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Assistant Professor
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Dentistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry
Erin Ealba Bumann, DDS, PhD, MS is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Dentistry. She received her BS in Anthropology/Zoology and DDS from the University of Michigan in 2004 and 2008, respectfully. She subsequently received her PhD in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences from the University of California, San Francisco in 2013. She then conducted post-doctoral training in craniofacial biology and completed her residency and MS in Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Michigan. Dr. Bumann has been a Board-Certified Pediatric Dentist since 2018. Part of her PhD and all of her post-doctoral training were funded by a National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH/NIDCR) K08 and Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program. Dr. Bumann’s research is currently funded by NIH/NIDCR and College of Diplomates of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry grants. She has also been selected for funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and American Dental Association.
She is a member of the:
• International Associations for Dental Research (IADR),
• American Associations for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR),
• American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR),
• Student Competition for Advancing Dental Research and its Application (SCADA),
• American Association of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD),
• American Dental Association (ADA),
• American Dental Education Association (ADEA), and
• Society for Developmental Biology (SDB).
Nationally, she serves on the:
• Early-Stage Investigator Subcommittee for ASBMR,
• Gerber Advisory Council,
• Development Committee & as the Kansas City Section Councilor for AADOCR,
• Treasurer for SCADA, and
• Southwestern District Member for the Council for Scientific Affairs of AAPD.