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Francesco
Chiappelli, Ph.D. Professor, School of Dentistry, UCLA; Health Science Specialist in Neuroimmunology (GS-13), Brentwood Station, West Los Angeles Veterans' Administration Medical Center; Psychoneuroimmunology Consultant, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, RAND Corporation; Director, MS Program in Oral Biology |
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Contact Information UCLA School
of Dentistry
Dr. Chiappelli obtained his Ph.D. degree at UCLA in 1986. He obtained his post-doctoral training in psychoneuroimmunology (mind/body interactions), and has been on the UCLA faculty since. Dr. Chiappelli has been teaching evidence-based dentistry for close to seven years. He gives Continuing Education courses on this topic, and provides research design, technique and data analysis consultation on the relevance of Mind/Body interaction in oral biology and medicine as part of the Psychoneuroimmunology Group, Inc. Dr. Chiappelli also holds the position of Health Science Specialist (GS-13) in the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC).
Selected References Masera RG, Prolo P, Staurenghi A, Sartori ML, Griot G, Lazzero A, Ravizza L, Chiappelli F, Angeli A. Mental deterioration correlates with response of natural killer (NK) cell activity and to physiological modifiers in patients with short history of Alzheimer's disease. Psychoneuroendocrinology. In press. Prolo P, Chiappelli F, Cajulis E, Bauer J, Spackman S, Romeo H, Carrozzo M, Gandolfo S, Christensen R. Psychoneuroimmunology in oral biology and medicine: the model of oral lichen planus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. In press. Romeo HE, Tio DL, Rahman SU, Chiappelli F, Taylor AN. The glossopharyngeal nerve as a novel pathway in immune-to-brain communication: relevance to neuroimmune surveillance of the oral cavity. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 2001; 115:91-100.
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