Dr. Douglas S. Darling received his PhD from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, in 1983. This was followed by postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (to 1987) and in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Harvard School of Medicine (to 1992). Dr. Darling is currently a Professor at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry where he directs the ULSD Oral Biology Graduate Program. He is a member of the ULSD Center for Oral Health and Systemic Disease, as well as the Birth Defects Center. He directs a graduate course on experimental design. Dr. Darling is a molecular biologist and has directed research grants investigating molecular mechanisms in salivary gland differentiation, palate morphogenesis, eye development, and gene transcription. He has over 70 publications

 differentiation of salivary cells induced tumourigenesis