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Research Committee

Committee Members

Name Role Term
Dr. Ed Chan Chair (Full-time faculty appointed by the Dean) 2009
Dr. Lorena Baccaglini Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly 2011
Dr. Joe Riley Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly 2009
Dr. Shannon Wallet Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly 2010
Dr. Linda Bartoshuk Full-time faculty appointed by the Dean 2010
Dr. David Culp Full-time faculty appointed by the Dean 2011
Dr. Ken Anusavice Ex officio: Associate Dean for Research  
Ms. Jane Moore Support staff  
Ms. Kathy Galloway Support staff  
Ms. Beverly Coleman Support staff  

Committee Composition

The committee consists of seven members: three full-time faculty elected by the Faculty Assembly, three full-time faculty appointed by the Dean. The Associate Dean for Research will serve as an ex-officio member. The Dean will appoint the chairperson.

Standing Committee Charge

It is the responsibility of this committee to stimulate interest in research by faculty members and students, and to communicate to these individuals the availability of research opportunities.

Additional Charge from the Dean for 2008-2009

This year I am charging the Research Committee with the following tasks:

  1. Work with the Curriculum Committee to identify opportunities in the DMD curriculum to expand faculty and student participation in research.
  2. Investigate and recommend mechanisms for expanding and facilitating clinical and translational research.
  3. Establish and periodically review policies and guidelines relative to ethics in research.
  4. Establish and periodically review criteria and requirements for internal research grants and supplements.
  5. Identify a process by which dental students can be more competitive for national student research awards such as the AADR and IADR Hatton Awards and the Dentsply/Caulk Award.
  6. Recommend ways in which research accomplishments of faculty and students might be better recognized, such as a faculty and student research day or formal listings of accomplishments in appropriate publications.
  7. Develop strategies for evaluating research efforts in the College of Dentistry at all levels including:
    • Meeting biannually with the Office of Research Staff to assist in the development and evaluation of program goals and to evaluate budget priorities
    • Preparation of background papers on self-selected or assigned topics
    • Review of grant applications, including non-funded applications
    • Quality of research presentations at local, national and international meetings by faculty members and dental students
    • Quality and impact of peer-reviewed publications.
  8. Continue to provide information on basic and clinical research facilities including instruments, equipment, and human resources available at the UFCD and outline the costs involved in their use ("fee for service"/possibilities for collaborative projects).
  9. Identify major programmatic initiatives to continually increase our extramural grant support.
    Evaluate and revise, if necessary, criteria and requirements for internal research funding with emphasis on (1) MIPPPG grants, (2) UFCD seed grants for faculty, graduate students, residents, and dental students, and (3) DSR Research Opportunity Incentive Seed Fund grants.
  10. Interact with the Associate Dean for Research on a bimonthly or more frequent basis, as needed, to accomplish these tasks on an ongoing basis.
  11. Review requests for Dean’s Research Seminar Series.
  12. Conduct regularly scheduled monthly meetings of the Research Committee.

This year, each standing faculty committee will be charged with reviewing relevant outcome measures from the college strategic plan. The measures which should be reviewed by the Research Committee include:

  • NIH/NIDCR Rank for dental schools.
  • NIH/NIDCR Rank for academic institutions.
  • ADA Rank (all grant support).
  • Number of presentations of dental students by class at national research meetings.
  • Research dollars per faculty FTE assigned to research.
  • $$/sq. ft. of research space and by investigator, department and center.
  • Percent of fully funded research effort by tenured/tenure accruing faculty.
  • Annual startup funds.

The committee should evaluate performance on these measures and when appropriate, action plans for improvement should be instituted using the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle. The PDCA is the college’s model for outcomes assessment and evaluation.

Individual Faculty Member Responsibilities

The Research Committee meets on an “as needed” basis usually meeting up to six times per year. Meetings are 1 to 1½ hours in length. In addition to attending meetings, members are required to review proposals, seed grant applications, UF scholar applications, professorship award nominations, etc. as needed prior to meetings.

Time commitment: Approximately 1½ hours every other month for meetings along with additional time required to review materials.

Schedule of Meetings

The Research Committee meets from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

2008-2009
Date Room Agenda Final Minutes Attachments
June 17, 2009 D9-11 N/A N/A N/A
May 20, 2009 D9-11 N/A N/A N/A
April 15, 2009 D9-11 N/A N/A N/A
March 18, 2009 D9-11 N/A N/A N/A
February 18, 2009 D9-11 N/A N/A N/A
January 21, 2009 D9-11 N/A N/A N/A
December 10, 2008 D9-11 N/A N/A N/A
November 12, 2008 D9-11 N/A N/A N/A
October 7, 2008 Canceled
September 17, 2008 D9-11 PDF[12K] PDF[19K] PDF[297K]
August 20, 2008 D8-46 PDF[187K] PDF[30K] PDF[175K]
July 24, 2008 D8-46 PDF[30K] PDF[366K] PDF[296K]
2007-2008
Date Room Agenda Final Minutes Attachments
April 29, 2008 D7-11 PDF[10K] PDF[18K] PDF[832K]
March 14, 2008 D9-11 PDF[30K] PDF[18K] N/A
January 7, 2008 D9-11 N/A PDF[11K] PDF[86K]
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December 12, 2007 D9-11 N/A PDF[13K] N/A
2006- 2007
Date Room Agenda Final Minutes Attachments
January 12, 2007 D9-11 N/A PDF [14K] N/A
March 8, 2007 D10-11 N/A PDF[21K] N/A
April 30, 2007 D9-11 N/A PDF[16K]  
December 18, 2006 D9-11 N/A PDF[14K]  
September 6, 2006 D9-11 N/A PDF[12K]  
2005- 2006
Date Room Agenda Final Minutes Attachments
June 5 , 2006 D9-11 N/A PDF[24K] N/A
2004- 2005
Date Room Agenda Final Minutes Attachments
July 7, 2004 D9-11 N/A PDF9K] N/A

Annual Reports

 
Year Report Supplemental Docs
2007-2008 PDF [83K]  
2006-2007 PDF [68K]  

 

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