This page features recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted during NIDCR’s 75th anniversary celebration. In these interviews, linked below, directors and program staff (past and present), discuss their time at NIDCR and how they helped shape the institute. The interviewees are listed in alphabetical order with their most recent, and/or current, NIH/NIDCR title(s).
Voices of NIDCR
Dr. Bruce Baum
Listen to Dr. Bruce Baum's interview.
Dr. Lois Cohen
Listen to Dr. Lois Cohen's interview.
Dr. Michael Collins
Listen to Dr. Michael Collins's interview.
Dr. Isabel Garcia
Listen to Dr. Isabel Garcia's interview.
Dr. Dushanka Kleinman
Dr. Pamela Robey
Dr. Martha Somerman
Listen to Dr. Martha Somerman's interview.
Dr. Lawrence Tabak
Listen to Dr. Lawrence Tabak's interview
(part 1 of 2).
Listen to Dr. Lawrence Tabak's interview
(part 2 of 2).
Related Items
- These and other oral histories of NIDCR alumni can be found at the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum, which will hold them in perpetuity.
- Read about institute staff, research advances, and legislative milestones on the NIDCR historical timeline produced for the institute’s 75th anniversary.
- View a video interview with former NIDCR Director Hal Slavkin recorded for the 2023 meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research.