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

Dunn Dental building photo

Contact Us

College of Dentistry
875 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38163
Phone: (901) 448-6200
Fax: (901) 448-1625