IU School of Dentistry

	Margherita Fontana, DDS , PhD Director, Microbial Caries Research Facility
	Office: DS-406
	Telephone: (317) 274-5626
	Email: mfontan@iupui.edu
Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD, holds the position of Associate Professor (tenured) in the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry at Indiana University School of Dentistry. She serves as Director of the Microbial Caries Model Facility, which is part of the Oral Health Research Institute; she is director of the new Oral Biofilms in Caries Assessment and Management Research Program within her Department, and is also Director of Predoctoral Education for her Department. After receiving her dental degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Caracas, Venezuela, in 1990, Dr. Fontana worked as a Research Assistant in the Dental Research Institute, Dental School, UCV for two years, while she also worked in private practice. She then moved to the United States to pursue her research interests, and in 1996 completed a four-year PhD program in Dental Sciences at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. As a principal investigator, she has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry, the Delta Dental Fund, and private industry. Dr. Fontana has lectured as an invited speaker in different countries being recognized for her work in the field of Cariology, and is currently teaching several lectures related to Cariology in the DDS and Dental Hygiene Programs and in several Master and PhD Graduate Programs. She has also been an active participant in the Problem Based Learning aspects of the Curriculum. She was the first president for the Indiana Chapter of the Hispanic Dental Association, and has been a member for many years of the International Association for Dental Research, the European Organization for Caries Research (ORCA), and the American Society for Microbiology.



	Carlos Gonzalez-Cabezas, DDS, PhD Director, Digital Electron Microscopy Facility
	Office: OH 104
	Telephone: (317) 274-8822
	Email: cgonzale@iupui.edu
Carlos GonzÃ¡lez-Cabezas, DDS, PhD, holds the position of Associate Professor (tenured) in the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry at Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD). He serves as Director of the Preventive Dentistry MDS/MS Programs. Dr. GonzÃ¡lez-Cabezas also directs the Digital Electron Microscopy Facility of IUSD; and the Secondary Caries Research Program within his department. After receiving his dental degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Caracas, Venezuela, in 1991, Dr. GonzÃ¡lez-Cabezas worked as a Research Collaborator for the Dental Research Institute of his Alma Mater (UCV) for two years, while simultaneously working in private practice. In 1992, he entered the PhD program in Dental Sciences at Indiana University. In 1995, he accepted the position of Director of the Confocal and Scanning Electron Microscopy Facility. In 1996, he accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor at IUSD. In 1997, he obtained his PhD degree in Dental Sciences at Indiana University. In 1998, he accepted a tenure-tract position as Assistant Professor at IUSD. Between 1999 and 2001, he served as Vice-President and President of the Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research. In 2002, he obtained a 2-year certificate in graduate operative dentistry. Between 2002 and 2003 as Program Chair for Cariology Group of the 2003 annual AADR meeting. In 2004, he obtained a D.D.S. degree from Indiana University School of Dentistry, became licensed in the state of Indiana, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.



	Richard L. Gregory, PhD Director of Ph.D. and Student Research Programs Oral Biology, Preventive and Community Dentistry and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Schools of Dentistry and Medicine
	Office: OH 123
	Telephone: (317) 274-9949
	Email: rgregory@iupui.edu
Richard Gregory, Ph.D., holds a primary position of Professor in the Department of Oral Biology at Indiana University School of Dentistry. He serves as the Director of the Ph.D. Dental Science and Student Research Programs. After receiving his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Southern Illinois University he completed a three year postdoctoral residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and taught Immunology at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. In 1984 he relocated to a faculty position at Emory University School of Dentistry and in 1991 moved to Indiana University. He has been the recipient of numerous research grants from federal and private sources totaling over $3.5 million. Dr. Gregory has published over 75 research papers and almost 200 abstracts. He has conducted immunological and microbiological research in the area of oral biofilms for more than 25 years. He has been an invited speaker in nine different countries. He has mentored 13 Masters, 8 Ph.D. and 8 postdoctoral students. He was awarded the Indiana University School of Dentistry Alumna Association Distinguished Faculty Award for Research in 1994. He teaches immunology and microbiology to both undergraduate and graduate dental and medical students and is course or module director of nine courses. Dr. Gregory has participated in the school's Problem Based Learning program since its' inception and has written many PBL cases. He has received numerous Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition and Trustees Teaching Awards. He has served as the President of the Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research and the Indiana Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. Dr. Gregory serves on the editorial boards of Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology and the Journal of Dental Research as well as an ad hoc reviewer of several other prestigious journals. He regularly serves as a grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the Department of Education. He was the recipient of the Indiana University School of Dentistry Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year in 2003.

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