Jan Ching Chun Hu is a Taiwanese dentistry academic.
Career
editHu graduated from National Taiwan University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. She moved to the United States to attend the University of Southern California, where she completed certification in pediatric dentistry in 1988 and earned a doctorate in craniofacial biology in 1990. Hu remained at USC as a postdoctoral researcher and later became an assistant professor. Between 1993 and 2002, Hu was affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's Department of Pediatric Dentistry. She subsequently moved to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, and was appointed to the full Samuel D. Harris Collegiate Professorship of Dentistry in 2006.[1][2] Hu was named Charlotte Mistretta's successor as director of the school's Oral Health Sciences Ph.D. program in 2010.[3] Hu was elevated to lead the Biologic and Materials Sciences and Prosthodontics Department in 2018.[4] In 2022, Hu replaced Laurie McCauley as dean of the dentistry school on an interim basis.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Love, Lauren (12 May 2022). "Jan Ching Chun Hu to become School of Dentistry interim dean". University of Michigan Record. University of Michigan. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Jan Hu BDS, PhD". University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Mastey, Jerry (13 December 2010). "Hu named new director of Oral Health Sciences/Ph.D. program". University of Michigan Record. University of Michigan. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Vesa Kaartinen to direct Oral Health Sciences PhD program". University of Michigan School of Dentistry. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Jan Hu named Interim Dean of the School of Dentistry". University of Michigan School of Dentistry. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Portalatin, Ariana (13 May 2022). "U of Michigan dental school names interim dean". Becker's Dental and DSO Review. Retrieved 20 October 2023.