Department of Bioscience Research
Faculty and Staff
Chair
Douglas R. Dixon, DMD, MSD, PhD
Associate Dean for Research,
Interim Chair of Bioscience Research
Professor, Department of Periodontology
ddixon27@uthsc.edu
Directors
Mustafa K. Dabbous, MS, PhD
Professor and Director for Oral and Craniofacial Research Center and Director for
Student Research Programs
mdabbous@uthsc.edu
George T.J. Huang, DDS, MSD, DSc
Professor and Director for Stem Cells and Regenerative Treatments
ghuang4@uthsc.edu
Antheunis Versluis, PhD
Professor, Director of Biomaterials
antheun@uthsc.edu
Faculty
Franklin Garcia-Godoy, DDS, MS, PhD, PhD
Professor
godoy@uthsc.edu
Edward Harris, PhD
Professor
eharris@uthsc.edu
Rajasingh Johnson, MPhil, PhD, HCLD (ABB)
Professor
rjohn186@uthsc.edu
Mark Scarbecz, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean, Institutional Affairs
mscarbec@uthsc.edu
Yanhui Zhang, BS, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
yzhang36@uthsc.edu
Staff
Brian R. Morrow, BS, MS
Senior Research Specialist
morrow@uthsc.edu
Darlene Fulton
Research Technician
dfulton7@uthsc.edu
Iva Pendleton
Administrative Associate
ipendlet@uthsc.edu
Sheeja Rajasingh, MSc, MPhil
Senior Research Specialist
srajasin@uthsc.edu
Hemanathan Vembuli, MTech
Research Assistant
hvembuli@uthsc.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Isaac J. De Souza Araujo, DDS, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
idesouz3@uthsc.edu
Selene G. Perales-Sanchez, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
sperales@uthsc.edu