Faculty Awarded Major Grants

Dr. Peters, Dr. Foster, Dr. Chen, Dr. Kim, Dr. Dos Santos

 

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