Department of Bioscience Research
Faculty and Staff
Chair
Franklin Garcia-Godoy, D.D.S., M.S.
Professor
Senior Executive Associate Dean, Dental Research
godoy@uthsc.edu
Faculty
Jegdish Babu, BS,MS, PhD
Associate Professor
jbabu@uthsc.edu
Mustafa Dabbous, MS, PhD
Professor
mdabbous@uthsc.edu
Waldemar DeRijk, DDS,MS,PhD
Associate Professor
wderijk@uthsc.edu
Edward Harris, PhD
Professor
eharris@uthsc.edu
Christopher Nosrat, DDS, PhD
Professor
cnosrat@uthsc.edu
Mark Scarbecz, PhD
Professor, Director of Planning and Assessment
mscarbecz@uthsc.edu
Edwin Thomas, MS, PhD
Professor
elthomas@uthsc.edu
David Tipton, DDS, PhD
Professor
dtipton@uthsc.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Akira Ito, DDS, PhD
aito@uthsc.edu
Irina Vukmanovic Nosrat, DDS
ivukmano@uthsc.edu
Zoran Pavicevic, MD
zpavice1@uthsc.edu
Shailaja Kishan Rao, PhD
skishan@uthsc.edu
Staff
Nancy Pecora, BSC,BA,MBA
Research Coordinator
npecora@uthsc.edu
Lena Haney
Senior Research Technician.
lhaney@uthsc.edu
Mary Jefferson
Senior Research Assistant
mjefferson@uthsc.edu
Iva Pendleton
Admin. Service Assistant
ipendleton@uthsc.edu
Geraldine Moore
Lab Assistant
gmoore6@uthsc.edu
Michelle Sims, BS
Research Co-Coordinator
msims7@uthsc.edu
Contact Us
College of Dentistry
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Phone: (901) 448-6200
Fax: (901) 448-1625
