Expertise
Murdoch-Kinch previously served as associate dean for academic affairs and the Dr. Walter H. Swartz Professor of Integrated Special Care Dentistry at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. She also served as a clinical professor in the school's Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Hospital Dentistry. Her work at Michigan included multidisciplinary clinical research in oncology; a hospital-based oral medicine referral practice in which dental and medical residents co-treated patients with oral manifestations of skin diseases; and educational research on curriculum, dental school climate and engaged learning.
Murdoch-Kinch is no stranger to the IU School of Dentistry, having received a clinical certificate in dental diagnostic sciences in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1996 from the school. Her dissertation involved clinical research on gene expression of Crouzon syndrome in families.
