Beth Groenke

Dr. Beth Groenke earned her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, her DDS from the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and her Master of Dentistry from the University of Minnesota. She is an alumna of the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Fellowship, and she is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain. Dr. Groenke’s career spans academic research, medical device development, and clinical practice, with an emphasis on advancing pain diagnostics and patient care. As a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota’s Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, her current work includes investigating olfaction as a potential method of noninvasive neuromodulation for chronic pain, developing personalized machine-learning algorithms to predict pain, and advancing MRI applications in dentistry. Her clinical practice focuses on providing dental care to geriatric patie