Research/Areas of Interest:
The goal of Dr. Weibo Zhang's work is to regenerate functional dental tissue/whole tooth. Her current efforts focus on regenerating human tooth buds using stem cells derived from human dental pulp. She plan to generate and test new 3D tooth bud models using in vitro cell culture, and in vivo growth in nude rats and minipigs.
Education
- PhD, Department of Periodontology & Biomaterials, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2007
- DMD, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2005
- DDS, Stomatological College & Hospital, Hubei Medical University, Wuhan, China, 1998
Biography
Dr. Weibo Zhang, D.D.S., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM), Boston MA. She earned her D.D.S degree and later a M.D.S. (Medical doctor of Stomatology) degree from the School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, China. She then earned her Ph.D. degree from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands. Dr. Zhang joined the laboratory of Dr. Pamela C. Yelick as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2007, was then promoted to Research Associate, and was promoted to Assistant Professor later after. Dr. Zhang's research focuses on characterizing the use of dental stem cells in craniofacial bone and tooth regeneration, using both in vitro and in vivo animal models including mice, rat, rabbit and minipig.