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About David M. Ojcius

Dr. Ojcius completed his baccalaureate and Ph.D. training in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley and two postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and Rockefeller University. He then worked for thirteen years at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and the University of Paris-Diderot, where he studied interactions between human pathogens and the host immune system. More recently, he served as Professor, Chair and Vice Provost for Academic Personnel at U.C. Merced. He joined the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in 2015.
 
Dr. Ojcius' research is currently focused on the oral microbiome and the immune response to periodontal pathogens. He is also co-editor-in-chief of Current Research in Microbial Sciences, and he is on the editorial board of several journals that publish results from research in the biomedical sciences or projects related to sustainable development.

Positions

2015 - Present Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
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2004 - 2015 Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Merced
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2000 - 2004 Professor of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Université Paris 7 – Denis Diderot
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1991 - 2004 Research Scientist, Institut Paris
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1988 - 1991 Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor, The Rockefeller University
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1985 - 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University ‐ Medical School
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Education

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1986 Ph.D., Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley
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1979 B.S., Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley
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Contact Information

Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of the Pacific
Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry
155 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA  94103
USA

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Books and Book Chapters (9)

Books and book chapters authored or edited by Dr. David M. Ojcius.

Articles (325)

Journal articles written by Dr. David M. Ojcius.