Shaun Abrams, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Dr. Abrams’ goal is to become a leading clinician-scientist in the field of craniofacial development and craniofacial anomalies studying the genetic and molecular basis for craniofacial defects to develop innovative therapeutic strategies. Dr. Abrams completed the D.D.S./Ph.D. program at the University of California, San Francisco in 2020, graduating with honors and was inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society. His Ph.D. work in the lab of Dr. Jeremy Reiter uncovered how primary cilia regulate development of the facial midline. Dr. Abrams returned to NIDCR as a Dental Clinical Research Fellow in 2021 to build upon his love for developmental biology sparked during his time as a postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Traineeship Award Fellow in the lab of Dr. Matthew Hoffman. He is currently an Independent Research Scholar at NIDCR, and his team works jointly with the Kerosuo and Werner Labs studying how the ubiquitin pathway regulates neural crest development and how centrioles/cilia coordinate craniofacial development.