Jacques Nor, D.D.S, M.S., Ph.D.

Jacques is the Donald Kerr Endowed Professor of Dentistry and has served as the Chair of the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry since 2015. He has joint appointments as Professor of Otolaryngology (Medical School) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering) at the University of Michigan. He is President of the American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR). Jacques has served as Chair of the Oral Dental and Craniofacial Sciences (ODCS) NIH study section and is currently a member of the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council (NADRC).  He has published 221 peer-reviewed papers, 15 book chapters, and been continuously funded by the NIH since 2002. He has served for several years as the Co-Director of the University of Michigan Head Neck SPORE funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Jacques is the past-Chair of the Section on Dentistry & Oral Health Sciences of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), and recently became Fellow of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and a Fellow of the AAAS. He received the Distinguished Scientist Award, the William J. Gies Award, and the Hatton Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). Jacques is Associate Editor of the Journal of Dental Research and a member of several editorial boards.