Thomas Van Dyke is the Vice president for Clinical and Translational Research at the Forsyth Institute. He was also the Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. His research interests are the structural and functional relationship of abnormalities of the inflammatory process with focus on phagocytic cells and microorganisms, in the etiology and pathogenesis of periodontal and other inflammatory diseases. He is best known for his work on the pathogenesis of oral and systemic inflammatory diseases, resolution of inflammation in neutrophil biology, and clinical research.

He has published 300+ original articles, and numerous abstracts and book chapters. Member of the American/International Association of Dental Research; American Academy of Periodontology; International Association of Periodontology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Microbiology, IADR Periodontal Research Group, American Dental Association. 

Thomas received his DDS from Case Western Reserve University; MS from SUNY at Buffalo in oral sciences; Periodontics Certificate from SUNY at Buffalo, and his PhD from SUNY at Buffalo in Oral Biology.