Dr. Jan C.-C. Hu has been the Samuel D. Harris Collegiate Professor of Dentistry since 2006. She graduated from National Taiwan University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. Then she moved to the United States to attend the University of Southern California, where she completed certification in pediatric dentistry in 1988 and earned a doctorate in craniofacial biology in 1990. Hu remained at USC as a postdoctoral researcher and later became an assistant professor. Between 1993 and 2002, Hu was affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's Department of Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Hu has held continuous funding from the NIH for 24 years and has contributed more than 150 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Hu’s professional honors include the AADR/IADR William J. Gies Award in 2001 and 2005, the AAPD Paul P. Taylor Award in 2011, and the IADR Distinguished Scientist Award for basic research in biological mineralization in 2015. Dr. Hu is a fellow of the 2017 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program. Her research focuses on characterizing the molecular regulation of tooth development and determining etiologies of genetic disorders involving teeth.