Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ariadne Letra is Professor and Senior Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine Dept of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences and Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics. She is a clinician-scientist and utilizes her experiences as a dentist and genetics researcher to combine sophisticated clinical phenotyping with large-scale genetic data to understand the genetic basis of apical periodontitis and other oral traits/conditions. Dr. Letra has published 132 publications in genetic/medical/dental journals, 160 abstracts, 5 book chapters, and numerous publications in the media (h-index = 37). Her research has been continuously funded by NIDCR as well as foundation and institutional grants. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Endodontics, and a member of the editorial board of medical and dental journals including the Journal of Dental Research, Journal of Dental Research Clinical and Translational Research, American Journal of Human Genetics, among others.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT