Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19, 2019 – School of Dentistry faculty member Marita Inglehart is one of nine University of Michigan Professors who have been named the inaugural recipients of University Diversity and Social Transformation Professorships. The U-M Board of Regents approved the appointments Thursday at its September meeting. The professorships were created to recognize …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 16, 2019 – The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research has announced that School of Dentistry Dean Laurie McCauley will receive one of the society’s top awards at its annual meeting later this week. ASBMR will present the 2019 Stephen M. Krane Award to McCauley to recognize her outstanding research program …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 28, 2019 — The University of Michigan School of Dentistry has received more research funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in fiscal 2018 than any dental institution in the country. A newly-released compilation of NIDCR grants shows that the school received $18.2 million for a variety of research …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 28, 2019 – A clinical trial researching childhood caries, led by Dr. Margherita Fontana at the School of Dentistry, is featured in a video presented with this month’s Michigan Research electronic newsletter. The University of Michigan Office of Research distributes its monthly e-newsletter, which showcases a variety of campus research projects, …
School’s IADR/AADR awards include faculty, students, research fellow Ann Arbor, Mich., July 18, 2019 — School of Dentistry faculty, students and a postdoc received several awards and honors at the joint annual conferences of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, last month. …
Ann Arbor, Mich., June 20, 2019 -– A new video that celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Journal of Dental Researchfeatures several interviews with University of Michigan School of Dentistry faculty and numerous scenes captured in research labs at the school. The video is part of a year-long commemoration of the journal’s history. A series of articles, …
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 6, 2019 -– A School of Dentistry PhD student researching gender differences in tumor growth and therapies for treating head and neck cancer has received a grant from the University of Michigan CEW+. Ligia Schmitd received a $4,500 grant from the organization’s Riecker Graduate Student Research Fund. It offers grants for student-designed, …
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 2, 2019 -– A dental hygiene student at the School of Dentistry has won a national award for her research related to opioid prescription trends. Colleen Freund, an on-campus DH Degree Completion Program student, received a first-place award from the American Association of Public Health Dentistry during the National Oral Health Conference …
Ann Arbor, MI — March 27, 2013 — Faculty and students from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry won several major awards during the recent annual sessions of both the American Association for Dental Research and the International Association for Dental Research in Seattle. Dean Peter Polverini was installed as the new AADR president at the conclusion …
Dental school faculty published significant research in a variety of high-impact journals Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 18, 2019 -– With more than $16 million in annual research expenditures, the University of Michigan School of Dentistry supports a large research operation that ranges from innovative clinical trials for dentistry to advancing our understanding of cancer to leading …