Jennifer Gibbs, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.Sc.

Director of Endodontics/Assistant Professor
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

Jennifer L. Gibbs, M.A.S., D.D.S., Ph.D. is Director of the Endodontics Division and Program Director of Advanced Graduate Education Program in Endodontics at Harvard University School of Dentistry. Dr. Gibbs received her dental degree and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. She completed a certificate in Endodontics and an M.A.S. in Clinical Research from the University of California San Francisco, as well as a postdoctoral training period. She is now a full time faculty at Harvard. Dr. Gibbs heads a translational research group focused on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of orofacial pain with a focus on the nociceptors of the dental pulp. Her group also studies how sensory neurons can influence inflammation and regenerative processes. She teaches clinically in the advanced graduate Endodontic Program and lectures to both post-graduate and pre-doctoral students. Dr. Gibbs is active in the Faculty Practice at Harvard. She is a past Educator Fellow of the American Association of Endodontics and past president of the Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics Group of the IADR.

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Presentation(s):

• HSDM Alumni and Friends Reception

  Friday, April 29, 2022
  6:30 PM – 7:30 PM PST