The University of Florida College of Dentistry has received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to continue the colleges research training program in oral biology. The National Research Service Award Institutional Training Grant in Oral Biology helps support the colleges efforts to…
Dental sophomore Robert V. Weaver is the second place recipient of the 2006 AADR Caulk/Dentsply Student Research Group Award Competition in the basic science category. Weaver received this distinguished recognition during the American Association of Dental Research annual meeting held this March in Orlando, Fla. At the time of…
Dental Diversity The University of Florida College of Dentistry has been ranked the No. 3 producer of Hispanic dentistry first professionals out of 56 dental institutions in the nation by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine. The college was ranked No. 15 for overall minority dental graduates, No. 12 for…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry Class of 2006 performance on the Part II of the National Board Dental Examinations ranked 5th of the 55 dental schools who participated in the examination during the period of May 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006. In addition, all students passed on…
Richard Lamont, Ph.D., and Ann Progulske-Fox, Ph.D., both professors of oral biology, were honored with Distinguished Scientist awards by the International Association for Dental Research during the associations 84th General Session & Exhibition, held in July in Brisbane, Australia. The prestigious awards are bestowed on internationally renowned basic science researchers…
Henry A. Gremillion, D.D.S., an associate professor of orthodontics and director of the Parker E. Mahan Facial Pain Center, received the Florida Dental Associations Annual Dental Educator Award. Gremillion was presented with the award during the associations Florida National Dental Congress held in June in Orlando. Gremillion was nominated…
Barbara Hastie, Ph.D., a research assistant professor of community dentistry and behavioral science, received a five-year, $805,194 National Institutes of Health grant to study ethnic differences and genetic factors in acute postoperative pain and analgesic response. In addition, Hastie is the recipient of the 2006 “Future Leaders in Pain…
Members of the “Oral Cancer: It Spreads Faster Than You Think” campaign team, an innovative health education effort launched June 1 in Jacksonville, Fla., know a bus wrap is worth 1,000 words in the fight against oral cancer. “Oral Cancer: It Spreads Faster Than You Think” aims to raise…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Leave it to the bacteria that cause tooth decay to be able to live without something all cells were thought to require. Scientists have long believed a certain biochemical pathway involved in the folding and delivery of proteins to cell membranes is essential for survival. Now…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida researchers have discovered a new ingredient in our cellular soup, tiny structures that may lay the groundwork for how new cells form and then function. The structures, dubbed GW bodies by the UF researchers who identified them in mammalian cells, are described in…
