Congratulations to UF College of Dentistry researchers who received funding for projects in March and April 2019.
“Opioid and cannabinoid interactions in pain and reward”
Dr. John Neubert, PI
Orthodontics
Barry Setlow, CO-I, Psychiatry-College of Medicine
Jenny Wilerson & Lance McMahon, CO-Is
Pharmacodynamics-College of Pharmacy
Alexander Greening, CO-I Chemistry-College of Liberal Arts
UF Opportunity Fund
$85,000 for Two Years
“Acute effects of alcohol use on chronic orofacial pain”
Dr. John Neubert, CO-I
Orthodontics
Jeffrey Boissoneault, PI
Clinical Health Psychology- College of Health Professions
NIH/NIAAA (Subaward)
R21AA026805
$51,339 for Two Years
“Evaluation of a cellular therapeutic for the treatment of trigeminal pain”
Dr. John Neubert, PI
Orthodontics
The Facial Pain Research Foundation
$370,458 for One Year
“Opioid and cannabinoid interactions in pain and reward”
Dr. John Neubert, PI
Orthodontics
UF-CRISP Moonshot Initiative Pilot Award
$46,750 for One Year
“Testing an infrared device to detect inflammatory, premalignant and malignant oral lesions”
Joseph Katz, PI
Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
HT BIOIMAGING
$100,000
“Mechanisms of oxytocin’s analgesia in older adults”
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Multi-PI
PRICE-Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science
Natalie Ebner, Multi-PI Psychology-College of Liberal Arts
Roland Staud, CO-I Rheumatology-College of Medicine
Zhiguang Huo, CO-I Biostatistics-Colleges of Medicine and Health Professions
NIH/NIA R01AG059809-Transfer from College of Medicine
$1,563,125.00 for Five Years
“UFCD-DSP start up funds”
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, PI
PRICE-Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science
UF College of Dentistry and UF Division of Sponsored Programs
$100,000 for Three Years
“Pain assessment and management initiative 3.0: Multimodal approaches to improve pain outcomes and reduce opioid risks”
Roger Fillingim, CO-I
PRICE-Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science
Phyllis Hendry, PI
Jax-Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine
Florida Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association
(subaward)
$21,226 for Two Years
“Oral microbiomes and dental caries in a human immunodeficiency virus infected population”
Robert Burne, UF PI
Oral Biology
Clemson University-NIH/NIDCR
R01DE028154
$19,044 for Five Years
“Excellence award for UF assistant professors”
Zsolt Toth, PI
Oral Biology
University of Florida
$5,000 for One Year
“The National Dental PBRN administrative and resource center”
Valeria Gordan, UF PI
Restorative Dental Sciences
University of Alabama, NIH/NIDCR 1U19DE028717
$3,137,449 for Seven Years
UFCD Office of Research
This information is provided by the UF College of Dentistry Office of Research. For more information about these and other research awards at the college, visit the awards and sponsored funding area of the UFCD Office of Research website. Current and archived editions of the Office of Research newsletters can be found here.