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 Dr. David S. Carlson, professor and chair of
biomedical sciences, associate dean for research and advanced education, and holder of the Robert E. Gaylord Endowed Chair in Orthodontics at Baylor College of Dentistry, received the prestigious Regents
Professor Service Award. He was one of two recipients from The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center to achieve the honor, which was given at the Dec. 5 meeting of the system's board of regents in
College Station, Texas. The other HSC recipient was Institute of Biosciences and Technology faculty member Dr. Magnus Höök.
The Regents Professor Service Award is bestowed annually by the board in recognition of awardees' contributions in distinguished service,
extension, research, teaching/educational delivery and/or scholarship. Award recipients are designated as Regents professors for the duration of their service or employment within the A&M System, receive a
$9,000 stipend payable in $3,000 increments over three consecutive years, and receive a special medallion bearing the seal of the A&M System and a framed certificate signed by the chancellor and the board chair.
"On behalf of the college, I congratulate Dr. Carlson and thank him for the admirable level of dedication and distinguished service that have earned him this distinction," said Dr. James S. Cole
(BCD'75), dean of the college.
Carlson received his doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1974 and completed postdoctoral training in craniofacial anomalies at the University of Michigan in 1978. He
remained on the faculty of the University of Michigan after graduating and became professor of anatomy and cell biology in the School of Medicine, professor of orthodontics and pediatric dentistry in the School of
Dentistry, and research scientist in the Center for Human Growth and Development.
Joining Baylor College of Dentistry in 1993, Carlson was named the Robert E. Gaylord Endowed Professor, chair of the department of biomedical sciences and director of the Center for Craniofacial Research
& Diagnosis. Shortly after arriving, Carlson revamped the postdoctoral Ph.D. program in biomedical sciences and the Student Research Group, which is the pre-doctoral research training program. As part of this
initiative, he was principal investigator of a National Research Service Award training grant from National Institutes of Health to support the new Ph.D. program in biomedical sciences. That program was the first
NIH and only post-graduate training program at BCD and the A&M System Health Science Center, and it continues to support a successful program that emphasizes joint clinical and basic science training for
D.D.S./Ph.D. students.
In 1999 Carlson was appointed associate dean for research and advanced education at BCD. His research interests focus on the development and growth of the craniofacial complex and craniofacial
anomalies, and especially on the growth and adaptation of the mandible and temporomandibular joint. His research has resulted in more than 90 research articles and reviews and 11 edited books.
Carlson is the fifth BCD faculty member to attain this distinction. Other Regents professors at BCD include: Dr. William H. Binnie, chair of
diagnostic sciences and interim vice president for academic affairs at the HSC; Dr. Toru Okabe, chair of biomaterials science; Dr. N. Sue Seale (BCD '70, '72, '79), chair of pediatric dentistry; and
Dr. R. Gilbert Triplett, chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery/pharmacology.
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