Professional Memberships:

• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2002–2016)
• FASEB (2002–2012)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; Study Section, Oral Biology and Medicine 1 (2002–2005)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (1999–2020)
• Academy of Osseointegration (1995–2015)
• American College of Prosthodontists (1995–2010)
• American Society of Microbiology (1994–present)
• Buffalo Association of Women Dentists (1993–2000)
• American Association of Women Dentists (1993–present)
• University of Buffalo Dental Alumni (1992–2019)
• Erie County Dental Society (1988–present)
• International Association of Dental Research; Salivary Research Group, Prosthodontics Group (1981–present)
• New York Dental Society (1979–present)
• Eighth District Dental Society (1979–present)
• American Dental Association (1979–present)

Presentations:

• "Neutrophil swarms prevent Candida albicans invasion into epithelial mucosal during oral candidiasis" Society for Leukocyte Biology (2024)
• "Molecular Mycology: Current Approaches to Fungal Pathogenesis" Marine Biological Laboratory; Marine Biological Laboratory (2007)
• "Is Salivary Histatin a Prototypicl Antifungal Peptide-Hallmarks of Cytotoxicity" Minnesota Craniofacial Research Training (MinnCResT) Program; University of Minnesota (2007)
• "Factors sustaining thematic independent research programs" ACPEF/UNC Prosthodontic Research Symposium; University at North Carolina (2007)
• "Host Defense Strategies: Candidacidal Targets of Histatins" ASM 160th General Meeting Symposium: Antimicrobial Peptides Versus Fungal Pathogens: The Players and the Rules; American Society for Microbiology (2006)
• "Molecular Targets for Histatin 5" ASM 8th Conference on Candida and Candidiasis, Session: Antimicrobial Peptides; American Society for Microbiology (2006)
• "Mechanism of Antifungal Activity of Human Histatins" Gordon Conference on Antimicrobial Peptides; Gordon Conference on Antimicrobial Peptides (2005)
• "Mechanism of Innate Host Defense Proteins" Second Annual Buffalo Conference on Immunology; Buffalo Conference on Immunology (2002)
• "Histatin 5 causes Disordered Volume Regulation and G1 Cell Cycle Arrest in C. Albicans" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense (2001)
• "Molecular Biology Section, Panel Presenter" University at Buffalo NIH Grantsmanship Workshop; University at Buffalo (2001)
• "Salivary Antimicrobials in Saliva in Health and Disease" Scientific Program 16th International Conference on Oral Biology; Scientific Program 16th International Conference on Oral Biology (2000)
• "Session II: Functions of Saliva" 16th International Conference on Oral Biology; 16th International Conference on Oral Biology (2000)
• "Salivary antimicrobial proteins:their role in oropharyngeal host defense" Latin American-U.S. Conference on Salivary Research; Latin American Association for Salivary Research (1999)
• "Oral Candidal Infections and Future Therapeutic Modalities" The American College of Prosthodontists; The American College of Prosthodontists (1996)
• "Salivary Proteins II: Cloning and Functional Studies" IADR Salivary Research Group-Session; IADR Salivary Research Group-Session (1996)
• "Fixed and Removable Prosthetic Restoration of Endosseous Implants" Jamestown-Warren Dental Implant Study Club; Jamestown-Warren Dental Implant Study Club (1996)
• "Periodontal Pathogens Associated with Dental Implants" IADR Implantology Research Group-Session; IADR Implantology Research Group-Session (1994)
• "Application of Basic Knowledge in Wound Healing to Enhance Biocompatibility" Academy of Prosthodontics; Academy of Prosthodontics (1993)
• "Research in Biological Technologies which may be transferred to Prosthodontics" Academy of Denture Prosthetics, 72nd Annual Meeting; Academy of Denture Prosthetics (1991)
• "Regulation of Microbial Adherence at the Salivary Prosthetic Interface" Academy of Denture Prosthetics, 72nd Annual Meeting; Academy of Denture Prosthetics (1990)
• "Dental Implants" Niagara County Dental Society; Niagara County Dental Society (1989)
• "The Interaction of Saliva and Prosthodontics" 18th Annual James A. English Symposium; 18th Annual James A. English Symposium (1988)
• "Osseointegrated Implants" Buffalo Association of Women Dentists; Buffalo Association of Women Dentists (1988)
• "Maxillofacial Prosthetics - The Mandibulectomy Patient" SUNY Buffalo Association for Student Research; SUNY Buffalo Association for Student Research (1985)
• "Esthetics-The Contriibution of Removable Prosthodontics" Metropolitan Dental Study Club; Metropolitan Dental Study Club (1984)
• "Prosthetic Treatment of the Cleft Palate Patient from Birth to Adulthood" Buffalo Association of Speech Pathologists; Buffalo Association of Speech Pathologists (1984)
• "Specialized Removable Partial Dentures:Swinglock, Overlay, and Lingual Band Partial Denture" Association of Women Dentists; Association of Women Dentists (1984)
• "Improving Facial Contours Through Removable Prosthodontics" Table Clinic-Greater Niagara Frontier Dental Meeting; Greater Niagara Frontier Dental (1983)
• "Oral Complications and Microbiological Changes Following Cancer Chemotherapy" Symposium on Oral Complications of Cancer Chemotherapy; Harvard Medical School (1983)
• "Removable Prosthodontics-Special Considerations for the Class II and Class III Patient" Chautauqua County Dental Society; Chautauqua County Dental Society (1983)
• "The Transitional Denture: Its Indications and Uses" Table Clinic-Greater Niagara Frontier Dental Meeting; Greater Niagara Frontier Dental (1982)
• "The Removable Partial Overdenture" Table Clinic-Greater Niagara Frontier Dental Meeting; Greater Niagara Frontier Dental (1980)

Service Activities:

• Facilitate faculty development in Oral Biology and assist Chair; Vice Chair Oral Biology (2024–present)
• Faculty Search; Chair Search Committee for Oral Biology Faculty (2024)
• NIDCR Special Emphasis Panel (ZDE1 YM2 review of U01 Practice-Based Research in Dental Schools, May 11, 2023; Member (2023)
• NIDCR Special Emphasis Panel (ZDE1) 3/31/2022 review of KL2 applications; Member (2022)
• NIDCR Special Emphasis Panel (ZDE1 YM10) 11/18/2021 review of K awards, F31, F32 and R13 applications; Chair (2021)
• NIDCR Special Emphasis Panel (ZDE1 YM05) 7/14/2020 review of NIDCR fellowship and conference grant applications; Chair (2020)
• NIDCR Special Emphasis Panel (ZDE1 YM18) 2/28/2020 review of K99/R00, F31, F32 and R13 applications; Chair (2020)
• PLoS Pathogens; Member (2020)
• NIDCR DSR Conflict Meeting (ZDE1 NB14) 10/28/2019 review of K99/R00, F31, F32 and R13 applicaitons; Chair (2019)
• KL2 Mentored Career Development Steering Committee (2018–2020)
• Frontiers in Microbiology; Member (2018–present)
• Pathogens; Member (2018–present)
• NIDCR Special Emphasis Panel ZDE1LC04 Review of Fellowship (F) Pathway to Independence (K99/R00). Career Development (K08) and Conference (R13/U13); Chair (2017)
• Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2016/05 ZRG1 AARR-K (03) AIDS and Related Opportunist Infections; Reviewer (2016)
• Health Sciences Divisional Committee; Chair (2015–2019)
• Executive Committee, Institute of Strategic Enhancement of Educational Diversity (iSEED) (2014–2016)
• Executive Committee, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Research, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (2010–2016)
• NIH/NIDCR RFA-DE-10-003 Metagenomic Evaluation of Oral Polymicrobial Disease; Special Reviewer (2010)
• Frontiers in Mycology; Member (2010–present)
• School of Dental Medicine, Graduate Committee, D.D.S./Ph.D.; Chair (2008–present)
• School of Dental Medicine, Graduate Committee, Admissions; Chair (2008–present)
• School of Dental Medicine, Student Research and Honors Committee; Co-Chair (2008–present)
• NIDCR Special Review Committee;; Charter Member (2008–2012)
• NIDCR; NIDCR, Special Grants Review Committee;; Charter Member (2008–present)
• NIDCR; NIDCR Special Emphasis Panel; Multidisciplinary Research on Oral Manifestations Associated with HIV/AIDS;; Panel Member (2007)
• Salivary Research Group, IADR/AADR; President (2005–2006)
• Judge for Poster Session Gordon Conference on Salivary Glands and Exocrine Secretions; Judge (2005)
• Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy; Editorial Board Member (2005–2010)
• Search Committee, Oral Biology Faculty (2005–2008)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH; Special Emphasis Review Committee;; Panel Member (2005)
• Erie County Dental Society Board of Directors; Board of Directors (2005–present)
• Awards Committee, School of Dental Medicine (2004–present)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH; Special Grants Review Committee;; Ad Hoc Reviewer (2004)
• Erie County Dental Society; Past President (2004)
• Search Committee, Chairperson of Oral Biology; Chair (2003)
• Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Materials Chemistry; Member (2003)
• Erie County Dental Society; President (2003)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; Oral, Dental and Craniofacial Sciences Study Section;; Charter Member (2002–2005)
• Journal of Dental Research; Editorial Board Member (2002–2010)
• Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Admissions Committee; Member (2002–2006)
• School of Dental Medicine, Search Committee; Chair (2002)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; Exploratory/Developmental (R21) Awards for Research on AIDS/HIV Infection &; AIDS/HIV Infection and the Oral Cavity;; Grant Reviewer (2002)
• Erie County Dental Society; Vice President (2002)
• National Institures of Health; Bacteriology and Mycology-1 Study Section;; Ad Hoc Reviewer (2001)
• Search Committee for Director; University Representative (2001)
• Erie County Dental Society; Secretary (2000–2001)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH; Oral Biology and Medicine 1;; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1999–2002)
• Task Force to Review the Definition of the Specialty Amer Coll of Prosthodontists; Member (1999)
• NIDCR Workshop on Development of New Technologies for Saliva and other .... Working Group Moderator: Unique Aspects of Oral Fluids for Diagnostics; Member (1999)
• Erie County Dental Society Board of Directors Chair Program Committee; Chair (1997–1999)
• NIDCR; NIDCR Special Emphasis Panel; RFP NIH-NIDCR 10-97-2R Construction of Aenovirus Vectors for the Study of Gene Control and Protein Function RFP NIH-NIDCR-10-97-3R Producion and Testing of Adenovirus Vectors for Clinical Use;; Panel Member (1997)
• School of Dental Medicine Student Appeals Committee (1996–present)
• International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants Review Board; Board Member (1996–1999)
• Ad Hoc Research Committee; Member (1996)
• School of Dental Medicine, Student Research and Honors Committee; Member (1996–present)
• Genetics; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Eukaryotic Cell; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Immunology and Cell Biology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Molecular Microbiology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Microbiology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Archives Oral Biology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Cellular Microbiology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• European Journal of Oral Sciences; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Journal of Periodontology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Current Genetics; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Yeast; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences (PNAS); Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Molecular Genetics and Genomics; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Journal of Biological Chemistry; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• BMC Microbiology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Infection and Immunity; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Biochemical Journal; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Journal of Anticicrobial Chemotherapy; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences; Ad Hoc Reviewer (1995–present)
• Sub-Committee for Course Review in Anatomy and Cell Biology; Member (1995)
• The Provost‘s Junior Faculty Advisory Committee; Member (1994–1998)
• Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry; Editorial Board Member (1992–2001)
• Infection Control Committee; Member (1992–1994)
• AADR/IADR; Reviewer for IADR absracts Prosthodontics Section; Reviewer (1992–1994)
• School of Dental Medicine, Student Research and Honors Committee; Member (1991–1992)
• Strategic Planning and Policy Committee, Task Force II; Member (1989–1991)
• Search Committee for Chairman; Co-Chair (1988–1989)
• SUNY Buffalo Dental Alumni Association Chairman, Publications Committee; Chair (1984–1986)
• Executive Committee Faculty Representative; School Representative (1983–1987)
• Erie County Dental Society, Committee on Dental Laboratory Trade Relations; Committee Member (1982)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Institute of Infection and Immunity; Application 200203MOP-DS-99272D, Involvement of resident cells in immunity and immunopathology in the oral cavity.;; External Reviewer
• Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland; Research Funding and Policy Division; Applicationn RP119/2002, Antifungal mechanisms of human salivary histatins Application RP/2007/314, Heat shock protein mediation of the therapeutic potential of histatins in Candida infection;; External Reviewer