Kenneth M. Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor
Personal Statement:
Currently seeking M.S. & Ph.D. students
Dr. Hargreaves received his B.A. in neurobiology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977, his D.D.S. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1983, and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1986.
From 1986 to 1990, he was a Staff Fellow and Senior Staff Fellow at the Neurobiology and Anesthesiology Branch of the National Institute of Dental Research (now NIDCR) at the NIH. He completed his residency in Endodontics at the University of Minnesota in 1993 and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. Dr. Hargreaves is currently a professor in the Departments of Endodontics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Surgery at UT Health San Antonio. He also maintains a private practice limited to endodontics.
Education
1993 - Postdoctoral Training - Endodontics - University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry
1990 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Sr Staff Fellow-Neurobiol & Anesthes Branch - National Institute of Dental Research, NIH
1988 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Postdoc Fellow-Neurobiol & Anesthes Branch - National Institute of Dental Research, NIH
1986 - PhD - Physiology - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
1985 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - NRSA Postdoc Fellow-Neurobiol & Anesthes Branch - National Institute of Dental Research, NIH
1983 - DDS - Dentistry - Georgetown University
1977 - BA - Neurobiology - University of California at Berkeley
Research
Pain mechanisms and development of novel analgesics
Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Pain & Inflammation, Analgesics, Hyperalgesia, Clinical Therapeutics
Primary research interests are in the areas of pain and inflammation. Ken’s ongoing basic research includes studies on mechanisms of inflammatory pain and pharmacological regulation of peripheral nociceptors, whilst current clinical trials are evaluating peripheral pain mechanisms in endodontic patients, as well as the clinical outcomes of non-surgical endodontic procedures.
Awards & Accomplishments
Diplomate, American Board of Endodontics
President’s Award, American Association of Endodontists (2020)
ADA Research Gold Medal Award (2018)
President’s Distinguished Senior Scholar Award (2013; Highest University Faculty Honor)
AAE Louis I. Grossman Award for Research (2007)
IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards (1999 & 2000), AADR Senior Scholar Award in Neuroscience (2017)
NIH MERIT Award (1999)
Publications
Publications of >200 papers with an h-index >90