Our current major project is a collaboration looking at the association between childhood obesity, oral inflammation, and timing of tooth eruption.
Key collaborations include:
Collaboration with Naba Lab (UIC College of Medicine): The role of Sned1 in craniofacial development
Collaboration with Yamaguchi Lab (Showa U, Japan): Association between GHR1, GHR2, EDAR and mandibular morphology
Collaboration with Butaric Lab (Des Moines U): Effect of climatic adaptation on nasal growth and development
Collaboration with Moreno, Hong, and Amendt Labs (U. Iowa College of Dentistry): Modeling 3D shape variation in cleft defect shape, and biomechanical implications