Position: Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, NY

Organization: University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine

Biography Text: Patricia Diaz, DDS, MSc, PhD. Dr. Diaz is Empire Innovation Professor and the Sunstar Robert J. Genco Chair in Oral Biology in the School of Dental Medicine and Director of the UB Microbiome Center, at the University at Buffalo. She received her dental degree at CES University in Colombia and her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in oral microbiology at the NIDCR/NIH and went on to earn her Certificate in Periodontology and Masters in Oral Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Diaz is board-certified by the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and has received numerous awards including the Educator Scholarship and Tarrson Fellowship from the AAP Foundation. Dr. Diaz’s research focuses on the role of the microbiome in oral disease.