Professional Memberships:

• American Association of Dental Research (2014–present)
• Society for Investigative Dermatology (2011–present)

Presentations:

• "Cellular Plasticity and Diversity that Underlie Salivary Gland Homeostasis and Regeneration" 2023 AADOCR Session - Cellular Diversity of Salivary Gland Regeneration; Invited Speaker (2023)
• "Spitting out New Transcriptomic Circuitries in the Salivary Gland One Cell At a Time" 2023 Gordon Research Conference Salivary Gland and Exocrine Biology; Invited Speaker (2023)
• "A Genomic Tapestry of the Cell Fate Choices and Trajectories of the Salivary Gland" 2021 IADR/AADR Session on New Insights Into Salivary Gland Biology and Regeneration; Invited Speaker (2021)
• "Spitting Out New Transcriptional Networks in the Salivary Gland- A Genetic Study One Cell at a Time" State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Biochemistry Seminar; Invited Speaker (2019)
• "Delineating the p63-driven Network that Directs Stem and Progenitor Cell Fate Decisions in the Mouse Salivary Gland" 3rd Annual Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine Symposium; Invited Speaker (2019)
• "Getting to the Core of the Transcriptional Networks in the Salivary Gland One Cell at a Time" Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies with Illumina and 10X Genomics; Invited Speaker (2019)
• "Chromatin Fingerprinting of Enhancers and Super-Enhancers in the Control of Cell Fate and Identity in the Salivary Gland" 2017 Gordon Research Conference Salivary Gland and Exocrine Biology; Invited Speaker (2017)
• "New Insights from Functional and Genomic Studies of Immortalized Mouse Salivary Gland Stem Cells in Culture" 2017 AADR/CADR Annual Meeting; Invited Speaker (2017)
• "It’s a Mouthful: New Strategies for Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration and Repair" Innovations and Controversies in Oral Health…Connecting the Dots from Research to Practice; Invited Speaker (2016)
• "Redefining the developmental transcriptome of mouse salivary glands by RNA-sequencing" 2016 AADR/CADR Annual Meeting; Invited Speaker (2016)
• "A Direct Role for DeltaNp63 in Regulating the Pruritogenic Cytokine IL-31 and Alarmin IL-33, in the Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis" Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2014)
• "p63: A Master Regulator of Epithelial Morphogenesis and Disease" Developmental Genomics; State University of New York at Buffalo; Invited Speaker (2014)
• "The Many Faces of p63" ; University of Rochester, Department of Dermatology; Invited Speaker (2013)
• "DeltaNp63 is a Key Driver of Inflammatory Signaling in Atopic Dermatitis" International Investigative Dermatology Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2013)
• "p63 and Epithelial Morphogenesis: The Master at Work" Developmental Genomics; State University of New York at Buffalo; Invited Speaker (2012)
• "An Inducible Inflammatory Response in Transgenic Mice Reveals a Pro-tumorigenic Role for DeltaNp63 in Skin Carcinogenesis" Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2011)
• "The Complexity of p63 Function in the Epithelium: Lessons from Transgenic Mice" ; ; Invited Speaker (2010)
• "The DeltaNp63 Isoform is an Essential Regulator of Epithelial Development and Stem Cell Renewal" Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2010)
• "Transgenic mice delineate the functional properties of p63 isoforms in regulating keratinocyte differentiation" Society for International Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2009)
• "Abnormal Hair Follicle Development and Follicular Keratinocyte Transformation in Transgenic Mice Expressing DeltaNp63" International Investigative Dermatology Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2008)
• "Transgenic Mice Reveal Novel Roles for DeltaNp63 in Skin and Hair Follicle Morphogenesis" Great Lakes Mammalian Development Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2008)
• "Transgenic Mice Reveal Novel Roles for DeltaNp63 in de novo Hair Follicle Formation and Sebaceous Gland Development" Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2007)
• "Transgenic Mice Reveal Unique Roles for DeltaNp63 in Epidermal Cell Lineage Commitment" 3rd International p63/p73 Workshop; ; Invited Speaker (2007)
• "Keratin14 is a Direct Target of DeltaNp63 in Keratinocytes" Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting; ; Invited Speaker (2006)

Service Activities:

• President of the Voting Faculty, School of Dental Medicine; President of the Voting Faculty, School of Dental Medicine (2024–2025)
• NIH DCAI (10) Small Business: Applied Immunology and Vaccine Development; Grant Reviewer (2024)
• IADR/AADR/CADR General Session and Exhibition Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. Served as Chair of Advances in cell heterogeneity, biological networks and treatments related to salivary gland inflammation Session; Session Chair (2024)
• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Oral Biology; Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Oral Biology (2023–present)
• Nature Communications Journal of Dental Research; Reviewer (2023)
• State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine, Research Day Poster Judge (2023–present)
• Vice President of the Voting Faculty, School of Dental Medicine; Vice President of the Voting Faculty, School of Dental Medicine (2023–present)
• Secretary to the Voting Faculty, School of Dental Medicine; Secretary to the Voting Faculty, School of Dental Medicine (2021–2023)
• Medical Research Council (MRC), UK; Grant Reviewer (2019)
• Genome, Environment and Microbiome, UB (2019)
• Member, PPBS Curriculum/Steering Committee (2018–2019)
• President, American Association for Dental Research, Buffalo Section (2017–2018)
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK; Grant Reveiwer (2017)
• Co-Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Oral Biology (2017–present)
• Member, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine Student Progress and Promotions Committee (SPPC) (2016–2022)
• Treasurer, American Association for Dental Research, Buffalo Section (2016–2017)
• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Oral Biology (2016)
• The Genome, Environment and Microbiome (GEM) Community of Excellence; Reviewer (2016)
• Member, Department of Oral Biology Admissions Committee (2016–present)
• Member, PPBS Admissions Committee (2015–2018)
• Secretary, American Association for Dental Research, Buffalo Section; Secretary, American Association for Dental Research, Buffalo Section (2015–2016)
• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Oral Biology (2015)
• Member, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine Student Research and Honors Committee (2015–present)
• Nature Communications Journal of Dental Research Journal of Investigative Dermatology Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Molecular Sciences American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology PLOS ONE FEBS Letters BMC Genomics Cell Death and Differentiation Cell Death and Disease Experimental Dermatology Journal of Periodontology Molecular Carcinogenesis Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry (2014–2023)
• British Skin Foundation;; Grant Reviewer