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Contacts By Research Area

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Dr. Melissa Riddle
Director, Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Branch
301-451-3888, riddleme@mail.nih.gov

BONE AND BONE DISEASES
Dr. Lillian Shum
Director,  Mineralized Tissue and Salivary Gland Physiology Program
(301) 594-0618, Lillian.Shum@nih.gov

CLINICAL RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS
Dr. Jane Atkinson
Program Director, Clinical Trials Program
(301) 435-7908, jatkinso@mail.nih.gov

Dr. Melissa Riddle
Director, Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Branch
301-451-3888, riddleme@mail.nih.gov

Dr. Ruth Nowjack-Raymer
Director, Health Disparities Research Program
(301) 594-5394, ruth.nowjack-raymer@nih.gov

CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISORDERS 
Dr. Lillian Shum
Acting Director, Developmental Biology and Genetics Program
(301) 594-0618, Lillian.Shum@nih.gov

DENTAL CARIES
Dr. Jane Atkinson
Program Director, Clinical Trials Program
(301) 435-7908, jatkinso@mail.nih.gov

DENTAL MATERIALS AND BIOMATERIALS 
Dr. Pamela McInnes
Acting Director,  Dental and Biomaterials Program
(301) 443-8618, Pamela.McInnes@nih.gov

DENTAL PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH NETWORKS
Dr. Donald DeNucci
Director, Dental Practice-Based Research Networks
(301) 451-5096, denuccid@nidcr.nih.gov 

FLUORIDE AND FLUOROSIS
Dr. Lillian Shum
Director, Mineralized Tissue and Salivary Gland Physiology Program
(301) 594-0618, Lillian.Shum@nih.gov

HEALTH DISPARITIES
Dr. Ruth Nowjack-Raymer
Director, Health Disparities Research Program
(301) 594-5394, ruth.nowjack-raymer@nih.gov

HIV AND RELATED INFECTIONS, MALIGNANCIES AND CANDIDA/CANDIDIASIS
Dr. Pamela McInnes
Acting Director, AIDS and Immunosuppression Program
(301) 443-8618, Pamela.McInnes@nih.gov

IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY
Dr. R. Dwayne Lunsford
Acting Director, Immunology and Immunotherapy Program
(301) 594-2421, lunsfordr@nidcr.nih.gov

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Dr. Isabel Garcia
International Research Coordinator 
(301) 496-9469  Garciai@mail.nih.gov
 
MICROBIOLOGY AND METAGENOMICS
Dr. R. Dwayne Lunsford
Director, Microbiology Program
(301) 594-2421, lunsfordr@nidcr.nih.gov

MINERALIZED TISSUES AND MINERALIZATION     
Dr. Lillian Shum
Director, Mineralized Tissue and Salivary Gland Physiology Program
(301) 594-0618, Lillian.Shum@nih.gov

MUCOSAL DISEASES
Dr. Jane Atkinson
Program Director, Clinical Trials Program
(301) 435-7908, jatkinso@mail.nih.gov

ORAL CANCER/HEAD AND NECK CANCER  
Dr. Yasaman Shirazi
Director, Epithelial Cell Regulation and Transformation Program
(301) 594-4812, yasaman.shirazi@nih.gov

PAIN
Dr. John Kusiak
Director, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program
(301) 594-7984, John.Kusiak@nih.gov

PERIODONTAL DISEASES
Dr. Donald DeNucci
Director, Dental Practice-Based Research Networks
(301) 451-5096, denuccid@nidcr.nih.gov 

SALIVA AND SALIVARY GLANDS
Dr. Lillian Shum
Director, Mineralized Tissue and Salivary Gland Physiology Program
(301) 594-0618, Lillian.Shum@nih.gov

SALIVARY DIAGNOSTICS AND SALIVARY PROTEOME
Dr. Lillian Shum
Director,  Mineralized Tissue and Salivary Gland Physiology Program
(301) 594-0618, Lillian.Shum@nih.gov

SBIR/STTR
Dr. R. Dwayne Lunsford
Director, Microbiology Program
(301) 594-2421, lunsfordr@nidcr.nih.gov

SJOGREN'S SYNDROME
Dr. Lillian Shum
Director, Mineralized Tissue and Salivary Gland Physiology Program
(301) 594-0618, Lillian.Shum@nih.gov

TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS
Dr. John Kusiak
Director, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program
(301) 594-7984, John.Kusiak@nih.gov

TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Dr. Nadya Lumelsky
Director,  Tissue Engineering and Dental and Craniofacial Regenerative Medicine Program
(301) 594-7703, nadyal@nidcr.nih.gov

TMJ REGISTRY
Dr. John Kusiak
Director, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program
(301) 594-7984, John.Kusiak@nih.gov



This page last updated: June 12, 2008