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BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

OVERVIEW

Dr. Norton is originally from Hampton, Virginia. He received his B.A. degree from Randolph-Macon College and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Norton joined the faculty of the School of Dentistry in 1996 and is currently an Associate Professor of Oral Biology, Biomedical Sciences, and Pharmacology. 

TEACHING

Dr. Norton is a tenured faculty member with primary responsibility for teaching Gross Anatomy lecture and laboratory, Head & Neck Anatomy lecture and laboratory, and Human Neuroscience lecture to pre-clinical Freshman dental students. Lecture instruction is also given for Pain Control to Sophomores, Anti-Parkinson Pharmacology to Juniors, and Advanced Anatomy electives to Seniors. Additional teaching responsibilities include instruction in the Master’s Program in Clinical Anatomy offered by the School of Medicine. Dr. Norton also serves as a mentor for various student research projects and as a Freshman student advisor. He has received over 18 Teaching awards at Creighton including Outstanding Freshman Instructor, Preclinical Instruction by Senior classes, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement by the Creighton Student Union; the highest teaching award given by Creighton University, and the GlaxoSmithKline Sensodyne Teaching Award in 2007; the highest national award given by the American Dental Education Association (ADEA).

SCHOLARSHIP

Dr. Norton’s research activities include various basic science and dental materials based projects.  He has received two Health Futures Foundation grants and served as a student mentor on two NIH student training grants. Dr. Norton has presented work at national and international meetings, authored over 80 Abstracts, 3 book chapters, and currently have published, or in press, 23 peer reviewed articles. In 2003, he was an author on Presidential Award presentation by the American Association of Clinical Anatomists along with Drs. Alan Richards and Thomas Quinn. Dr. Norton’s most significant work is the book, Netter’s Head & Neck Anatomy for Dentistry. Currently, this text has been translated into 5 languages and he is working on the 2nd edition. Recently, Dr. Norton published Netter’s Advanced Head & Neck Anatomy Flash Cards through Elsevier, a 248 card set designed for advanced health professionals and Netter’s Advanced Head & Neck Anatomy Flash Cards for the iPod/iTouch.

SERVICE

Dr. Norton has served on a series of All-University and Dental School committees.  For the past 4 years, he served 2 terms as the President of the University Faculty and has previously served terms as Secretary of the All-University Faculty Council. Dr. Norton has served as Chair on the University Committee on Rank & Tenure, Academic Freedom & Responsibility Committee, and Committee on Committees. Dr. Norton has been a member of the Admissions Committee since 1997 and has taken numerous recruitment trips on behalf of the School of Dentistry. Dr. Norton is actively involved in the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) and currently serves as the Treasurer. Recently stepped down from his role as an Associate Editor of the Elsevier journal xPharm, a peer reviewed journal of pharmacology. An active member of ADEA, Dr. Norton was selected as a member in the ADEA Leadership Institute for the Class of 2007 and currently serves as the chair-elect of the Anatomical Sciences section of ADEA.