Periodontal hard and soft regeneration; Dental implant treatment to reduce incidence of peri-implantitis
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Hussein Basma
D.D.S., M.S.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-4506 Research Interests: Soft and hard tissue augmentation in preparation for endosseous dental implants; Digital technologies to enhance dental implant surgical treatment plan; Integration of digital dental implant planning into dental education
Mia Geisinger
D.D.S., M.S.Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-4984 Research Interests: Periodontal-systemic interactions related to periodontal infection and immuno-inflammatory response in patients with diabetes, pregnancy outcomes, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, and dementia; Plaque control in special populations to improve oral and systemic health; Nonsurgical intervention for periodontal and peri-implant diseases; Periodontal hard and soft tissue regenerative materials and techniques
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Nicolaas Geurs
D.D.S., M.S.Professor/Chair This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-1074 Research Interests: Clinical translation research of periodontal therapies; Regenerative medicine; Oral disease system health relationship; Interdisciplinary collaborations for study of periodontal infections and rheumatoid arthritis, adverse pregnancy outcomes, diabetes, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
Maninder Kaur
B.D.S., M.P.H., M.S.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-4506 Research Interests: Periodontal disease and periodontal therapy and its effects on adverse pregnancy outcomes; Inflammatory markers in gingival and serum samples in patients with systemic diseases and conditions, including anxiety/depression, diabetes, and pregnancy; Multilineage potential of gingival mesenchymal stem cells for dental tissue regeneration; Role of growth factors for bone regeneration at extraction sites; Nonsurgical treatments of periodontal diseases
Russell Taichman
D.M.D., D.M.Sc.Professor/Dean This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 406
(205) 934-4720 Research Interests: Bone Biology; Bone Metastases; Hematology; Leadership training for oral health professionals; Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) and how they home, localize and engage the bone marrow microenvironment or niche for survival, function and protection from injury
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
