Faculty

Sunil Wadhwa, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education

1996 - 2002: Ph.D., Clinical Specialty Certificate in Orthodontics, Department of Skeletal and Craniofacial Biology. University of Connecticut Health Center.

1992 - 1996: D.D.S., Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery.

1990 - 1991: Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering Department, Case Western Reserve University.

1986 - 1990: A.B., Physics, Cum Laude, Bowdoin College.

Publications

Wadhwa S, Embree M, Ameye L, Young MF. Mice deficient in biglycan and fibromodulin as a model for temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis. Cells Tissues Organs. 2005; 181(3-4):136-43.

Mehrotra M, Saegusa M, Wadhwa S, Voznesensky O, Peterson D, Pilbeam C. Fluid flow induces Rankl expression in primary murine calvarial osteoblasts. J Cell Biochem. 2006 Mar 2.

Wadhwa S, Embree M, Young M, Ameye L, Mouse Model of Natural Occurring Osteoarthritis of the TMJ Joint, Osteaoarthritis Cartilage 2005, Sep;13(9):817-27.

Bi Y, Stuelten CH, Kilts T, Wadhwa S, Iozzo RV, Robey PG, Chen XD, Young MF. Extracellular matrix proteoglycans control the fate of bone marrow stromal cells. J Bio Chem, 2005 Aug 26 30481-9.

Wadhwa S, Bi Y, Embree M, Young M, Biglycan Regulation and Function. Critical Reviews of Eukaryotic Biology 2004; 14 (4).

Choudhary S, Wadhwa S, Godwin S, Alander C, Raisz L, Pilbeam C Extracellular Calcium is a Potent Inducer of Cyclo-oxygenase-2 in Murine Osteoblasts Through an ERK Signaling Pathway. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 18 (10) p1813-24 (2003).

Wadhwa S, Choudhary S, Voznesensky M, Epstein M, Raisz L, Pilbeam C. Fluid Flow Induces COX-2 Expression in MC3T3-E1 Osteoblasts via a PKA Signaling Pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 297.p 46-51 (2002).

Wadhwa S, Godwin S, Peterson D, Epstein M, Raisz L, Pilbeam, C. Fluid Shear Stress Induction of Cyclo-Oxygenase 2 Gene Expression in Osteoblasts is Dependent on a Extracellular-Regulated Kinase Signaling Pathway. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 17:2, p266-274, 2002.