Training Program in Oral Science

The Training Program in Oral Science provides enhanced training opportunities for oral biologists and dentist-scientists that enables them to pursue research careers in dentistry and medicine at academic, federal and industrial organizations. Cross-disciplinary training focuses on the fields of oral infectious diseases and the cellular, developmental and molecular biology of craniofacial structures with an emphasis on understanding the basic mechanisms that underlie the clinical manifestations of oral disease. The proposed curriculum focuses on the integration of basic science research and clinical practice. The Training Program recruits dentists who wish to pursue a PhD and dentist-PhDs who want to engage in post-doctoral level training. A major component of the program is committed to the recruitment of dental students into a joint DMD-DDS/PhD program (DSTP). These are students who wish to coordinate their clinical training with PhD research studies. This novel program partners dental schools with excellent clinical programs, but with no PhD level training (University of Puerto Rico and Marquette University), with the highly regarded PhD programs at the research-intensive University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. We also recruit PhDs and baccalaureate degree-holders pursuing a PhD. In this manner, PhD level scientists can be exposed and ultimately recruited to the field of Oral Science.

Program Director - Dr. James E. Melvin, DDS, PhD

D.D.S.-Ph.D. Training Program Brochure
 University of Rochester, School of Medicine & Dentistry
Marquette University, School of Dentistry

D.M.D.-Ph.D. Training Program Brochure
 University of Rochester, School of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Puerto Rico, School of Dentistry
http://dental.rcm.upr.edu/Academicprog.html

LIST OF PROGRAM FACULTY FOR: Ph.D and D.D.S./D.M.D.-Ph.D. graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows

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