Full-Time Faculty
Shandra Coble
Associate Professor
SDB 607
(205) 934-4122Research Interests: Outcomes of Endodontic Treatment; Rotary Instrumentation
Ashraf F. Fouad
Professor
SDB 609
(205) 934-5373 or (205) 975-5067Research Interests: Pathogenesis of pulpal and periapical disease, association of systemic disease with apical periodontitis and with outcomes of endodontic treatment, dental pulp regeneration, vital pulp therapy, antibiotic resistance in endodontic infections and effectiveness of antimicrobial therapies in endodontics.
Fang Gu
Assistant Professor
SDB 610
(205) 975-8604Research Interests: Clinical Outcomes and Implementation Science; Oral Cancer and Bone Marrow Microenvironment; Oral Microbiology Infection and Host Response
Mohamed Khass
Assistant Professor
SDB 708
(205) 975-1043Research Interests: Osteoimmunology (interactions between B cells and the skeleton system), B cell, T cell, osteoporosis, arthritis, vaccines, immunogenetics, autoimmunity, immunoglobulin repertoire development and function, cancer biology, stem cell biology.
Yu Shin Kim
Professor
SDB 801
(205) 934-3421Research Interests: Chronic pain, dental and craniofacial pain, chronic itch, substance addiction mechanisms, dementia and Alzheimer's disease
Manila Shindé
Assistant Professor
SDB 603
Research Interests: Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, CBCT, TMD
Can Wang
Assistant Professor
SDB 608Research Interests: Single cell biophysical studies; Bacterial adhesion force sensing; Host-microbial interactions in infectious diseases; Oral biofilms