Part 1: What is Salivary Bioscience, Why is it Important, and How Do We Study It?

1.1 Foundations of Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience: An Introduction (Granger et al.)

1.3 Saliva Collection, Handing, Transport, and Storage: Special Considerations and Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience(Padilla et al.)

Part 2 Physiology and Development Research and Applications

(Part 2 Editor: Dr. Jenna Riis)

2.1 Salivary Bioscience, Human Stress, and the Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis

(Clow et al.)

2.2 The Use of Saliva for Genetics and Epigenetics Research (Nemoda et al.)

2.3 Saliva as a Window Into the Human Oral Microbiome and Metabolome(Whiteson et al.)

2.5 Salivary Bioscience, Immunity, and Inflammation (Riis et al.)

2.6 Salivary Bioscience and Human Development (Hibel et al.)

Part 3 Biomedical Research and Related Applications

(Part 3 Editor: Dr. Elizabeth Thomas)

3.1 Biomedical Research and Related Applications: Current Assay Methods and Quality Requirements in Oral Fluid Diagnostics Applications (Granger S. et al.)

3.3 The Use of Antibodies in Saliva to Measure PathogenExposure and Infection(Heaney et al.)

3.4 Salivary Bioscience and Pain (Payne et al.)

3.6 Salivary Bioscience and Environmental Exposure Assessment (Panuwet et al.)

3.7 Saliva and Drugs of Abuse (Navazesh et al.)

3.8 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Saliva (Thomas)

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About the Author:

Douglas A. Granger, Ph.D., is engaged in multi-institution research focused on the discovery, measurement, and application of analytes (e.g., enzymes, hormones, antibodies, chemicals, elements, cytokines) in saliva. He is a Chancellor's Professor at UC Irvine, and holds adjunct faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University and University of Nebraska. His studies have been instrumental in the conceptualization and analysis of biosocial relationships involving child well-being, parent-child and family relationships, as well as how these biosocial links moderate and mediate the effects of adversity and stress on health and development.

Marcus K. Taylor, Ph.D., is a Faculty Affiliate at UC Irvine and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He previously held faculty positions at Duke University and San Diego State University. His program of research focuses on stress physiology in extreme environments, blast exposure, and gene-environment interactions. His recent work appears in Journal of Special Operations Medicine, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Psychiatry Research.