• Contact Information
• Educational and Professional Background
• Research/Creative Activities
• Patient Care Activities
• Courses Taught
• Professional Memberships and Activities
• Recent Publications

Educational and Professional Background

Kirkland (Hamilton) College, BA, 1976
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, D.M.D., 1979
University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, M.Dent.Sc., Certificate in Periodontics, 1985

Dr. Kinder Haake is a clinician – scientist, active in the practice of Periodontics as well as in research that focuses on the microbial basis of oral diseases. Dr. Haake practiced general dentistry for a number of years before specializing in periodontics, and has been in practice at UCLA for over ten years. Her research has ranged from studies of antibiotic resistance in periodontitis patients to basic investigation on genetic systems to study oral pathogens and their interaction with host tissues.

Research/Creative Activities

Dr. Haake is active in research on microbial pathogenesis and has contributed to numerous primary research publication in addition to book chapters in the areas of periodontal pathogenesis and microbial genetics. Dr. Haake’s research program has focused on the development of genetic systems for the oral pathogen, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and understanding the effects of bacterial pathogens on host tissue cells.

Patient Activities

Dr. Haake practices periodontics in the UCLA Periodontal and Implant Faculty Practice in addition to teaching periodontics in the UCLA School of Dentistry.

Courses taught

Dr. Haake teaches periodontal microbiology and chemotherapeutic management of periodontal diseases for the undergraduate and graduate dental students. In addition, she teaches a course in molecular biology for the periodontal residents.

Professional memberships and activities:

Dr. Haake is active in the American and International Associations of Dental Research, the American Society for Microbiology, and the American Academy of Periodontics. She was elected and served from 2001-2004 as the AADR Member-at-Large of the Publications Committee.

Recent Publications

1. Kinder Haake, S., S. Yoder, G. Attarian, and K. Podkaminer. Native Plasmids of Fusobacterium nucleatum: Characterization and Use in the Development of Genetic Systems. Journal of Bacteriology 182:1176-1180, 2000.
2. Han, Y.W., Shi, W., Huang, G.T.-J., Kinder Haake, S., Park, N.-H., Kuramitsu, H. and Genco, R.J. Interactions between periodontal bacteria and human oral epithelial cells: Fusobacterium nucleatum adheres to and invades epithelial cells. Infection and Immunity, 68:3140-3146, 2000.
3. Huang, G. T.-J., D. Kim, J. K. –H. Lee, H. Kuramitsu and S. Kinder Haake. Interleukin-8 and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 regulation in oral epithelial cells by selected periodontal bacteria: Multiple effects of Porphyromonas gingivalis via antagonistic mechanisms. Infection and Immunity, 69:1364-1372, 2001.
4. S. Hunt Gerardo, S.C. Yoder, D.M. Citron, E.J.C. Goldstein and S. Kinder Haake. Sequence conservation and distribution of the fusobacterial immunosuppressive protein gene, fipA. Oral Microbiology and Immunology, 17:315-320, 2002.
5. E. Hintermann, S. Kinder Haake, U. Christen, A. Sharabi and V. Quaranta. Discrete proteolysis of focal contact and adherens junction components in Porphyromonas gingivalis infected oral keratinocytes: A strategy for cell adhesion and migration disabling. Infection and Immunity, 70:5846-5856, 2002.
6. G. Bachrach, S. Kinder Haake, A. Glick, R. Hazan, R. Naor, R.N. Andersen and P.E. Kolenbrander. Characterization of the Novel Fusobacterium nucleatum Plasmid pKH9: Description of an Addiction System and Shuttle Plasmid. Submitted to Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2004.