Research Theme: Oral Cancer and Bone Marrow Microenvironment

Michael Kase
D.M.D.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 934-5334 Research Interests: Oral cancer; Prosthodontics; Implants; Dental oncology; Facial prosthetics; Obturators; Speech protheses; Sleep apnea prostheses; TMD splints

Patrick Louis
D.D.S., M.D.McCallum Endowed Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419Research Interests: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ); Trauma; Dental Implants; Cosmetic Surgery; Orthognathic Surgery; Pathology; Reconstructive Surgery; Aesthetic Surgery
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network

Anthony Morlandt
D.D.S., M.D.Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 996-2799 Research Interests: Head and neck cancer survival; Predicting cancer risk in oral premalignant lesions; Mapping of ameloblastomas using fluorescence imaging; Functional outcomes in head and neck cancer surgery; Third molar surgery; Craniomaxillofacial trauma

Kathlyn Kruger Powell
D.M.D., M.D.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419 Research Interests: Oral Surgery; Craniofacial and Cleft Lip/Palate Surgery; Benign Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and TMJ; Orthognathic Surgery; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Impacted Teeth; Dental Implants

Shirin Shahnaseri
D.D.S., M.S.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 480L
(205) 975-3374 Research Interests: Craniofacial development and Genetics, Oral cancer and bone marrow microenvironments

Somsak Sittitavornwong
D.M.D., M.S.Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 934-4345Research Interests: Dental Implants; Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Clefts; Orthognathic Surgery; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Maxillofacial Pathology; Trauma; Bone Reconstruction

Russell Taichman
D.M.D., D.M.Sc.Professor 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

Terry Gene Whatley
D.M.D.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 987-1173 Research Interests: Orthognathic Surgery; Facial Trauma; Maxillofacial Pathology; Facial Reconstruction; Impacted Teeth

Yedeh Ying
D.M.D., M.D.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 934-4345 Research Interests: Microvascular reconstruction outcomes; Facial trauma