Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak was appointed as the seventh director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) in September 2000. As Director, Dr. Tabak provides leadership for a team of 450 scientists, administrators and support staff with an approximate annual budget of $391 million. Prior to joining the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Tabak was the senior associate dean for research and professor of dentistry and biochemistry and biophysics in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester in New York. He served as director of several Institutional programs, including the Medical Scientist Training Program, the Dentist Scientist Training Program the Summer Program for Underrepresented Dental Students and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Infrastructure Program for Schools of Medicine.
A recipient of several research grants before he came to NIH, Dr. Tabak's major research focus has been on the structure, biosynthesis, and function of mucin-glycoproteins. He continues work in this area, maintaining an active research laboratory in addition to his administrative duties.
The NIDCR director has served in various official capacities in a number of professional organizations, including the International/American Association for Dental Research, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Society for Glycobiology. He has received a number of honors and awards for his work, including being elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Tabak received his undergraduate degree from City College of the City University of New York, his D.D.S. from Columbia University, and both a Ph.D. and certificate of proficiency in endodontics from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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