Research

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Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D., received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Pain Society in recognition of his outstanding and dedicated service to the APS.

Shannon Wallet, Ph.D., received a UF Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award from the UF Graduate School.

Jose Lemos, Ph.D., joins the Bacterial Pathogenesis Study Section of the National Institutes of Health in July 2017. The study section reviews grant applications submitted to the NIH and makes recommendations on these applications to the appropriate NIH national advisory council or board, and surveys the status of research…

The 2017 Spring Synergy on March 29-31 included hundreds of faculty, residents, students, staff and alumni participated during the three-day event with a packed agenda of research posters, presentations, continuing education, and American Student Dental Association’s vendor fair and annual awards banquet. The event also serves as a venue…

Congratulations to six University of Florida College of Dentistry faculty who received UF Term Professorship Awards from the UF Provost’s Office. Awardees have displayed a distinguished career that places them among the leaders in their discipline. Each of the UF Term Professorship Awards lasts three years. Recipients receive an annual…

Mary Ellen Davey, Ph.D., joins the Oral, Dental and Craniofacial Sciences Study Section of the National Institutes of Health as a full member in summer 2017. The section reviews applications on oral microbiology, oral immunology, periodontology, cariology, salivary gland biology, pathophysiology and clinical studies of oral structures and restorative…

Dean Isabel Garcia made congressional visits in Washington, D.C., on February 28, along with three current dental students, as part of the American Association for Dental Research Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. The goal was to help spread the word about the importance of dental, oral and craniofacial research.

Robert A. Burne, Ph.D, was recently elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as a member-at-large to the section on Dentistry and Oral Health Sciences.

Ann Progulske-Fox Ph.D., a distinguished professor in the University of Florida department of oral biology, was honored by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) when she was inducted as a 2015 Fellow of the NAI on April 15 during their fifth annual conference at the United States Patent and…