Committee Members
| Name | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jose Lemos (Oral Biology) | Full-time faculty appointed by the Dean | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Lin Zeng (Oral Biology) VICE CHAIR | Full-time faculty appointed by the Dean | 2023-2026 |
| Dr. Xianrui Yang (Orthodontics) | Full-time faculty appointed by the Dean | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. Bruna Garcia (Restorative Dental Sciences) | Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Kesavalu Lakshmyya (Periodontology) | Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly | 2023-2026 |
| Dr. Daniel McNeil (Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science) | Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. Luis Martinez (Oral Biology) CHAIR | Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Valeria Gordan | Ex officio: Interim Associate Dean for Research | |
| Denise Webb | Support staff | |
| Ronda Breton | Support staff |
Committee Composition
The committee consists of seven faculty members: four full-time faculty elected by the Faculty Assembly, three full-time faculty appointed by the Dean. The Associate Dean for Research as an ex officio member. The Committee elects the Chair and Vice Chair from among the members.
Standing Committee Charge
It is the responsibility of this committee to stimulate interest in research by faculty members and students, review stimulus grant application, and to communicate to students and faculty members the availability of research opportunities.
Annual Research Committee Charge
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Individual Faculty Member Responsibilities
Research Committee 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, research track applications, summer research student applications, research honors/high honors applicants, etc.as needed in between meeting dates.
Time commitment: Approximately one hours every other month for meetings along with additional time required to review materials through email outside of scheduled monthly meetings.
Schedule of Meetings
Unless otherwise noted, the Research Committee meets on the second Wednesday of each quarter from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in D3-39A. The Committee often collaborates electronically via email, and its decisions are noted.
2026-2027
| DATE | Room | agenda | minutes | attachments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2026 | D3-39A | VIEW | VIEW | VIEW |
| November 11, 2026 | D3-39A | VIEW | VIEW | VIEW |
| February 10, 2027 | D3-39A | VIEW | VIEW | VIEW |
| May 12, 2027 | D3-39A | VIEW | VIEW | VIEW |
2025-2026
2024-2025
2023-2024
| Date | room | agenda | final minutes | attachments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2024 | CANCELLED | WORKING THROUGH EMAIL | ||
| May 8, 2024 | CANCELLED | WORKING THROUGH EMAIL | ||
| April 10, 2024 | CANCELLED | WORKING THROUGH EMAIL | ||
| March 13, 2024 | CANCELLED | WORKING THROUGH EMAIL | ||
| February 14, 2024 | CANCELLED | WORKING THROUGH EMAIL | ||
| January 10, 2024 | CANCELLED | WORKING THROUGH EMAIL | ||
| December 13, 2023 | CANCELLED | WORKING THROUGH EMAIL | ||
| November 8, 2023 | CANCELLED | WORKING THROUGH EMAIL | ||
| October 11, 2023 | View | View | ||
| September 13, 2023 | View | View | ||
| August 16, 2023 | CANCELLED | |||
| July 19, 2023 | CANCELLED | View |
2022-2023
| Date | Room | Agenda | Final Minutes | Attachments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2023 | Zoom | View | View | |
| May 17, 2023 | CANCELLED | |||
| April 19, 2023 | Zoom | View | View | |
| March 15, 2023 | Zoom | View | View | |
| February 15, 2023 | CANCELLED | |||
| January 18, 2023 | CANCELLED | |||
| December 21, 2022 | CANCELLED | |||
| November 16, 2022 | Zoom | View | View | |
| October 19, 2022 | CANCELLED | |||
| September 21,2022 | CANCELLED | |||
| August 17, 2022 | Zoom | View | View | |
| July 20, 2022 | CANCELLED |
2021-2022
| date | Room | agenda | final minutes | Attachments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2022 | Zoom | View | View | |
| May 18, 2022 | Zoom | View | View | |
| April 20, 2022 | meeting canceled | |||
| March 16, 2022 | Zoom | View | View | |
| February 16, 2022 | Zoom | View | View | |
| January 19, 2022 | Zoom | View | View | |
| December 1, 2021 (Nov/Dec) | Zoom | View | View | |
| October 20, 2021 | Zoom | View | View | |
| September 15, 2021 | meeting canceled | |||
| August 18, 2021 | Zoom | View | View | |
| July 21, 2021 | meeting canceled |
2020-2021
| DATe | room | agenda | final minutes | attachments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2021 | Zoom | View | View | |
| May 19, 2021 | Zoom | View | View | |
| April 21, 2021 | Zoom | View | View | |
| March 17, 2021 | Zoom | View | View | |
| February 17, 2021 | Zoom | View | View | |
| January 27, 2021 | Zoom | View | View | |
| December 2, 2020 | Zoom | View | View | |
| October 28, 2020 | meeting canceled | View | ||
| September 23, 2020 | meeting canceled | |||
| August 26, 2020 | Zoom | View | View | |
| July 22, 2020 | meeting canceled |
2019-2020
| date | room | agenda | final minutes | attachments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2020 | meeting canceled | Dr. Frank Gibson elected 2020-2021 Committee Chair (vote via email) | ||
| May 27, 2020 | meeting canceled | |||
| April 22, 2020 | meeting canceled | |||
| March 25, 2020 | meeting canceled | |||
| February 26, 2020 | D3-39A | View | View | |
| January 22, 2020 | D3-39A | View | View | |
| December 4, 2019 | D3-39A | View | View | |
| October 23, 2019 | meeting canceled | View | ||
| September 25, 2019 | meeting canceled | |||
| August 28, 2019 | D3-39A | View | View | |
| July 24, 2019 | D3-39A | View | View |
To request information prior to 2019-2020 please contact the Dean’s Office.