For over one hundred and thirty-four years, Meharry’s School of Dentistry has provided educational opportunities for African Americans, ethnic minorities, and underrepresented/disadvantaged students through educational programs, service delivery and community outreach programs. The School of Dentistry plays a vital role in addressing oral health disparities within the United States and other underserved countries. We emphasize comprehensive evidence-based care, regardless of social or economic circumstances, geographical origin or ethnicity.
Established in 1988, Meharry’s Dentistry Center of Excellence remains a nationally recognized resource for providing a strong curriculum in clinical dentistry and basic principles of research. Forty percent of active African American dentists graduated from Meharry and a vast majority of our graduates practice in underserved communities. We ensure that research training is fully integrated within the academic programs, encouraging faculty and students to be fully engaged in research activities.
Research support for students is available and has focused on:
For more information, contact the School of Dentistry Student & Academic Affairs.
The organizational trauma resilience assessment: Methods and psychometric properties.
Leslie Lauren Brown, Jacquelyn Pennings, Sukey Steckel, Michiel Van Zyl
Equity-Driven Sensing System for Measuring Skin Tone-Calibrated Peripheral Blood Oxygen Saturation (OptoBeat): Development, Design, and Evaluation Study.
Alexander T Adams, Ilan Mandel, Yixuan Gao, Bryan W Heckman, Rajalakshmi Nandakumar, Tanzeem Choudhury
Ending of the COVID-19 Related Public and National Health Emergency Declarations: Implications for Medically Underserved Populations in Tennessee.
Donald J Alcendor, Patricia Matthews-Juarez, Duane Smoot, James E K Hildreth, Paul D Juarez
Toward personalized skin cancer care: multiple skin cancer development in five cohorts.
Lee Wheless, Kai-Ping Liao, Siwei Zheng, Yao Li, Lydia Yao, Yaomin Xu, Christopher Madden, Jacqueline Ike, Isabelle T Smith, Dominique Mosley, Sarah Grossarth, Rebecca I Hartman, Otis Wilson, Adriana Hung, Mackenzie R Wehner
Voriconazole metabolism is associated with the number of skin cancers per patient.
Jacqueline I Ike, Isabelle T Smith, Dominique Mosley, Christopher Madden, Sarah Grossarth, Briana R Halle, Adam Lewis, Frank Mentch, Hakon Hakonarson, Lisa Bastarache, Lee Wheless
Methods to Utilize Pulse Wave Velocity to Measure Alterations in Cerebral and Cardiovascular Parameters.
Andrea G Marshall, Kit Neikirk, Bryanna Shao, Amber Crabtree, Zer Vue, Heather K Beasley, Edgar Garza-Lopez, Estevão Scudese, Celestine N Wanjalla, Annet Kirabo, Claude F Albritton, Sydney Jamison, Mert Demirci, Sandra A Murray, Anthonya T Cooper, George E Taffet, Antentor O Hinton, Anilkumar K Reddy