School of Dentistry

Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology

The Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology is the research enterprise of the School of Dentistry. It houses all basic science faculty members and state-of-the-arts research laboratories. It is responsible for teaching Advanced Topics of Oral Biology and Dentistry for residents and fellows (DENT 5510, Research Methods and Statistics in Health Sciences, Advanced Dental Materials) and some undergraduate Dentistry and Dental Hygiene courses (DENT 1118 Microbiology and Immunology, DHY 3201 Microbiology and Immunology). The Department supports the Advanced Education programs and the research activities of faculty, students, and residents in the school. The faculty members of the department serve as mentors for residents’ research projects. The Department has laboratories located on the sixth and eighth floors of the Clinic Building and the third floor of Allen A. Copping Advanced Clinical Care and Research Building. The Department has three full-time faculty members (Dr. Paul Fidel, Dr. Zezhang Wen, and Dr. Xiaoming Xu), seven conjoint appointments faculty members, and four postdoctoral research associates.

Full-time Faculty

Paul L. Fidel, Jr., PhD
Carl Baldridge Professor
Secondary appointment, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology
pfidel@lsuhsc.edu; 504-941-8425 / 985-869-3445

Zezhang (Tom) Wen, PhD
William & Sarah Pelon Professor
Secondary appointment: Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
zwen@lsuhsc.edu; 504-941-8320

Xiaoming Xu, PhD
Jack Sheridan Professor
Interim Chair
Director of Biomaterials Research
Professor
xxu@lsuhsc.edu; 504-941-8265

 

Secondary Appointment
Jennifer Cameron, PhD
Professor - Research, Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
jcame2@lsuhsc.edu

Nicholas W. Gilpin, PhD
Professor, Physiology
ngilpi@lsuhsc.edu; 504-568-6182

Jeffrey A. Hobden, PhD
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
jhobde@lsuhsc.edu; 504-568-4077

Doug Johnston, PhD
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
djoh13@lsuhsc.edu; 504-568-4071

Thomas E. Lallier, PhD
Professor, Cell Biology and Anatomy
tlalli@lsuhsc.edu; (504) 941-8429

Dennis J. Paul, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
dpaul@lsuhsc.edu; 504-568-4745