Faculty Awarded Major Grants
College faculty received new grants placing the college in the top 30% of U.S. dental schools for National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. Congratulations to our faculty for leading important advances in dental research.
Grants were awarded from the National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and are shown below.
Faculty |
Title |
Amount |
|---|---|---|
|
Sarah Peters, MS, PhD |
Neuroimmunology regulating reparative dentinogenesis; National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
$3,227,911 |
|
Brian Foster, MS, PhD |
Pharmacological inhibition of ENPP1 to promote cementum regeneration and periodontal return to function |
$469,207 |
|
Hong Chen, DDS, MS |
Autonomic dysfunction and the trajectory of TMD with multisystem manifestations |
$315,000 |
|
Do-Gyoon Kim, PhD |
Social Stress Induces Bone Loss and Growth Plate Reduction |
$393,750 |
|
Elis Lira dos Santos, DDS, MS, PhD |
Effects of Altered Immunity in XLH on Dental and Periodontal Infection |
$233,874 |