Dr. Gary Wang, assistant professor in the College of Medicine, and College of Dentistry oral biology professors Clay Walker, Ph.D., and Dr. Ingvar Magnusson, will find out the role of various pathogens in the progression of oral disease among people infected with HIV through a $330,000 grant from the National…
Arnold S. Bleiweis, Ph.D. Arnold S. Bleiweis, Ph.D., graduate research professor emeritus, who retired in 2003 after serving the University of Florida for 35 years, passed away on Dec. 16, following a brief illness. He was one of UF’s most outstanding and successful…
Faculty at the University of Florida College of Dentistry received five grants totaling nearly $7 million to improve access to dental care for underserved children and adults from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will be…
Robert Burne, Ph.D. The UF College of Dentistry announced the appointment of Robert Burne, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Oral Biology, to the position of Associate Dean for Research. Dr. Burne will serve the college in this dual administrative capacity. “This…
Dennis Beliveau Dennis Beliveau, UF College of Dentistry Class of 2013, won first place in the Clinical Science Category in the 2010 DENTSPLY/Caulk Competition of the AADR National Student Research Group during the March annual meeting of the American Association of Dental Research (AADR) in…
2009 Student Summer Research ProgramMay 29 through August 3 How did you spend your summer vacation? Do you have memories of the scent of Coppertone and the grit of sand between toes? Not the participants in the 2009 University of Florida College of Dentistry Student Summer…
Have you ever found yourself wondering what happens in all the Dental Tower labs when you’re wandering around a floor, looking for an office or meeting room? Dr. Kenneth Anusavice,…
Robert Burne, Ph.D. Congratulations to Robert Burne, Ph.D., a professor and chair of the Oral Biology department, who is the recipient of the 2009 Research in Dental Caries Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). The award will be presented during the…
Andrew Jakymiw, Ph.D. Andrew Jakymiw, Ph.D., a research assistant professor in the College of Dentistry’s Oral Biology department, recently received two major grant awards to fund his research aimed at developing RNA intereference (RNAi)-based therapies for the treatment of oral cancer. In July 2008,…
, a second year resident and a graduate student in the Department of Periodontology, received a prestigious American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Bloc Travel Grant. This award is given to graduate students with exceptional abstracts submitted to AADR. Jermanus, who conducts research under the supervision of Dr. Ozlem…
