Wednesday, April 15, 2026
10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Penn Dental Medicine
240 S. 40th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Agenda

Time Item Location
9:55 a.m. Opening Remarks

Dana T. Graves, DDS, DMSc

 Arthur E. Corby Auditorium
10:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Penn Dental Medicine Faculty Speaker
Moderator: Cagla Akay-Espinoza, MD

“Senescence, Inflammaging and Microbiome Axis in Periodontal Aging”
Sinem Esra Sahingur, DDS, MS, PhD
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies & Student Research Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics 

 Corby Auditorium
10:20 a.m.–10:40 a.m. Penn Dental Medicine Faculty Speaker
Moderator: Hyeran Helen Jeon, DDS, MSD, DScD

“Unraveling Clinical and Molecular Pathways of Periodontitis Progression”
Flavia Teles, DDS, MS, DMSc
Professor Department of Basic & Translational Sciences 

Corby Auditorium
10:40 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Penn Dental M Faculty Speaker
Moderator: Yijing Su, PhD

“The Healing Blueprint: Enhanced Therapeutic Potentials of GMSCs”
Anh D. Le, DDS, PhD
Chair and Norman Vine Endowed Professor of Oral Rehabilitation Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology

 Corby Auditorium
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. The Joseph L. Rabinowitz Memorial Lecture
Moderator: Henry Daniell, PhD

“Treating Fibrosis with mRNA and CAR T cells”
Jonathan Epstein, MD
Dean of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System

 Corby Auditorium
12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m. Lunch Lerner Pavilion
12:45 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Poster Presentations and Competitions Schattner Lobby, Lerner Pavilion, and Schattner Patient Waiting
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. PDM Research Day Keynote Lecture
Moderator: Alonso Carrasco Labra, DDS, MSc, PhD

“A Journey in Hormonal Actions, Immunology, Bone Biology and Discovery Science”
Laurie McCauley, DDS, MS, PhD
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan 

 Corby Auditorium
4:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Reception, Recognition and Awards

Sinem Esra Sahingur, DDS, MS, PhD

 Fonseca Gardens