Research

Faculty help celebrate JDR’s 100th Year

November 25, 2019

The Journal of Dental Research, one of the most prominent research publications in the dental field, turned 100 years old this year. To commemorate and celebrate, the journal created a series of articles, papers and podcasts that highlight topics from its pages over the past century as it continuously transformed dental, oral and craniofacial research …

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$3.8 million ‘Cancer Moonshot’ research grant awarded to dental school; Dr. Yu Leo Lei will lead researchers from U-M, other universities

October 18, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 18, 2019 – School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Yu Leo Lei is the principal investigator for research on new cancer prevention therapies that has been funded by a major grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The five-year, $3.8 million …

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Darnell Kaigler appointed Major Ash Collegiate Professor of Periodontics

October 14, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 14, 2019 – Darnell Kaigler, Jr., associate professor of dentistry, has been appointed the Major M. Ash Collegiate Professor of Periodontics. The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the appointment at its September meeting. The initial, five-year appointment runs through Aug. 31, 2024, and is renewable. Dr. Kaigler was recommended …

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Marita Inglehart among U-M faculty to receive new diversity professorship appointment

September 19, 2019

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 …

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Dean Laurie McCauley receives national award for research

September 16, 2019

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 …

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School remains leader in NIDCR grant funding

August 28, 2019

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 …

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‘Michigan Research’ features video about Fontana caries study

August 28, 2019

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, …

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Honors at AADR/IADR–Faculty, Students, Resident Win Awards

March 27, 2019

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 …

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Wide-ranging science highlighted during school’s annual Research Day

February 21, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 21, 2019 -– The evidence-based conclusion about research at the School of Dentistry is that it is thriving, with a record number of poster presentations highlighting the school’s annual Research Day on Wednesday. Dental and dental hygiene students, graduate students in various specialties, PhD candidates, postdocs, faculty, staff and visiting scholars combined …

Noriaki Ono research on skeletal stem cells featured in journal ‘Nature’

November 6, 2018

Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 6, 2018 -– Noriaki Ono, assistant professor in the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, has new research about skeletal stem cells that is being published in the journal Nature. The study, “Resting zone of the growth plate harbors a unique class of skeletal stem cells,” is important because it will help explain …

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