Joy Richman
DMD, MDentSci, PhD, FRCDC
Investigator and Pediatric Dentist, BC Children's Hospital
Director, Graduate Program in Pediatric Dentistry
Shruti S. Tophkhane and Gamze Akarsu and Sarah J. Gignac and Katherine Fu and Stephanie Xie and Esther M. Verheyen and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.14.70593302 / 2026
Developmental Dynamics
Gamze Akarsu and Katja R. MacCharles and Kenneth Kin Lam Wong and Joy M. Richman and Esther M. Verheyen
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.7005607 / 2025
Journal of Dental Research
J.I. Henriquez and S. Flibotte and K. Fu and J.M. Richman
DOI: 10.1177/0022034524130475605 / 2025
Developmental Biology
Joaquin I. Henriquez and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.07.01312 / 2024
Journal of Dental Research
J.M. Richman and W.L. Siqueira
DOI: 10.1177/0022034524128002611 / 2024
Disease Models & Mechanisms
Shruti S. Tophkhane and Katherine Fu and Esther M. Verheyen and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.05058406 / 2024
Shruti S. Tophkhane and Sarah J. Gignac and Katherine Fu and Esther M. Verheyen and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.28.58260202 / 2024
Shruti S. Tophkhane and Katherine Fu and Esther M. Verheyen and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.07.56595611 / 2023
Disease Models & Mechanisms
Sarah J. Gignac and Katja R. MacCharles and Katherine Fu and Kywana Bonaparte and Gamze Akarsu and Thalia W. Barrett and Esther M. Verheyen and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.04984404 / 2023
Joaquin Ignacio Henriquez and Stephane Flibotte and Katherine Fu and Edward Zirui-Wang Li and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.23.52184112 / 2022
Kirstin S. Brink and Eric Cytrynbaum and Theresa M. Grieco and Joaquin I. Henriquez and Anna Zhitnitsky and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1101/2022.11.17.51331211 / 2022
Development
Adrian Danescu and Elisabeth G. Rens and Jaspreet Rehki and Johnathan Woo and Takashi Akazawa and Katherine Fu and Leah Edelstein-Keshet and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1242/dev.19375505 / 2021
Developmental Dynamics
Juan M. Fons and Marcia Gaete and Oldrich Zahradnicek and Marie Landova and Hussein Bandali and Eraqi R. Khannoon and Joy M. Richman and Marcela Buchtova and Abigail S. Tucker
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.12002 / 2020
Journal of Dental Research
Nick Jakubovics and Joy Richman
DOI: 10.1177/002203451986488509 / 2019
Human Molecular Genetics
Sarah J Gignac and Sara Hosseini-Farahabadi and Takashi Akazawa and Nathan J Schuck and Katherine Fu and Joy M Richman
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddz07107 / 2019
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.181941211601 / 2019
Evolution & Development
Theresa M. Grieco and Joy M. Richman
DOI: 10.1111/ede.1224703 / 2018
Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0020915.pub204 / 2017
Journal of Dental Research
Higashihori, N. and Lehnertz, B. and Sampaio, A. and Underhill, T. M. and Rossi, F. and Richman, J. M.
DOI: 10.1177/0022034517716438Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine
Kulkarni, Jayesh A. and Myhre, Johnathan Layne and Chen, Sam and Tam, Yuen Yi C. and Danescu, Adrian and Richman, Joy M. and Cullis, Pieter R.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2016.12.014Journal of Dental Research
Hosseini-Farahabadi, S. and Gignac, S. J. and Danescu, A. and Fu, K. and Richman, J. M.
DOI: 10.1177/0022034517716916Journal of Dental Research
Richman, J. M. and Schutte, B. C.
DOI: 10.1177/0022034517728076Developmental Dynamics
Cela, Petra and Buchtova, Marcela and Vesela, Iva and Fu, Kathy and Bogardi, Jean-Philippe and Song, Yiping and Barlow, Amanda and Buxton, Paul and Medalova, Jirina and Francis-West, Philippa and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24422Developmental Dynamics
Bond, Stephen R. and Abramyan, John and Fu, Kathy and Naus, Christian C. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24425Frontiers in Physiology
Cela, Petra and Hampl, Marek and Fu, Katherine K. and Kunova Bosakova, Michaela and Krejci, Pavel and Richman, Joy M. and Buchtova, Marcela
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00378Integrative and Comparative Biology
Grieco, T. M. and Wong, A. C. and Richman, J. M.
Developmental Dynamics
Abramyan, John and Richman, Joy Marion
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24338Journal of Anatomy
Danescu, Adrian and Mattson, Melanie and Dool, Carly and Diewert, Virginia M. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12365Journal of Anatomy
Abramyan, John and Thivichon-Prince, Beatrice and Richman, Joy Marion
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12291Developmental Biology
Nimmagadda, Suresh and Buchtova, Marcela and Fu, Katherine and Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi and Hosseini-Farahabadi, Sara and Trachtenberg, Alexander J. and Kuo, Winston Patrick and Vesela, Iva and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.09.007Journal of Biological Chemistry
Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi and Nimmagadda, Suresh and Fu, Katherine and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.522003Integrative and Comparative Biology
Abramyan, J. and Cheng, J. and Richman, J. M.
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Abramyan, John and Leung, Kelvin Jia-Mien and Richman, Joy Marion
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22547Gene Expression Patterns
Cela, P. and Balkova, S. Moravcova and Bryjova, A. and Horakova, D. and Misek, I. and Richman, J. M. and Buchtova, M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2013.06.002International Journal of Oral Science
Whitlock, John A. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1038/ijos.2013.36Matrix Biology
Hosseini-Farahabadi, Sara and Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi and Fu, Katherine and Nimmagadda, Suresh and Yang, Hoe Joong and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2013.02.005Development
Juuri, Emma and Jussila, Maria and Seidel, Kerstin and Holmes, Scott and Wu, Ping and Richman, Joy and Heikinheimo, Kristiina and Chuong, Cheng-Ming and Arnold, Katrin and Hochedlinger, Konrad and Klein, Ophir and Michon, Frederic and Thesleff, Irma
DOI: 10.1242/dev.089599Integrative and Comparative Biology
Abramyan, J. and Leung, K. J. and Merchant-Larios, H. and Richman, J. M.
Stem Cells in Craniofacial Development and Regeneration
Richman, J.M. and Whitlock, J.A. and Abramyan, J.
DOI: 10.1002/9781118498026.ch7Genome Biology
Shaffer, H. Bradley and Minx, Patrick and Warren, Daniel E. and Shedlock, Andrew M. and Thomson, Robert C. and Valenzuela, Nicole and Abramyan, John and Amemiya, Chris T. and Badenhorst, Daleen and Biggar, Kyle K. and Borchert, Glen M. and Botka, Christopher W. and Bowden, Rachel M. and Braun, Edward L. and Bronikowski, Anne M. and Bruneau, Benoit G. and Buck, Leslie T. and Capel, Blanche and Castoe, Todd A. and Czerwinski, Mike and Delehaunty, Kim D. and Edwards, Scott V. and Fronick, Catrina C. and Fujita, Matthew K. and Fulton, Lucinda and Graves, Tina A. and Green, Richard E. and Haerty, Wilfried and Hariharan, Ramkumar and Hernandez, Omar and Hillier, LaDeana W. and Holloway, Alisha K. and Janes, Daniel and Janzen, Fredric J. and Kandoth, Cyriac and Kong, Lesheng and de Koning, A. P. Jason and Li, Yang and Literman, Robert and McGaugh, Suzanne E. and Mork, Lindsey and O'Laughlin, Michelle and Paitz, Ryan T. and Pollock, David D. and Ponting, Chris P. and Radhakrishnan, Srihari and Raney, Brian J. and Richman, Joy M. and St John, John and Schwartz, Tonia and Sethuraman, Arun and Spinks, Phillip Q. and Storey, Kenneth B. and Thane, Nay and Vinar, Tomas and Zimmerman, Laura M. and Warren, Wesley C. and Mardis, Elaine R. and Wilson, Richard K.
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-3-r28Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Handrigan, Gregory R. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1002/jezmde.21438Developmental Dynamics
Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi and Nimmagadda, Suresh and Hafez, Ismail and Fu, Katherine and Cullis, Pieter R. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22708Cells Tissues Organs
Kitase, Yukiko and Yamashiro, Keisuke and Fu, Katherine and Richman, Joy M. and Shuler, Charles F.
DOI: 10.1159/000320178Genesis
Richman, Joy M. and Handrigan, Gregory R.
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20721Plos One
Town, Liam and McGlinn, Edwina and Davidson, Tara-Lynne and Browne, Catherine M. and Chawengsaksophak, Kallayanee and Koopman, Peter and Richman, Joy M. and Wicking, Carol
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025228Developmental Biology
Handrigan, Gregory R. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.09.003Developmental Dynamics
Buchtova, Marcela and Kuo, Winston Patrick and Nimmagadda, Suresh and Benson, Shari L. and Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi and Logan, Cairine and Au-Yeung, Timothy and Chiang, Eric and Fu, Katherine and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22135Developmental Dynamics
Higashihori, Norihisa and Buchtova, Marcela and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22182Journal of Neuroscience Research
Lui, Leona and Levinson, Joshua N. and Noel, Geoffroy and Handrigan, Gregory R. and Richman, Joy M. and El-Husseini, Alaa and Moukhles, Hakima
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22258Development
Handrigan, Gregory R. and Leung, Kelvin J. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1242/dev.052415Developmental Biology
Handrigan, Gregory R. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.10.020Development
Szabo-Rogers, Heather L. and Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi and Whiting, Cheryl J. and Nimmagadda, Suresh and Fu, Katherine and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1242/dev.023978Integrative and Comparative Biology
Handrigan, G. R. and Buchtova, M. and Leung, K. J. and Richman, J. M.
Developmental Dynamics
Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi and Nimmagadda, Suresh and Antoni, Laurent and Fu, Katherine and Whiting, Cheryl J. and Francis-West, Philippa and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21934Developmental Dynamics
Town, Liam and McGlinn, Edwina and Fiorenza, Salvatore and Metzis, Vicki and Butterfield, Natalie C. and Richman, Joy M. and Wicking, Carol
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22126Developmental Biology
Szabo-Rogers, Heather L. and Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi and Nimmagadda, Suresh and Fu, Kathy K. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.027Developmental Dynamics
McGlinn, Edwina and Richman, Joy M. and Metzis, Vicki and Town, Liam and Butterfield, Natalie C. and Wainwright, Brandon J. and Wicking, Carol
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21508Developmental Biology
Buchtova, Marcela and Handrigan, Gregory R. and Tucker, Abigail S. and Lozanoff, Scott and Town, Liam and Fu, Katherine and Diewert, Virginia M. and Wicking, Carol and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.004Developmental Dynamics
Higashihori, Norihisa and Song, Yiping and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21529Zoology
Buchtova, Marcela and Boughner, Julia C. and Fu, Katherine and Diewert, Virginia M. and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.01.006European Cells and Materials
Bandali, H. and Buchtova, M. and Richman, J.M. and Tucker, A.S.
Clinical Genetics
Handrigan, G. R. and Buchtova, M. and Richman, J. M.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00761.xZoology
Boughner, Julia C. and Buchtova, Marcela and Fu, Katherine and Diewert, Virginia and Hallgrimsson, Benedikt and Richman, Joy M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.01.005Journal of Morphology
Handrigan, Gregory R. and Buchtova, Marcela and Diewert, Virginia and Richman, Joy M.
Journal of Morphology
Bucluova, Marcela and Song, Yiping and Richman, Joy
Gene
Bennetts, J. S. and Fowles, L. F. and Berkman, J. L. and van Bueren, K. L. and Richman, J. M. and Simpson, F. and Wicking, C.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.01.027Genesis
Kawakami, M. and Inoue, M. and Richman, J. M.
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20191Developmental Dynamics
Richman, J. M. and Buchtova, M. and Boughner, J. C.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20716Science
Bowles, J. and Knight, D. and Smith, C. and Wilhelm, D. and Richman, J. and Mamiya, S. and Yashiro, K. and Chawengsaksophak, K. and Wilson, M. J. and Rossant, J. and Hamada, H. and Koopman, P.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125691Developmental Dynamics
MacDonald, M.E. and Abbott, U.K. and Richman, J.M.
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20041Developmental Biology
Song, Y. and Hui, J.N. and Fu, K.K. and Richman, J.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.08.035Developmental Biology
Lee, S. H. and Bedard, O. and Buchtova, M. and Fu, K. and Richman, J. A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.08.045BioEssays
Richman, J.M. and Lee, S.-H.
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10288Development
Ashique, A.M. and Fu, K. and Richman, J.M.
International Journal of Developmental Biology
Ashique, A.M. and Fu, K. and Richman, J.M.
International Journal of Developmental Biology
Richman, J.M. and Fu, K.K. and Cox, L.L. and Sibbons, J.P. and Cox, T.C.
Nature
Lee, S.-H. and Fu, K.K. and Hui, J.N. and Richman, J.M.
DOI: 10.1038/414909aDevelopmental Biology
Plant, M.R. and MacDonald, M.E. and Grad, L.I. and Ritchie, S.J. and Richman, J.M.
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9706Developmental Dynamics
Wilke, T.A. and Gubbels, S. and Schwartz, J. and Richman, J.M.
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199709)210:1u0026lt;41::AID-AJA5u0026gt;3.0.CO;2-1Developmental Biology
Shen, H. and Wilke, T. and Ashique, A.M. and Narvey, M. and Zerucha, T. and Savino, E. and Williams, T. and Richman, J.M.
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8617Developmental Dynamics
Matovinovic, E. and Richman, J.M.
Developmental Biology
Richman, J.M. and Herbert, M. and Matovinovic, E. and Walin, J.
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8656Current Biology
Richman, J. and Mitchell, P.J.
Journal of Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology
Richman, J.M. and Delgado, J.L.
Cell
Nasir, J. and Floresco, S.B. and O'Kusky, J.R. and Diewert, V.M. and Richman, J.M. and Zeisler, J. and Borowski, A. and Marth, J.D. and Phillips, A.G. and Hayden, M.R.
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90542-1Current Biology
Richman, J.M.
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(95)00068-6Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine
Richman, J.M.
Developmental Biology
Richman, J.M. and Tickle, C.
DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(92)90069-SDevelopment
Rowe, A. and Richman, J.M. and Brickell, P.M.
Progress in clinical and biological research
Richman, J.M. and Rowe, A. and Brickell, P.M.
Development
Rowe, A. and Richman, J.M. and Brickell, P.M.
Development
Richman, J.M. and Crosby, Z.
Developmental Biology
Richman, J.M. and Tickle, C.
DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(89)90142-5Developmental Biology
Richman, J.M. and Diewert, V.M.
DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(88)90160-1Cell Differentiation
Richman, J.M. and Diewert, V.M.
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6039(87)90453-2American Journal of Anatomy
Richman, J.M. and Kollar, E.J.
My lab is the only two in Canada and one of few in the world that focuses on the patterning mechanisms in embryonic facial development. During my career I have worked on all stages of facial patterning from neural crest cells, to facial prominence formation and finally the differentiation of the skull. My main accomplishments are to develop the chicken as a model for studying the molecular controls of cleft lip and for understanding how jaw identity is established. In addition to work with chicken, I have worked with mouse and reptilian embryos. My training as a pediatric dentist feeds directly into the reptilian tooth replacement studies since we are adapting certain dental procedures to the gecko. I am making unique contributions to the biology of tooth replacement that cannot be studied in the mouse which only has one set of teeth.
Here are the topics I am currently investigating:
1) Rare diseases affecting craniofacial and limb development
2) Measuring developmental instability in the face using live imaging
3) Exploring the stem cells and molecules required for life-long tooth replacement in geckos
4) 3D morphometrics of human craniofacial and dental development in the middle trimester
5) Assessing the value of virtual health visits for dental consultations
CIHR – “Discovery of novel WNT signaling mechanisms from the study of human genetic disease in two animal models”. 2019- 2024
NSERC – “Reptilian Tooth and Jaw Development”. 2016-2024
NIH – “Development of the leopard gecko as a model to study in vivo tooth replacement”. 2017-2021
Fellow of the Academy of Health Sciences 2020
Canadian Association for Dental Research National Dental Research Award 2020
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