Francesco Chiappelli, Ph.D.

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Titles

Professor, Dentistry

Associated Clinical Specialties

Member, Brain Research Institute

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center


Awards and Honors:

Fulbright Roster of Specialists for Comparative Effectiveness Research & Evidence-Based Decisions

American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (for contribution to science of evidence-based dentistry)

Registered (AHRQ) Evidence-Based Decisions in Dentistry Practice-Based Research Network Founder, Director & Coordinator (ebd-pbrn.org)

American Dental Association Champion for Evidence-Based Dentistry

Contact Information

Email
fchiappelli@dentistry.ucla.edu
Phone
Work Phone Number: 310-794-6625
Address

Department Address:

13-089 CHS
Campus - 166815
CA
UNITED STATES

Work Address:

Office
School of Dentistry
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Laboratory
School of Dentistry
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Website
http://ebd-pbrn.org

Biography

Dr. Chiappelli has been at UCLA continuously since 1972. He obtained his bachelor's (1975), master's (1981) and Ph.D. degrees (1986) at UCLA, and completed his post-doctoral training in psychoneuroimmunology (mind/body interactions), and fundamental & clinical immunology at UCLA. He has been on the UCLA faculty since. Dr. Chiappelli joined the School of Dentistry faculty in 1994, where he has taught evidence-based dentistry, psychoneuroimmunology, anatomy, ontogeny, osteo-immunology, and advanced seminars in cellular immunology to undergraduate & graduates students, as well as to Residents & fellows, and in continuing education courses. Dr. Chiappelli also held a joint position of Health Science Specialist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center.

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