Dr. Anne George is the Brodie Tooth Development Genetics Research Professor, UIC Distinguished Professor, and Professor of Oral Biology. She leads a team of research specialists and mentors students in the Brodie Tooth Development Genetics & Regenerative Medicine Research Laboratory at the UIC College of Dentistry.

Anne George’s research could one day lead to a new way of filling oral caries. George is studying how proteins can regenerate dentin, a calcified tissue of the body that, along with enamel, cementum and pulp, is one of the four major components of teeth. She has been instrumental in cloning the dentin matrix protein genes (DMPs) from the mineralized dentin matrix of animal models.