MCG Research Institute honors investigators
Toni Baker - 2007 November 5, www.mcg.edu
The Medical College of Georgia Research Institute honored six
scientists for their professional contributions at its annual awards
banquet Nov. 2.
Honorees include:
Dr. Ugwa Kalu Ogbureke (Profile), Dr. William B. Strong, Dr.
McDonough, Dr. Sylvia B. Smith, Dr. Jeanette Andrews, Dr. Haidong
Zhu,
Dr. Ogbureke, an oral and maxillofacial pathologist, researches
biomarkers for oral cancers.
Dr. Ugwa Kalu Ogbureke
(Website: www.legaldentistry.com)
Watch Research Video
With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Ogbureke is
studying a group of proteins, known as SIBLINGS, that aid bone
formation and cellular repair and may also help spread cancer.
A dentist with a law degree and a doctorate in oral biology, he has
been a faculty member since 2005.
Dr. Ogbureke came to MCG from the National Institutes of Health,
where he was a clinical research fellow in the Craniofacial & Skeletal
Disease Branch of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research. Prior to that, he was a research fellow in oral medicine at
the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
This year, he was awarded the first Neal W. Chilton Fellowship in
Clinical Research from the American Association for Dental
Research. The fellowship enables dental clinical faculty to further
their training in clinical research.
Dr. Ogbureke is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, a fellow of the American Academy of
Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and the American College of Legal
Medicine and an associate fellow of the West African College of
Surgeons. He is a member of the International Association of Oral
Pathologists, American Bar Association, American Society for Matrix
Biology, American Association for Dental Research, American Dental
Association, International Association for Dental Research and the
North American Society for Head and Neck Pathology. He is a
reviewer for the Journal of Molecular Histology and Oral Diseases.
Dr. Ogbureke earned his bachelor’s degree and doctorate of dental
science from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, a master’s degree in
medical science from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, a
doctorate of medical science in oral biology from Harvard University
and his juris doctorate from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in dental surgery at England’
s Royal College of Surgeons and earned a graduate certificate in the
business of medicine from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Read the Profile of other Honorees
http://my.mcg.edu/portal/page/portal/News/video/ogbureke.html
Toni Baker - 2007 November 5, www.mcg.edu
The Medical College of Georgia Research Institute honored six
scientists for their professional contributions at its annual awards
banquet Nov. 2.
Honorees include:
Dr. Ugwa Kalu Ogbureke (Profile), Dr. William B. Strong, Dr.
McDonough, Dr. Sylvia B. Smith, Dr. Jeanette Andrews, Dr. Haidong
Zhu,
Dr. Ogbureke, an oral and maxillofacial pathologist, researches
biomarkers for oral cancers.
Dr. Ugwa Kalu Ogbureke
(Website: www.legaldentistry.com)
Watch Research Video
With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Ogbureke is
studying a group of proteins, known as SIBLINGS, that aid bone
formation and cellular repair and may also help spread cancer.
A dentist with a law degree and a doctorate in oral biology, he has
been a faculty member since 2005.
Dr. Ogbureke came to MCG from the National Institutes of Health,
where he was a clinical research fellow in the Craniofacial & Skeletal
Disease Branch of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research. Prior to that, he was a research fellow in oral medicine at
the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
This year, he was awarded the first Neal W. Chilton Fellowship in
Clinical Research from the American Association for Dental
Research. The fellowship enables dental clinical faculty to further
their training in clinical research.
Dr. Ogbureke is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, a fellow of the American Academy of
Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and the American College of Legal
Medicine and an associate fellow of the West African College of
Surgeons. He is a member of the International Association of Oral
Pathologists, American Bar Association, American Society for Matrix
Biology, American Association for Dental Research, American Dental
Association, International Association for Dental Research and the
North American Society for Head and Neck Pathology. He is a
reviewer for the Journal of Molecular Histology and Oral Diseases.
Dr. Ogbureke earned his bachelor’s degree and doctorate of dental
science from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, a master’s degree in
medical science from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, a
doctorate of medical science in oral biology from Harvard University
and his juris doctorate from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in dental surgery at England’
s Royal College of Surgeons and earned a graduate certificate in the
business of medicine from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Read the Profile of other Honorees
http://my.mcg.edu/portal/page/portal/News/video/ogbureke.html
