Dr. Elizabeth A. Bilodeau, DMD, MD, MSEd

Expert Publications

• Decrements and recovery from decrements in a simple work task with variation in force requirements at different stages of practice.
• Massing and spacing phenomena as functions of prolonged and extended practice.
• Acquisition of two leverpositioning responses practiced over several periods of alternation.
• Speed of acquiring a simple motor response as a function of the systematic transformation of knowledge of results.
• The contribution of component activities to the total psychomotor task.
• Accuracy of response as a function of target width.
• Rate recovery in a repetitive motor task as a function of successive rest periods.
• Some effects of work loading in a repetitive motor task.
• Variations in knowledge of component performance and its effects upon part-part and part-whole relations.
• The summation of generalized reactive tendencies.
• The relationship between a relatively complex motor skill and its components.
• Patterns of internal consistency in multipart skilled performances.
• Variable frequency of knowledge of results and the learning of a simple skill.
• Variation of temporal intervals among critical events in five studies of knowledge of results.
• Some effects of introducing and withdrawing knowledge of results early and late in practice.

Media Releases

Get to know Oral & Maxillofacial Pathologist Dr. Elizabeth A. Bilodeau, who serves patients in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

An excellent oral & maxillofacial pathologist, Dr. Bilodeau joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 2011. She serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Oral Biology.

Furthermore, she is the Co-Course Director for the predoctoral Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Radiology course, the dental hygiene General and Oral Pathology course, and co-directs the resident Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology course. She also serves as the Director of the UDHS Oral Pathology Biopsy Service Laboratory, participating in faculty biopsy service.

With a broad educational background, Dr. Bilodeau received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001, before graduating with her Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry degree and Master of Science in Education degree in 2005. At the University of Pittsburgh, she received her medical degree and subsequently completed graduate training in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, earning a Certificate in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology.

Recognized as a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, the doctor is board-certified in oral & maxillofacial pathology and serves as the Director of Education for the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. She has also represented the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology by serving as a member and as a consultant member of the American Dental Association’s Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition.

Throughout her professional career, she served as the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine’s Director of Admissions (2014-2017), also chairing the Transfer Committee, and serving on the Advanced Standing Admission Committee and on the Biomedical Masters Admissions Committee. She is also a member of the Infection Control Committee and has chaired the Academic Integrity Committee.

A keen researcher, Dr. Bilodeau has authored over 50 peer reviewed publications as well as book chapters and invited articles. Her research interests include the clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular features of various odontogenic and salivary tumors.

Oral and maxillofacial pathology is the specialty of dentistry and pathology which deals with the nature, identification, and management of diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions. It is a science that investigates the causes, processes, and effects of these diseases. Dr. Bilodeau specializes in the microscopic, clinical, and radiographic diagnosis and treatment of diseases that affect the oral and maxillofacial region.

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