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Robert Hinton, PhD

Regents Professor Emeritus Department of Biomedical Sciences | College of Dentistry
Contact Groups and Affiliations

Biography

Career History

  • Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Faculty Mentoring, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 2008-2012
  • Texas A&M System Regents Professor, 2010-
  • Associate Chair/ Vice Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, 1999-2003, 2006- 2008.
  • Acting Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, 2003-2006.
  • Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, 2004 to present.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, 1992 - 2004.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Baylor College of Dentistry, 1988- 1992.
  • Faculty, Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Baylor College of Dentistry, 1994 -2012
  • Graduate Faculty, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, 1999 - 2012
  • Graduate Faculty, Baylor University (Waco), 1985 -1995.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Baylor College of Dentistry, 1983- 1988.
  • Lecturer in Medical Gross Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Michigan, 1982

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology & Center for Human Growth & Development University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, 1980-1983
  • M.S., Ph.D. in biological anthropology, Department of Anthropology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, 1979
  • B.S. in nuclear engineering University of Tennessee (Knoxville), 1968

Awards & Honors

  • Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary), elected 1967.
  • NIDR Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Research Service Award F32 DE05279), University of Michigan and Center for Human Growth and Development, 1980- 1983.
  • Nominated for Teacher-of-the-Year (dental), 1995, 2005, 2007 (finalist), 2008 (finalist), 2009, 2010 (finalist), 2011
  • Nominated for Teacher-of-the-Year (dental hygiene), 2004
  • Omicron Kappa Upsilon (Dentistry Honorary), elected honorary member 2006
  • BCD nominee for the Piper Professor Award, 2009
  • 2010 Golden Apple Educator Award, Department of Biomedical Sciences
  • Selected as Texas A&M System Regents Professor, 2010

Grants

PI, Regulation of Mandibular Condylar Cartilage Growth, NIH R01, 2003-2007

Co-PI, CUSPID: Baylor’s Oral Health Research Education Grant, NIH R25, 2008-2012

Consultant, Chondrocyte-derived Bone Cells Define the TMJ Pattern and Remodeling NIH R01 (Feng, PI), 2016-2021         

Publications

2006 Craniofacial growth in growth hormone-deficient rats following growth hormone supplementation
Singleton DA*, Buschang PH, Behrents R, Hinton RJ Craniofacial growth in growth hormone-deficient rats following growth hormone supplementation. Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthoped., 130: 69-82, 2006
2009 Differential gene expression in the perichondrium and cartilage of the neonatal mouse temporomandibular joint
Hinton RJ, Serrano M, So S Differential gene expression in the perichondrium and cartilage of the neonatal mouse temporomandibular joint. Orthod. Craniofac. Res., 12: 168-177, 2009.
2009 Differential gene expression in the perichondrium and cartilage of the neonatal mouse temporomandibular joint
Hinton RJ, Serrano M, So S Differential gene expression in the perichondrium and cartilage of the neonatal mouse temporomandibular joint. Orthod. Craniofac. Res., 12: 168-177, 2009.
2011 The winds of change: creating an “EBD culture” at Baylor College of Dentistry
Hinton RJ, Dechow PC, Abdellatif H, Jones DL, McCann AL, Schneiderman ED, D’Souza RD The winds of change: creating an “EBD culture” at Baylor College of Dentistry. J. Dent. Educ., 75: 279-290, 2011.
2011 Cell fate mediators Notch and Twist in mouse mandibular condylar cartilage
Serrano M, Svoboda KH, So S, Hinton RJ Cell fate mediators Notch and Twist in mouse mandibular condylar cartilage. Archs. Oral Biol., 56: 607-613, 2011.
2014 Critical role of Bmpr1a in mandibular condyle growth
Jing JJ, Hinton RJ, Mishina Y, Liu Y, Zhou X, Feng JQ Critical role of Bmpr1a in mandibular condyle growth. Conn. Tiss. Res.,55 (Suppl 1): 73-78, 2014.
2014 Roles of Notch signaling in mandibular condylar cartilage
Serrano MJ, So S, Hinton RJ. Roles of Notch signaling in mandibular condylar cartilage. Arch. Oral Biol., 59: 735-740, 2014.
2014 Genes that regulate the morphogenesis and growth of the temporomandibular joint: a review
Hinton RJ Genes that regulate the morphogenesis and growth of the temporomandibular joint: a review. Dev. Dyn., 243: 864-874, 2014.
2014 Osterix couples chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in postnatal condyle growth
Jing J, Hinton RJ, Jing Y, Ying L, Xuedong Z, Feng JQ . Osterix couples chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in postnatal condyle growth. J. Dent. Res., 93: 1014-1021, 2014.
2015 The winds of change revisited: progress towards building a culture of evidence-based dentistry
Hinton RJ, McCann AL, Schneiderman ED, Dechow PD. The winds of change revisited: progress towards building a culture of evidence-based dentistry. J. Dent. Educ., 79:499-509, 2015.
2017 Roles of chondrocytes in endochondral bone formation and fracture repair
Hinton RJ, Jing Y, Jing, J, Feng JQ. Roles of chondrocytes in endochondral bone formation and fracture repair. J. Dent. Res., 2017 Jan; 96(1):23-30. doi: 10.1177/0022034516668321.
2018 Vital roles of β-catenin in trans-differentiation of chondrocytes to bone cells
Jing Y, Jing J, Wang K, Chan K, Harris SE, Hinton RJ, Feng JQ. Vital roles of β-catenin in trans-differentiation of chondrocytes to bone cells. Intl. J Biol. Sci. 14(1): 1-9. Doi: 10.7150/jibs.23165, 2018.