Proposal - Oncourse - Indiana University

NAME
Richard L. Gregory
eRA COMMONS USER NAME
RGREGORY
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Provide the following information for the key personnel and other significant contributors.
Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FOUR PAGES.
POSITION TITLE
Professor of Oral Biology and Director of PhD
Program
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s)
FIELD OF STUDY
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL B.S. 1976 Med. Tech. & Chemistry
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Ph.D. 1982 Microbiol. & Immunology
University of Alabama at Birmingham Postdoc 1984 Mucosal Immunology
A. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
1975-76 Medical Technologist, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL
1984 Visiting Instructor, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
1984-91 Assistant-Associate Prof. of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1991-2001 Associate Professor of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Indiana Univ.
1992-2001 Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Sch. of Medicine, Indiana Univ.
1996 Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical), Dept. of Microbiol. and Mol. Genetics, Univ. of Vermont
1996-2003 Director, Short-Term Health Professional Student Research Program, School of Dentistry
1999-present Director, PhD Dental Science & Student Res. Programs, Sch. of Dentistry, Indiana Univ.
2001-present Professor of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Indiana Univ.
2001-present Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana Univ.
2001-2002 Acting Director of Research, School of Dentistry, Indiana Univ.
2008-present Member, IU Center for Environmental Health and Simon Cancer Center
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1987-present NIH Reviewer's Reserve
1993-present Editorial Board, Clinical & Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
Honors
1994 Indiana University School of Dentistry Distinguished Faculty Award for Research
1996-00, 2002-3,8 Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Awards
2003 Indiana University School of Dentistry Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (from 89 peer-reviewed publications and 213 abstracts).
1. Gregory, R.L. and S.J. Filler. 1987. Protective secretory IgA antibodies in humans following oral
immunization with Streptococcus mutans. Infect. Immun. 55:2409-2415. PMCID: PMC260722.
2. Gregory, R.L., J.C. Kindle, L.C. Hobbs, S.J. Filler, H. Malmstrom. 1990. Function of anti-S. mutans
antibodies: inhibition of virulence factors and enzyme neutralization. Oral Micro. Immun. 5:181-188.
3. Gregory, R.L., J.C. Kindle, L.C. Hobbs, T. VanTo and H.S. Malmstrom. 1990. Effects of smokeless tobacco
on the ability of secretory component to bind to the IgA/J chain complex. Human Antibodies and
Hybridomas 1:126-131.
4. Gregory, R.L., J.C. Kindle, L.C. Hobbs and H.S. Malmstrom. 1991. Effect of smokeless tobacco use on
mucosal immune factors. Archs. Oral Biol. 36:25-31.
5. Gregory, R.L., L. Gfell, H.S. Malmstrom. 1995. Differences in sIgA and serum antibodies to S. mutans
isolates from caries-resistant and caries-susceptible subjects. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 371B:1149-1152.
6. Fontana, M., L.E. Gfell, R.L. Gregory. 1995. Characterization of preparations enriched for S. mutans
fimbriae: salivary IgA antibodies in caries- and caries-active subjects. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2:719-
725. PMCID: PMC170228.
7. Perrone, M., L.E. Gfell, M. Fontana, R.L. Gregory. 1997. Antigenic characterization of fimbriae preparations
from Streptococcus mutans isolates from caries-free and caries susceptible subjects. Clin. Diagn. Lab.
Immunol. 4:291-296. PMCID: PMC170521.
8. Gregory, R.L., A.M.A. Rahman and D.R. Avery. 1998. Effect of restorative treatment on mutans
streptococci and IgA antibodies. Ped. Dent. 20:273-277.