Cameron Walker, DDS, MS, Ph.D

Biography

Cameron graduated as UIC’s first D.D.S./Ph.D. student, after defending his Ph.D. thesis on “Tissue Remodeling and Factors Governing Tooth Movement” in 2009. 

He has authored or co-authored a total of five papers in the Brodie lab, including a key paper entitled "Osteopontin is required for unloading-induced osteoclast recruitment and modulation of RANKL expression during tooth drift-associated bone remodeling, but Not for super-eruption", which was published in the journal BONE. 

Throughout his time in the lab, Cameron has won a total of twelve awards, including a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein F30 Fellowship award, an award from the Chicago Odontographic society, the Dr. Harry Saxon Scholarship award, the IADR Craniofacial Biology Sarnat award, and the Hinman student research award.  Dr. Walker received his Orthodontics specialty training at the UNC Chapel Hill Department of Orthodontics.  He is now an adjunct faculty member in the UMKC Department of Orthodontics.