Catherine Ambrose, PhD  
catherine.g.ambrose@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Mechanical strength of musculoskeletal materials, bone quality assessment methods
María del Mar Romero López, MD, PhD
Maria.del.mar.romerolopez@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Metabolic bone disease of prematurity; Vitamin D and mineral metabolism in extremely preterm infants
Walid D Fakhouri, PhD  
Walid.D.Fakhouri@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Genetics of Craniofacial Bone Disorders and Computational Modeling of Non-coding DNA Variations
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Mary C. (Cindy) Farach-Carson, PhD  
Mary.C.FarachCarson@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Tissue engineering, ECM and cancer biology; complex 3D systems for cell and microtissue culture of both normal and cancerous tissues
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Jacqui Hecht, PhD  
jacqueline.t.hecht@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Gene discovery nonsyndromic cleft lip/palate, chondrocyte biology, pseudoachondroplasia natural history
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Kurtis Kasper, PhD  
Fred.K.Kasper@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Application of the fundamentals of engineering, materials science, and biosciences toward the development and evaluation of biomaterial-based technologies to meet clinical needs
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Yoshihiro Komatsu, PhD  
Yoshihiro.Komatsu@uth.tmc.edu 
Focus: Craniofacial bone development and heterotopic ossification
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Hong Li, PhD
Hong.Li@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Craniofacial development, cleft lip and palate, gene regulation, and in utero gene therapy
Noriaki Ono, DDS, PhD  
Noriaki.Ono@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Skeletal stem cells in bone development, diseases, and regeneration
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Karen Posey, PhD  
karen.posey@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Cartilage disease mechanisms and treatments involving ER stress, inflammation, oxidative stress, and autophagy blockade
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Paul Trainor, PhD
Paul.Trainor@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Neural crest cells, neurons and glia in the peripheral nervous system, and their roles in development, evolution and disease, with a particular emphais on craniofacial and gastrointestinal development.
Simon Young, DDS, MD, PhD  
simon.young@uth.tmc.edu
Focus: Biomaterials-based strategies for maxillofacial tissue engineering and head and neck cancer immunotherapy
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Jun Wang, PhD  
junw@bcm.edu
Focus: Cardiovascular Sciences/Cell and Developmental Biology/Molecular Biology and Genetics/Human Disease