Research

Dr. Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, acting director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), will present this year’s Donald B. Giddon Memorial Lecture in Behavioral Medicine and Dentistry. Her lecture will provide an overview of...

Office of Research Seminar Series Dentistry is going through a major paradigm shift, both in terms of practice modality as well as patient mindsets. Solo practice is being replaced by group practice, more rapidly than previously thought. A generational...

Overview Join us for a special guest lecture by Dr. Hiroshi Takayanagi, a leading researcher in the field of osteoimmunology—a discipline that explores the complex interactions between the immune and skeletal systems. In this talk, Dr. Takayanagi will...

Join us for a special lecture with Dr. David Keith, professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at HSDM, and an accomplished clinician and researcher, as he examines the impact of the opioid crisis on the dental profession. Keith will draw on his...

Join us to hear Harvard School of Dental Medicine's DMSc candidates present their thesis defenses on innovative topics ranging from oral health interventions to advances in dental biomaterials. Dates, times, and locations vary; please consult the schedule...

Dr. Ariadne Letra will provide an overview of her lab’s research on oral-facial clefts, dental anomalies, and endodontic pathosis. Her team integrates advanced clinical phenotyping with large-scale genomic, transcriptomic, and functional analysis to...

Student Research Day is an annual event where graduating dental students present their scholarly work and engage with the research of their peers. Through interactive poster sessions, students have the opportunity to showcase their investigations...

Join us to hear from Dr. Roxanne Bavarian, lecturer on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, as she discusses best practices and risk factors for examinations of patients with chronic pain. This event is open to all H...

New Insights into Oral Cancer: How Mammalian EAK-7 Triggers Alternative mTOR Signaling Dr. Paul H. Krebsbach, dean and professor at UCLA School of Dentistry, will present this year's Professor Donald B. Giddon Annual Lecture in Behavioral Medicine and...

Hidden just below the surface: latent morphogenetic potential and change in form In this talk, Dr. Matthew Harris will detail current work detailing how development can potentiate changes in skeletal form and function through forward genetic and genomic...