Ozlem Yilmaz, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Role of Opportunistic Bacteria in Cancer Development and Response to Therapy
Research Interest
I am a clinician scientist who was uniquely trained as a molecular microbiologist and cellular biologist. Consequently, I have combined my skills to characterize complex host cell and microbe interaction in the oral mucosa using primary cell models and system biology approaches. As a pioneer in the field, I demonstrated a record of collaborative studies bringing novel molecular insights in the biology of oral bacteria and their emerging roles in progression of human systemic diseases such as orodigestive cancers, vascular dementia, metabolic syndrome (I have been placed in Top 1% most cited scientists in single calendar years since 2017 for the Microbiology and Dentistry published by Stanford University, in PloS Biology, 2021).