Tulloch Appointed Chair of Orthodontics

The first woman named to an endowed professor ship at the UNC School of Dentistry has been appointed chair of the department of orthodontics, effective July 1, 2001. J. F. Camilla "Kitty" Tulloch, BDS, Dip. Orthodont., DFS, Dr. G. Fred Hale Professor in Orthodontics, at the UNC School of Dentistry has been a member of the orthodontic faculty for 17 years.

"Dr. Kitty Tulloch has been an articulate and widely recognized teacher of orthodontics since the early 1970s. She has received much national and international distinction, including several prestigious awards. I am delighted that she has agreed to succeed Dr. William Proffit as the new chair of the department of orthodontics," said John Stamm, dean at the School of Dentistry.

Born in Victoria in the British Cameroons, Tulloch was educated in England, receiving her BDS from the University of College Hospital, University of London, her diploma in orthodontics from Eastman Dental Hospital in London and her fellowship in dental surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons. From 1965 to 1975 she advanced through a series of hospital and clinical appointments in London. From 1975-1977 she was senior register at the Turner Dental School at the University of Manchester. While in Manchester, she also served in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Booth Hall Hospital.

She came to the United States in 1978 to pursue an academic career as an assistant professor in the College of Dentistry at University of Kentucky where she was recruited to UNC by William Proffit. She initially joined the UNC faculty in 1983 but in 1985 accepted a Robert Wood Johnson research fellowship at Harvard School of Medicine. Returning to UNC-Chapel Hill as assistant professor in orthodontics 1987, she was promoted to associate professor in 1989 and full professor in 1995. She received the Hale Professorship in 1998. Tulloch's many achievements have earned her international recognition as of the world's leading academic orthodontists. Her orthodontic research has focused on numerous clinical problems. She is internationally known for her 10-year study that explores the controversial question of later vs early orthodontic treatment of patients with buckteeth. Tulloch is married to Donald Liner, an economist on the faculty of Institute of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill and they live in Chapel Hill.

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