Joel Schwartz
Professor and Director of Oral Maxillofacial Pathology Res.
Research Interests
- Early genetic and molecular cell responses to environmental and tobacco derived carcinogens.
- Prevention and/or monitoring of therapy for oral cancer by developing novel non-invasive approaches. For example, oral cytology with laser scanning cytometry.
- My state of the art lab employs a three tier system of analysis to achieve these goals.
- 1)a cell transformation assay,
- 2)an oral carcinogenesis animal model and
- 3)a clinical screening method for protein/gene expressions.
At a Glance
- Title Professor and Director of Oral Maxillofacial Pathology Res.
- College College of Dentistry
- Department Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
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