Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, DMD Professor Contact Information Robert Schattner Center University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine W1 Evans Building 240 South 40th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6030 Phone: 215-898-1534 Fax: 215-573-3939 Email: jeffcoat@dental.upenn.edu

Dr. Jeffcoat is Professor of Periodontics. She also served as the Morton Amsterdam Dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine from July 2003 through June 2008. A member of the National Institutes of Health-NIDCR Advisory Committee for Research on Women's Health, she has also served on the editorial boards of a variety of professional research journals for more than 20 years. Prior to joining the School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Jeffcoat served as Assistant Dean of Research and Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontics at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. While at Alabama, she was also a professor of biomedical engineering, held the James Rosen Endowed Chair of Dental Research and served as interim chair for the Department of Oral Biology. A graduate of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, she also taught periodontology there for 10 years. Dr. Jeffcoat is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the International College of Dentists, and a past president of the Academy of Osseointegration, the American Association for Dental Research and the International Association for Dental Research.

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