Student Research Day

This annual celebration, held in the UB Center for the Arts on North Campus, will include poster presentations, a keynote address and awards. 

William Giannobile is dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and A. Lee Loomis Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity at Harvard University. He received his DDS and MS in Oral Biology from the University of Missouri. He later received his Certificate in Periodontology and Doctor of Medical Sciences in Oral Biology from Harvard University. He completed postdoctoral training in molecular biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. He has served as a visiting professor at the University of Genoa Medical School Biotechnology Institute, Sapienza University of Rome, and the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London.

Dr. Giannobile’s continuously NIH-funded research program over the past 30 years has focused on oral and periodontal regenerative medicine, tissue engineering and precision medicine. He currently serves as co-principal investigator to the NIH/NIDCR-supported Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center. The goal of the center is to translate early-stage dental, oral and craniofacial reconstructive technologies into clinical practice. He has produced over 300 manuscripts, textbook chapters, and patents focused on periodontology, regenerative medicine, and oral health research. He is the editor or co-editor of over 10 books focused on clinical, translational research, periodontology and regenerative medicine. Dr. Giannobile served as the editor-in-chief for the Journal of Dental Research, the official journal of the International Association for Dental Research, from 2010-20. Dr. Giannobile has served as a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for dental devices since 2006.

Dr. Giannobile received the American Dental Association’s Gold Medal for Excellence in Dental Research in 2024 and the Norton Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research in 2018. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Academy of Periodontology, International Association for Dental Research, and the EFP International Eminence in Periodontology Award. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association for Dental Research, and the International and American Colleges of Dentists. He is a past president of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation and the Osteology Foundation.

In addition to his administrative and teaching responsibilities, he practices periodontics and implant dentistry at the Harvard Dental Center in Cambridge, MA.