Professional Experience and Education
December 1999 UNC at Chapel Hill PhD, Genetics & Molecular Biology
May 1997 UNC at Chapel Hill Certificate, Orthodontics
May 1993 University of Illinois at Chicago D.D.S., Dentistry
December 1991 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign B.S., Dentistry
August 1987 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign B.A., English, cognate in Biology
2018 to Present Assistant Dean, Inclusive Excellence and Equity Initiatives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011 to Present Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics
2004 to 2011 Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics
2006 to 2011 Adjunct Faculty, Carolina Center for Genome Sciences
2001 to 2004 Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dental Branch, Department of Orthodontics
2002 to 2004 Adjunct Faculty, UTHSCH Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics Division
2000 to 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor, UTHSCH, Dental Branch, Department of Orthodontics
Honors and Awards
2019 Relational Leadership Institute
2015 to 2017 Academic Leadership Program Fellow, UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities
2013 SAO Faculty Lecture Award, Southern Association of Orthodontists
2012 Class of 2012, Excellence in Mentoring Award, SNDA, UNC School of Dentistry
2011 Class of 2011 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Orthodontics, UNC School of Dentistry
2009 UNC School of Dentistry Student Research Mentor Award
2006 2006 General Clinical Research Centers Outstanding Trainee Award
2006 UNC School of Dentistry Student Research Mentor Award
2006 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award (designated IBM fund award)
2002 2002 Earl Shepard Memorial Fellowship Award from the American Association of Orthodontist Foundation
2001 2001 Albert P Westfall Memorial Teaching Fellowship Award from the American Association of Orthodontist Foundation
Research Interests
My current efforts also broadly focus on gene discovery and phenotype dissection of dentofacial variation and eruption disorders using 2 and 3 dimensional methods for rigorous clinical characterization, genotyping and mutational analysis through the candidate gene approach.