Awards and Sponsored Funding

UFCD Seed Grants 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

UFCD Multi-Investigator Pilot Program Project Grants (MIPPPG) 2007 | 2008

Current Awards

Annual Report - Research

NIH/NIDCR Funding to Academic Institutions and Dental Schools

UFCD MIPPPG Grants 2007

"Porphyromonas gingivalis and Pre-term Delivery", $120,000.00

• Ann Progulske-Fox, PhD, Professor - Oral Biology
• Myriam Belanger, PhD, Research Assistant Professor - Oral Biology
• Richard J. Lamont, PhD, Professor - Oral Biology
• Joseph Katz, DMD, PhD, Professor - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences

"Development of RNA interference as tools for the treatment of oral diseases", $150,000.00

• Edward K.L. Chan, PhD, Professor - Oral Biology
• Lexie Shannon Holliday, PhD, Associate Professor - Orthodontics
• Richard J. Lamont, PhD, Professor - Oral Biology

UFCD Seed Grants 2007

Luciana M. Shaddox, DDS, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor - Periodontology "The Influence of Periodontal Therapy on Metabolic and Immunological Control of the Type II Diabetic Patient", $10,000.00

Shannon M. Pop, PhD, Assistant Professor - Periodontology "Diabetes mellitus and expression of in vivo induced antigens by oral pathogens", $10,000.00

UFCD Seed Grants 2006

Valeria V. Gordan, DDS, Associate Professor - Operative Dentistry "Arginine hydrolysis in human dental plaque and saliva as predictor of caries risk", $10,000.00

Nicole Grieshaber, PhD, Research Assistant Professor - Oral Biology "Identification of small regulatory RNAs in P. gingivalis", $10,000.00

Joseph Katz, DMD, Professor - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences and Myriam Bélanger, PhD, Research Assistant Professor - Oral Biology (Microbiology) "P. gingivalis interaction with placental tissues, in vitro and animal studies", $10,000.00

Albert O. Adegbembo, BDS, DDPH, MSc, FRCD(C), Assistant Scientist - Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science "An exploratory study of trust and dental anxiety in dentistry", $5,000.00

Clay Walker, PhD, Professor - Oral Biology "Correlation of subgingival bacterial species with MMPS", $10,000.00

UFCD Seed Grants 2005

Ann Progulske-Fox, PhD, Professor and Director - Oral Biology
"Host Response & P. Gingivalis Virulence in Pregnancy", $10,000.00

Fong Wong, DDS, MSD, Assistant Professor - Prosthodontics
"Contribution of SP/NK-1 Receptor Signaling to Nociceptive Processing in Mice", $17,000.00

Henrietta L. Logan, PhD, Professor - Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science "Markers of late effects of head and neck cancer", $10,000.00

UFCD Seed Grants 2004

Ivar A.Mjör, BDS, MSD, MS, DrOdont, Eminent Scholar - Operative Dentistry "Re-engineering Clinical Dental Research: Response to NIH/NIDCR RFA DE05-006", $12,500.00

Enrique Bimstein, CD, Visiting Professor - Pediatrics
"Histological Characteristics of Periodontitis in Teeth of Children and Adolescents", $10,000.00

Jianguo Gu, PhD, Associate Professor - Neuroscience, Oral Surgery
"SP-Neuropeptidergic Modulatory System In Nociceptive Pathways", $10,000.00

Frank Catalanotto, DMD, Professor and Enrique Bimstein, CD, Visting Professor - Pediatrics "The Influence of Taste Sensitivity on Food Intake and Oral Health", $10,000.00

Chen-Guang Yu, PhD, MD, Research Assistant Professor - Orthodontics/Neuroscience, "Effects of ERK1/ERK2 siRNA on Spinal Injury Pain", $10,000.00

Martin Handfield, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor - Oral Biology
"Characterizing Bacterial Virulence Determinants with Human Microarrays", $10,000.00

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