School of Dental Medicine

Yiping W. Han, Ph.D.

Education

M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Teaching Interests

Biological studies

Research Interests

Microbial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, protein structure-function relationship

Selected Publications

Han, Y. W., Ikegami, A., Li, M., Zhou, Y., Sojar, H., Genco, R. J., Kuramitsu, H. K., and Deng, C. X. "Identification and characterization of a novel adhesin unique to oral fusobacteria . " Journal of Bacteriology (2005). Han, Y. W., Redline, R. W., Li, M., Yin, L., Hill, G. B., and McCormick, T. S. " F. nucleatum induces premature and term stillbirths in pregnant mice: implication of oral bacteria in preterm birth." Infection and Immunity (2004).

Academic & Professional Activities

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, International/American Association for Dental Research
Member, American Society for Microbiology