Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Dr. Walker has been a faculty member at the UMKC School of Dentistry since 2002. In addition to serving as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, she is a professor in the departments of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences and Restorative Clinical Sciences. Besides mentoring more than 75 MS, PhD and predoctoral dental students, dental residents, and postdoctoral fellows, she has been involved in translational and clinical research related to biomaterials and mineralized tooth structure as well as clinically-relevant evaluations of various dental materials.