Faculty Profile - Dr. Siew-Ging Gong

Dr. Siew-Ging Gong

Dr. Siew-Ging Gong Associate Professor Orthodontics Faculty of Dentistry 124 Edward St. Toronto , ON M5G 1G6 Phone: 416-979-4917 ext.4588 Office number 519A sg.gong@utoronto.ca

Current academic / hospital appointments

Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics- University of Toronto

Education

• 1982 B.D.S., University of Malaya , Malaysia
• 1988 Specialty Certification in Orthodontics, Ohio State University .
• 1988 M.S. School of Dentistry, Ohio State University
• 1988 M.A. School of Education, Ohio State University
• 1994 Ph.D., University of Texas , Houston

Courses

Graduate / Postgraduate: Facial Growth

Research interests

Molecular Aspects of Clefts of the lip with or without clefts of the palate in mouse models and in humans.

Recent publications

• Hansen, J.M., Gong, S.-G. , Philbert, M.A., and Harris, C. (2002). Misregulation of gene expression by Thalidomide in the redox-sensitive NF-?B limb outgrowth pathway. Developmental Dynamics. 225 (2):186-194.
• Gong, S-G., V. Krishnan, and Waack D. (2002) . Blood loss in patients undergoing orthognathic surgery. International Journal of Adult Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery . 17(4):314-317.
• Gong, S-G and Guo, C. (2003). Bmp4 is expressed in the Putative Site of Fusion in the Midfacial Region. Differentiation 71 (3):228-236.
• Gong, S-G , T-W Gong, L. Shum (2005). Identification of Markers of the Midface. Journal of Dental Research. 84(1):69-72.
• Behnan, S. M., C. Guo, T-W Gong, L. Shum, S-G Gong (2005). Gene and protein expression of Tgfß2 during murine primary palatogenesis. Differentiation 73(5):233-9.

Awards and Honours

Recipient of Canada Research Chair in Craniofacial Biology 2005-2010.

Students

Presently accepting students for supervision in the areas of molecular, cell, and developmental biology, molecular genetics