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Program Director: Dr. Pam DenBesten.

COHORT is a  multi-track training program initiated in July 2001. It includes: short-term training for dental students, pre-DDS/PhD students and faulty; one- to three-year postdoctoral training programs for students and faculty as well as PhD and DDS/PhD programs.

Pamela DenBesten, DDS, MS Director of COHORT

The DDS/PhD program enrolls two candidates per year. This program integrates the DDS curriculum with one of four PhD programs. Trainees pursue an integrated course of studies that includes: fundamental training in basic sciences emphasizing areas relevant to oral health care; supervised research experience leading to a PhD degree with the option of specializing in oral biology, epidemiology, bioinformatics, or bioengineering; and fundamental education and clinical training in dentistry through our vertically integrated curriculum, leading to the DDS. We offer an exceptional environment for this program because of the outstanding biomedical research strengths of our campuses coupled with our unique and innovative clinical programs . For further information on the DDS/PhD track or other tracks of COHORT, please visit our home page on the Internet listed alphabetically under C on the UCSF home page (COHORT ).

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