Yota Stathopoulou, D.D.S., D.M.D., Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor of Periodontics, School of Dentistry
  • Division Head, Periodontology, School of Dentistry
  • Director, Periodontics Graduate Program, School of Dentistry

Biography

Dr. Stathopoulou holds a DDS from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2003) and a DMD from the University of Pennsylvania (2016). She received a certificate in Periodontics from the University of Louisville (2008) and completed a MS (2004) and PhD (2008) at the same institution. 

Following four years of private practice and part-time teaching in her native city of Athens, Dr. Stathopoulou relocated to Philadelphia in 2012 to assume a full-time faculty position at the University of Pennsylvania where she served as the Director of Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Periodontics, and as the Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs. In 2019 she joined the Oregon Health & Science University as the Director of the Advanced Education Program in Periodontics.

Dr. Stathopoulou's clinical research focuses on the non-surgical treatment of periodontitis and periimplantitis as well as behavioral economics, and has been supported by industry and the NIH/NIDCR; her basic science research focuses on host-bacterial interactions and their role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and is the recipient of several prestigious scholarships and awards.

Dr. Stathopoulou is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and has maintained a practice limited to periodontics and implant surgery throughout her academic career.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • D.D.S., 2003, National and Capodistrian University of Athens School of Dentistry
    • M.S., 2004, University of Louisville School of Medicine
    • Ph.D., 2008, University of Louisville School of Medicine
    • D.M.D., 2016, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

  • Residency

    • Advanced Education Program in Periodontics, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky, 2008

  • Certifications

    • Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology, 2009 (recertification 2015 )

Memberships and associations:

  • American Academy of Periodontology
  • Academy of Osseointegration
  • International Association of Dental Research
  • American Dental Association
  • American Dental Education Association

Honors and awards

  • Nobel Biocare Fellowship - Penn Dental Medicine, 2015-2018
  • Educator Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics - American Academy of Periodontology, 2014
  • Schoenleber Pilot Grant - Penn Dental Medicine, 2013
  • Hans R. Muhlemann Research Prize competition finalist - Swiss Society of Periodontology, 2009
  • Abram and Sylvia Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowship - American Academy of Periodontology, 2008
  • Eugene M. Seidner Student Scholarship - Academy of Laser Dentistry, 2006
  • Postgraduate Scholarship - I. Latsis Foundation, 2003-2007
  • Predoctoral Scholarship - I. Latsis Foundation, 1999-2003

Publications

Publications

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) in dental education

    Journal of dental education
    1. Rafael Delgado-Ruiz
    2. Amy S. Kim
    3. Hai Zhang
    4. Diane Sullivan
    5. Kamran H. Awan
    6. Panagiota G. Stathopoulou

  • Efficacy of Antibiotics Used as an Adjunct in the Treatment of Peri-implant Mucositis and Peri-implantitis

    International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants
    1. Yu Wang
    2. Chia Yu Chen
    3. Panagiota G. Stathopoulou
    4. Laurel K. Graham
    5. Jonathan Korostoff
    6. Ya Wei Chen

  • Effects of Conventional Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs on Response to Periodontal Treatment in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    BioMed Research International
    1. Gyu Un Jung
    2. Ji Young Han
    3. Kyung Gyun Hwang
    4. Chang Joo Park
    5. Panagiota G. Stathopoulou
    6. Joseph P. Fiorellini

  • Complete mouth rehabilitation and gastroesophageal reflux disease

    Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
    1. Vasilios Chronopoulos
    2. Georgios Maroulakos
    3. Konstantinos Tsoutis
    4. Panagiota Stathopoulou
    5. William W. Nagy

  • Autoimmune neutropenia as a cause of periodontal disease in preschool children

    Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
    1. Evlambia Hajishengallis
    2. Stephanie Rashewsky
    3. Cyelee Kulkarni
    4. Panagiota Stathopoulou

  • Epithelial cell pro-inflammatory cytokine response differs across dental plaque bacterial species

    Journal of Clinical Periodontology
    1. Panagiota G. Stathopoulou
    2. Manjunatha R. Benakanakere
    3. Johnah C. Galicia
    4. Denis F. Kinane

  • In vitro modeling of host-parasite interactions

    BMC Microbiology
    1. Bernhard Guggenheim
    2. Rudolf Gmür
    3. Johnah C. Galicia
    4. Panagiota G. Stathopoulou
    5. Manjunatha R. Benakanakere
    6. André Meier
    7. Thomas Thurnheer
    8. Denis F. Kinane

  • Modulation of TLR2 protein expression by miR-105 in human oral keratinocytes

    Journal of Biological Chemistry
    1. Manjunatha R. Benakanakere
    2. Qiyan Li
    3. Mehmet A. Eskan
    4. Amar V. Singh
    5. Jiawei Zhao
    6. Johnah C. Galicia
    7. Panagiota Stathopoulou
    8. Thomas B. Knudsen
    9. Denis F. Kinane

  • Neutrophils rescue gingival epithelial cells from bacterial-induced apoptosis

    Journal of Leukocyte Biology
    1. Johnah C. Galicia
    2. Manjunatha R. Benakanakere
    3. Panagiota G. Stathopoulou
    4. Denis F. Kinane

  • Porphyromonas gingivalis induce apoptosis in human gingival epithelial cells through a gingipain-dependent mechanism

    BMC Microbiology
    1. Panagiota G. Stathopoulou
    2. Johnah C. Galicia
    3. Manjunatha R. Benakanakere
    4. Carlos A. Garcia
    5. Jan Potempa
    6. Denis F. Kinane

  • The host cytokine response to Porphyromonas gingivalis is modified by gingipains

    Oral microbiology and immunology
    1. P. G. Stathopoulou
    2. M. R. Benakanakere
    3. J. C. Galicia
    4. D. F. Kinane

  • Interleukin-1β modulates proinflammatory cytokine production in human epithelial cells

    Infection and Immunity
    1. Mehmet A. Eskan
    2. Manjunatha R. Benakanakere
    3. Beate G. Rose
    4. Ping Zhang
    5. Jiawei Zhao
    6. Panagiota Stathopoulou
    7. Daisuke Fujioka
    8. Denis F. Kinane

  • Toll-like receptor 2-mediated interleukin-8 expression in gingival epithelial cells by the Tannerella forsythia leucine-rich repeat protein BspA

    Infection and Immunity
    1. Kiyonobu Honma Shinsuke Onishi
    2. Shuang Liang
    3. Panagiota Stathopoulou
    4. Denis Kinane
    5. George Hajishengallis
    6. Ashu Sharma

  • Gingival epithelial cells heterozygous for Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile are hypo-responsive to Porphyromonas gingivalis

    Genes and Immunity
    1. D. F. Kinane
    2. H. Shiba
    3. P. G. Stathopoulou
    4. H. Zhao
    5. D. F. Lappin
    6. A. Singh
    7. M. A. Eskan
    8. S. Beckers
    9. S. Waigel
    10. B. Alpert
    11. T. B. Knudsen