Stephen Walker, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Oral Biology and Pathology
Interim Associate Dean for Research
Department: (631) 632-3753
Office: (631) 632-8916
Email: stephen.walker@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Address: 185 Westchester HallStony Brook, NY 11794
Education
MSc: University of Guelph, 1987
PhD: Microbiology, University of British Columbia, 1994
Fellowships: Microbiology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, 1995-1997; Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1998-2000
Research Interests
Oral microbial ecology in health and disease; microbial diagnostics; antibiotic susceptibility testing
Stephen G. Walker, MSc, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Oral Biology and Pathology at the Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine. He also serves as the interim associate dean for research and the interim chair of the department. He earned his PhD from the University of British Columbia and joined the faculty in 2000 after completing two postdoctoral fellowships, one of which focused on anaerobic human oral bacterial species. His research centers on oral microbial ecology in both health and disease, as well as the evaluation of novel potential antibiotics against a range of human pathogenic bacteria.