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Graduate Discovered Research Passion While Student<\/h2>\n
By Catherine Duncan<\/p>\n
When Sharon M. Gordon was a first-year dental student at UT Health San Antonio, she appeared in the office doorway of Spencer W. Redding, D.D.S., M.Ed., associate dean for advanced education and hospital affairs.<\/p>\nDr. Gordon\u2019s graduation photo from the 1991 yearbook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cSharon wanted to do research during the summer and asked me if I had anything for her to do,\u201d remembers Dr. Redding, emeritus chair of comprehensive dentistry. \u201cThis was the late 80s, and we were studying infections of the herpes simplex virus in patients receiving transplants. Dr. (Michael) Montgomery and I were looking at infection that developed in the mouth when patients had transplants.\u201d<\/p>\n
She studied the first 30 heart transplant patients\u2019 records at the now-named University Hospital and determined the percentage that developed the infection after surgery, he said. \u201cThat was Sharon\u2019s introduction to research.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gordon, D.D.S. Class of 1991, M.P.H., Ph.D., said the ability to engage in research as a dental student was instrumental to her career path. Dr. Gordon recalls that John Rugh, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Orthodontics and director of research at that time, had a National Institutes of Health grant to fund the school\u2019s summer research program. After working with Dr. Redding, Dr. Rugh gave her the opportunity to do research in the Facial Pain Clinic with Drs. Montgomery and Joseph E. Van Sickles, D.D.S., oral and maxillofacial surgeon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was so exciting to be able to do research as a dental student. We had the summer available to do research. The topics I studied as a dental student are the same as those I am studying today: chronic facial pain and oral complications of immunosuppression,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Dr. Gordon said she continues to study these same topics because they are clinical problems that persist today. \u201cWe still don\u2019t have good solutions. We have the conundrum of how to help patients suffering from these conditions. By looking at the causes of these conditions, we are making headway toward helping patients manage them.\u201d<\/p>\n
She remained with the School of Dentistry for her general practice residency training, which took place at University Hospital and the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital. During her residency, she continued performing research with Dr. Montgomery, who served as director of the residency program at that time.<\/p>\nAt the 2019 meeting of the International Association for Dental Research in Vancouver, Canada, Dr. Gordon (center) visited with dental students Robert Brock (from left), Gracen McGuckin and Joel Elizondo, all third-year dental students; and Kylie Barroso, second-year dental student. The students presented their research at the meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Dr. Montgomery said Dr. Gordon was a very solid resident and was fun, outgoing and very confident. During her residency, she contributed to two abstracts and one paper.<\/p>\n
Dr. Gordon describes Dr. Redding, who retired as chair of comprehensive dentistry in 2016, and Dr. Montgomery, who has been in private practice since 1995, as her mentors. \u201cWorking with them opened my eyes about a career in research.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy performing research during dental school and my residency, I was able to land a fellowship at the NIH\u2019s National Institute of Dental Research. I\u2019ve been doing research ever since,\u201d she said. Dr. Gordon remained at the NIH for 13 years and earned her Ph.D. in clinical investigation and M.P.H. in epidemiology, both from Johns Hopkins University, while there. After earning these degrees, she decided a career in academics was her future.<\/p>\n
Dr. Gordon\u2019s first position at a dental school was at the University of Maryland, where she became a tenured professor after performing research and teaching for more than 10 years. Next she had the opportunity to grow a new dental school at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. She served there as associate dean for innovation and discovery and professor and chair of foundational sciences. \u201cThis was a great opportunity for me. I was able to help a new school develop curriculum and research from scratch,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
In August 2018, Dr. Gordon assumed a new role as the first woman dean at the University of Connecticut\u2019s School of Dental Medicine. \u201cAt UConn, I want to do what the dental school in San Antonio has been doing so well for many years: blending education with research. Research provides the evidence base needed to improve patient care. They go hand in hand. That is the philosophy that San Antonio\u2019s dental school ingrained in me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Rugh said he is not surprised by Dr. Gordon\u2019s current position as the dental dean at UConn. \u201cShe was a star in her class at the School of Dentistry. She published five abstracts and two papers while she was here. As a student, she presented at national and international conferences,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom the beginning, she had a real vision to make the world better. She was eager to get involved in research. We knew she was going to go someplace, and she did.\u201d<\/p>\nDr. Gordon (second from right) with fellow 1991 graduates Maria Lisa Hollingsworth, D.D.S. (from left); Gail Nicosia, D.D.S.; Tina T. Bui, D.D.S., and Kimberly C. Andersen, D.D.S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
While Dr. Rugh praises Dr. Gordon and her career, she is complimentary of the school\u2019s Center for Oral Health Care & Research. \u201cIt looks amazing. I congratulate (former dean) Dr. (Bill) Dodge and all who contributed to it. I visited the new clinic and was able to view the room I named after my husband,\u201d Dr. Gordon said. With Ernest \u201cErnie\u201d B. Luce, D.D.S., clinical associate professor of comprehensive dentistry, she co-funded the Raymond A. Dionne, D.D.S., Ph.D., Clinical Simulation Laboratory.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appreciate the strong research tradition that is continuing in the new clinical practice facility,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Dr. Redding said her significant contribution to the new clinical facility honors her husband who has devoted his career to pain and anxiety research. In the Dionne lab, Dr. Luce teaches residents how to manage medical emergencies for dental patients.<\/p>\n
\u201cSharon was always a highly motivated student who was interested in research. While the opportunities here helped her pursue a career in research, she had the self-motivation to establish a well-respected career in dental research and education,\u201d \nDr. Redding added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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