Hui Wu, Ph.D., is OHSU School of Dentistry(SOD)’s Associate Dean for research. He heads Office of Research and coordinates research and research training at OHSU SOD. The office oversees a research enterprise that encompasses research strengths in biomaterials, tissue engineering and regerneration, and oral microbiology and immunology, and supports the development of clinical translational research and other areas of research excellence in neuroscience, cell and developmental biology, and public health dentistry, education and dental informatics.  He helps set the agenda for increasing SOD’s research outcomes and advancing research excellence.

Dr. Wu is also a professor of Integrative Biosciences in the OHSU SOD. He joined OHSU in March 2020 after a stellar career at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Wu was a Professor of Dentistry and Microbiology at UAB. At UAB Dr. Wu led the university-wide Microbiome Research Center as the founding director and directed NIDCR/NIH supported training program. He has trained numerous graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and dentist scientists, and was selected as a recipient for 2014 UAB Graduate School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship.  Dr. Wu is an accomplished scientist, with more than 80 manuscripts published in mainstream journals and 17 years of research continously funded by the National Institutes of Health in microbial sciences. In 2011 Dr. Wu received IADR/GSK Innovation in Oral Care Award. In 2017 he was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award by the University of Vermont College of Argicutlure and Life Sciences. In 2020, Dr. Wu was elected to American Academy of Microbiology as a Fellow for his contribution to microbial sciences.